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Coordinates:40°49′31.6″N73°56′19.5″W / 40.825444°N 73.938750°W /40.825444; -73.938750

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Matthew Henson Residence
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark


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Location	246 W. 150th St., Apt. 3F,Manhattan,New York City,New York
Coordinates	40°49′31.6″N73°56′19.5″W / 40.825444°N 73.938750°W /40.825444; -73.938750
Area	less than one acre
Built	1928
NRHP reference No.	75001207^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 15, 1975^[1]
Designated NHL	May 15, 1975^[2]

TheMatthew Henson Residence is a historic apartment residence at 246 West150th Street inManhattan,New York City. Apartment 3F in this building is whereMatthew Henson (1866-1955), the African American polar explorer, lived from 1929 until his death. Henson was arguably the first man to reach theGeographic North Pole, a feat that is disputed in part by his own diary. His residence was named aNational Historic Landmark in 1975.^[2]^[3]

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246 West 150th Street is located inHarlem, Manhattan, on the south side of the street east ofFrederick Douglass Boulevard. It is part of theDunbar Apartments complex, an innovative tenant-owned cooperative housing complex erected in the 1920s. Its residents over the decades have included a significant number of African Americans important to culture and society. Apartment 3F was occupied by Matthew Henson from 1929 until his death in 1955.^[3]

Matthew Henson was born in 1866 tofree people of color inMaryland. He met CommanderRobert E. Peary in 1887, who hired him for exploratory expeditions after learning of seagoing experiences he had as a teenager. Henson became an indispensable figure in the expeditions Peary led into theArctic Ocean, assisting with the planning and logistics, as a translator with the localInuit, and frequently as a groundbreaker in the party's movements. In 1909, as he was assigned the task of breaking trail in Peary's bid to reach the Geographic North Pole. The expedition claimed success in this attempt, although later analysis (based in part on descriptions contained in Henson's diary) of the available evidence suggests they actually fell short of the objective. Although Henson was denied the accolades showered upon Peary after the expedition, he was eventually honored with membership inThe Explorers Club in 1937, and was lauded within the African-American community for his achievement, and has since been recognized at both national and state levels. A plaque marking his achievements is located outside one of the Dunbar building entrances.^[3]

References

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^^a ^b"National Register Information System".National Register of Historic Places.National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^^a ^b"Matthew Henson Residence".National Historic Landmark Quicklinks.National Park Service. Archived fromthe original on March 18, 2012. RetrievedMarch 22, 2012.
^^a ^b ^c"Dunbar Apartments (Matthew Henson Residence)"(pdf).National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination. National Park Service. 1983. and"Dunbar Apartments (Matthew Henson Residence)--Accompanying photo, exterior, from 1974"(pdf).

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