Booker T Washington National Monument

The main crop on the plantation where Booker T. Washington was born was tobacco. This photograph shows a man with draft horses preparing to plow a field.

The reconstructed kitchen cabin and smoke house on the farm where Booker T. Washington was born.

Re-enactors portraying enslaved people in the reconstructed kitchen cabin where Booker T. Washington was born and lived for 9 years.

Visit the reconstructed kitchen cabin where Dr. Washington was born

Booker T. Washington was born a slave in April 1856 on the 207-acre farm of James Burroughs. After the Civil War, Washington became the first principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School. Later as an adviser, author and orator, his past would influence his philosophies as the most influential African American of his era. Come explore his birthplace.

Additional Information

Activities

Guided Tours

Hiking

Free Admission

Entrance fee is $0.00.

No charge to visit Booker T. Washington NM

Directions

The monument is located on AV 122 (Booker T. Washington Highway), 22 miles southeast of Roanoke, VA. From I-81 take I-581, then U.S. 220 south from Roanoke to VA 122. From the Blule Ridge Parkway take VA 43 south to VA 122. From Lynchburg take U.S. 460 west to VA 122.

Weather

Please contact the park at 540/721-2094 during inclement weather conditions to find out about closures.

Overview

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264.62 mi Away
Lat/Lng
37.11481, -79.73081
Size
243.95 Acres

Contact Information

Address
12130 Booker T. Washington Highway Hardy, VA 24101
Website
https://www.nps.gov/bowa/index.htm

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National Park Service