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Peace House (site of)

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Once, a center of pacifism

Place Details

Borough : Manhattan
Neighborhood : East Harlem
Institution, Historic Site & Museum

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Editor's note: Thank you to Christopher Bell for informing us that the African Museum of Art is being constructed on the former site of the Peace House.



Nominations

Gene Sklar (East Harlem Historical Organization)

Built by peace activist Clare Bryce Cram, a labor and prison reform activist, to hold pacifist meetings during WWI.


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