The Bing Rooming House Museum (also known as the Bing-Washington House) is a museum in a historic residence in the Lincoln Park neighborhood

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at 205 South Allen Street. It was built about 1928 as a boarding house and was operated by Mrs. Janie Wheeler Bing for African-Americans who were not allowed to stay in segregated white hotels or eat in white restaurants. On September 14, 2002, it was added to the

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. It has been renovated. The museum is open Monday through Thursday from 2 pm to 6 pm.

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Hillsborough County listings
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National Register of Historic Places

Hillsborough County listings
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Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Hillsborough County, Florida 1928 establishments in Florida Plant City, Florida Houses completed in 1928 African-American history of Florida {{HillsboroughCountyFL-NRHP-struct-stub