Woman's Working Band House Explained

Woman's Working Band House
Coordinates:30.4492°N -84.2928°W
Added:October 20, 2010
Refnum:10000848[1]

Woman's Working Band House is a historic house in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. It is located at 648 W. Brevard St. in Frenchtown, the oldest surviving African-American community in Florida.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 20, 2010.[1]

This completely restored National Register Property currently (2018) houses the B Sharps Jazz Club. This house is one of the few recognized, extant properties financed jointly by rank and file and upper class African-American women. Its cornerstone was laid in 1921 by the Woman's [sic] Working Band and it was built to serve as an Old Folks Home.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings . 2014-09-09. National Park Service.