George Washington Carver National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service in Newton County, Missouri, United States. The site is dedicated to George Washington Carver and includes his preserved childhood home.
The national monument was founded on July 14, 1943, by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who dedicated $30,000 to the monument. It was the first national monument dedicated to an African American and first to a non-president. (includes 2 photographs from 1975)
The site preserves the boyhood home of George Washington Carver, as well as the 1881 Moses Carver house and the Carver cemetery. His boyhood home consists of rolling hills, woodlands, and prairies. The park has a -mile (1.2 km) nature trail, film, museum, and an interactive exhibit area for students.
The park is two miles west of Diamond along Missouri Route V and approximately ten miles southeast of Joplin.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 60
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.
See also List of national monuments of the United States
References
External links
NPS web page for the site Photos of and information about the George Washington Carver National Monument