Daniel Carter Beard Boyhood Home

Daniel C. Beard Boyhood Home
Daniel Carter Beard Boyhood Home is located in Kentucky
Daniel Carter Beard Boyhood Home
Daniel Carter Beard Boyhood Home is located in the United States
Daniel Carter Beard Boyhood Home
Location322 E. Third St., Covington, Kentucky
Coordinates39°5′21″N 84°30′20″W / 39.08917°N 84.50556°W / 39.08917; -84.50556
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1821 (1821)
Part ofRiverside Drive Historic District (ID71000350)
NRHP reference No.66000360
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1966[1]
Designated NHLJune 23, 1965[2]
Designated CPNovember 23, 1971

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.[3]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Daniel C. Beard Boyhood Home". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 3, 2010. Retrieved May 3, 2008.
  3. ^ "Daniel Carter Beard" Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine, official website, as retrieved on April 20, 2008 14:09:12 UTC.

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