And yet for decades, the Louis Armstrong House Museum has been a well-kept secret on a quiet street in Corona.
The longtime residence of the famed jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader, it is a midcentury interior design treasure hidden behind a modest brick exterior.
The museum’s new extension, the 14,000 square foot Louis Armstrong Center, blends in a little less.
It looks, in fact, a bit like a 1960s spaceship landed in the middle of a residential block.
“The house is relatively small,” said Regina Bain, executive director of the House Museum and Center, speaking of the two-story dwelling where Armstrong lived with his wife, Lucille, from 1943 until his death in 1971.
Persons:
Louis, Louis Armstrong, ”, Regina Bain, Armstrong, Lucille
Organizations:
Louis Armstrong House Museum, Louis Armstrong Center, Queens, House Museum and Center, Jazz, Lincoln Center
Locations:
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