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Langston Hughes fans will be happy to know that his childhood home has been saved from its impending doom.

Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation purchased the 2 ½ story home from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the whopping price on $100. The organization is planning to either renovate the woods-framed domicile into a museum that would spotlight the personal and professional life of the legendary writer and poet, or turn it into residential property.

It is believed that he lived in the house, located in Cleveland, during his teenage years, roughly around 1917.

Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri on February 1st, 1902. He died on May 22, 1967