Thanks to these four artists, Nina Simone’s childhood home is now a National Treasure

“We envision this being a physical site for people to visit and interact with, and to find out who Nina Simone was”

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Nina Simone Plaza in downtown Tryon, NC. Nancy Pierce

A dedication rocked the small town of Tryon, North Carolina, on Wednesday. It was the celebration of the preservation of the birth home of revolutionary, musician and activist Nina Simone — the place where she was born as Eunice Kathleen Waymon on Feb. 21, 1933. Delivered in the 660-square-foot house owned by her parents just 79 miles from buzzing Charlotte, she was raised there with her seven siblings. Dilapidated and crumbling, but structurally still standing, the home is now known as a National Treasure.

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