The Bronze Plaque

Authorized August 5, 1998 by the United States Secretary of Interior
Presented at The Mount of the House of the Lord, Woodmont, September 12, 1999



National Historic Landmark Plaque

 

The Plaque reads as follows:

WOODMONT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK

THIS ESTATE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DESIGNED BY WILLIAM L. PRICE IN 1892 FOR INDUSTRIALIST ALAN WOOD JR., THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF RESIDENTIAL DESIGN IN THE NATION, SINCE 1952 IT HAS SERVED AS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE PEACE MISSION MOVEMENT, AN INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT FOUNDED BY REV. M. J. DIVINE "FATHER DIVINE".

1998

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


[Width,16 inches; Height, 14 inches; Thickness, .5 inch; Weight, 23 pounds]

 

 

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