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Florence Mills House at 220 West 135th Street was believed to be where Florence Mills, 1896-1927, lived from 1910 to 1927. She was a leading African-American actress and entertainer during the 1920s.[6] She lived at this address, or a similar address a few blocks away, during her most productive years. The 220 West 135th Street building that existed in 1927 no longer stands and has been replaced. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976.[3]
[edit] Incorrect address
There is contention that the actual address of her home was 220 West 133rd Street, and that a mistake was perpetuated from a photo of the house being mislabelled as being on West 135th Street in a New York Evening Journal article at the time of her death.[7] The 220 West 133rd Street building has also been demolished and replaced.[7] The mistake in landmarking the West 135th Street address is acknowledged implicitly by the National Park Service, in stating that "For a number of years, this four-story row house was thought to be Mills home for most of her tragically short life."[8]
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