Bing Rooming House
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The Bing Rooming House is a historic home in the Lincoln Park neighborhood Plant City
Plant City, Florida
Plant City is a city in Hillsborough County, Florida, in the United States, approximately midway between Brandon and Lakeland along Interstate 4. The population was 34,721 at the 2010 census....

, Florida
Florida
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, United States
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. It is located 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 U.S.
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 National Register of Historic Places
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