| Photos from Shore Fire Media except where noted; photo from the Louis Armstrong House Museum Armstrong introduced that most American music, jazz, first to his nation and then to the world. In recordings... |
| Photo from the Louis Armstrong House Museum ‘We Stay Put’ Louis Armstrong didn’t buy this 1910-vintage, two-story house at 34-56 107th St., Queens. His fourth (and final) wife, Lucille, did, in 1943,... |
| Photo from the Louis Armstrong House Museum “The house may not be the nicest looking front,” Louis Armstrong wrote in “Our Neighborhood.” But when visitors come inside, “they see a whole lot of comfort,... |
| Everyone’s Favorite Room One look at this sleekly streamlined, brilliant aqua blue kitchen will show you why Armstrong museum guides say it’s everybody’s favorite room in the house. Lucille remodeled... |
| Satchmo’s Den Lucille created Satchmo’s Den — Satchmo (from satchel mouth) was his nickname, for his famously wide smile — as her husband’s upstairs retreat. As a touring musician, Armstrong was away... |
| Lucille and Grossberg saved their greatest creative energies for the house’s two bathrooms. The downstairs bathroom is dazzlingly opulent: Its floor-to-ceiling mirrors, marble sink and floor, and gold-plated... |
| The master bedroom reflects both Louis and Lucille. He reveled in the king-size bed, while the Bible on the bedside table and a prayer nook (not shown) are testimony to Lucille’s strong Catholic faith.... |
| Visiting the Louis Armstrong House The Louis Armstrong House Museum, at 34-56 107th St., Queens, New York, is open for 40-minute guided tours ($10 adults, $7 children) daily except Mondays, Thanksgiving,... |
