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The Louis Armstrong House is a historic house museum at 34-56 107th Street in the Corona neighborhood of Queens in New York City. [3] [4] It was the home of Louis Armstrong and his wife Lucille Wilson from 1943 until his death in 1971. Lucille gave ownership of it to the city of New York in order to create a museum focused on her husband.
MISSION STATEMENT. The Louis Armstrong House Museum (LAHM) sustains and promotes the cultural, historical, and humanitarian legacy of Louis Armstrong by preserving and interpreting Armstrong’s house and grounds, collecting and sharing archival materials that document Armstrong’s life and legacy, developing programs for the public that educate and inspire, and engaging with contemporary ...
Louis Armstrong was born in a poor section of New Orleans known as “the Battlefield” on August 4, 1901. By the time of his death in 1971, the man known around the world as Satchmo was widely recognized as a founding father of jazz—a uniquely American art form. His influence as an artist and cultural icon is universal, unmatched, and very ...
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Feb 20, 2020 · 148. By M.H. Miller. Feb. 20, 2020. CORONA, QUEENS, is an unassuming New York City neighborhood. Nearby is the stainless steel Unisphere from the 1964 World’s Fair, and three miles west is ...
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Sep 22, 2002 · September 22, 2002. Louis Armstrong Illustration by João Fazenda. For nearly half his life, Louis Armstrong lived at 34-56 107th Street, in Corona, Queens. When Armstrong and his fourth wife ...
Dec 21, 2017 · The Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona, Queens, is an ode to the singer's life—and a design and architecture wonder. While no one has lived in the home since Lucille's death in 1983 (Louis ...
