Arthur and Edith Lee House

The Arthur and Edith Lee House is a historic place located in the Field neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

The home had renewed interest in the 2000s from scholars of racial discrimination in housing and it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

The Lees kept their house darkened, stones pelted the siding as the porch and garage were splashed with a black paint or similar substance.

This night was only quelled by the captain suggesting the neighborhood association meet with the mayor and a committee of colored leaders to seek a solution.

[3] On July 15 the Minneapolis Tribune broke a media blackout[5] on the situation with a front-page story entitled "Home Stoned in Race Row.

"[1]: 13  Arthur Lee, a World War I veteran, was quoted in the article as saying "Nobody asked me to move out when I was in France fighting in mud and water for this country.

[7] Interest in the home's history was renewed in 2001 when a law professor published an article on the Lees' second attorney, Lena O. Smith, including her role in the event.

Arthur and Edith Lee home splattered in black paint, July 1931