The Fate Of Nina Simone’s Childhood Home
My colleague Jerry Wade has alerted me to the following story from savingplaces.org: ‘Nina Simone’s distinctive voice, sultry blend of classical, blues, and gospel music, and penchant for activism have ensured that the artist’s decades-long legacy still endures today. In recent years, broader recognition of Simone’s significance has included the Oscar-nominated documentary What Happened, Miss Simone? release in 2015; NPR’s inclusion of her 1965 I Put a Spell on You as the number three album on their 150 Greatest Albums Made by Women list; and her 2018 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. But what of the significant physical places in her life? A few years ago, little was known about Simone’s childhood home in Tryon, North Carolina, but in 2017 the fate of this humble, three-room clapboard was permanently altered.’
