John Gilmore Riley House

John Gilmore Riley House

John G. Riley was born a slave and died a millionaire. His home in Tallahassee has been turned into a museum dedicated to African-American history and culture. It is one of two original homes in an area that was once a middle-class black neighborhood.

The house was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on August 1, 1978.

Riley was born in 1857 and died in 1954.

The African American community that was established in this part of Tallahassee in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was called Smokey Hollow.

Location

419 East Jefferson Street
Tallahassee, Leon County
Florida, USA

Getting There

To get to the John Gilmore Riley House in Tallahassee, Florida, you can take a bus or drive a car. If you're taking the bus, you can take the StarMetro bus and get off at the intersection of Meridian and Jefferson, which is just a few blocks away from the museum. If you're driving, the museum is located at 419 East Jefferson Street, which is accessible from many major roads in Tallahassee. Once you arrive, you can explore the history of the African American community in Tallahassee and learn about the life of John Gilmore Riley, who was a prominent civil rights activist in the late 19th century.

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