Blind Boone Columbia Mo

The john william blind boone home.

Blind boone columbia mo.

4th street is historically significant as the home of john william blind boone one of america s greatest musicians and a symbol in columbia of african american achievement at the turn of the twentieth century. A classical and ragtime composer and pianist john william blind boone is one of columbia s most well known historical figures. It serves as a monument to the individual genius and generosity of john william blind boone but it also represents the historic black community as a whole its struggles and accomplishments. Take a virtual tour of the restored interior of the blind boone home.

The two story victorian home of john and eugenia boone at 10 n. The boone home located at 10 north 4th st is one of the few physical remnants of the community african americans built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Blind almost from birth the musical prodigy created music using his knowledge of classical music negro spirituals and the syncopated or ragged rhythms he heard in his everyday life.