The W.E.B. Du Bois Boyhood Homesite is a National Historic Landmark in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, commemorating an important location in the life of African American intellectual and civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963). The site contains foundational remnants of the home of Du Bois' grandfather, which Du Bois lived in for the first five years of his life, and then later used as a retreat between 1928 and 1954. The house was torn down in the late 1950s. The site is located on South Egremont Road (Route 23 and Route 41), west of the junction with Route 71).
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