Daniel Carter Beard Boyhood Home
The Daniel Carter Beard Boyhood Home is a National Historic Landmark located in the Riverside Drive Historic District of Covington, Kentucky, overlooking the Licking River, across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, Ohio. The two-and-one-half story brick domicile, built in 1821 and one of the two oldest buildings in Kenton County, Kentucky, is the boyhood home of Daniel Carter Beard, a founder of the Boy Scouts of America. He was their National Scout Commissioner from its 1910 founding to his death in 1941.
Daniel C. Beard Boyhood Home | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
| Location | 322 E. Third St., Covington, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 39°5′21″N 84°30′20″W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1821 |
| Part of | Riverside Drive Historic District (ID71000350) |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000360 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
| Designated NHL | June 23, 1965 |
| Designated CP | November 23, 1971 |
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