Louis Armstrong House Open

Louis Armstrong's home in Corona, Queens, has completed a renovation and is set to open to the public on October 15, 2003, with a kick-off block party. The legendary jazz musician "Satchmo" Armstrong and his wife Lucille lived in the house from the early 1940s. Starting October 16, tours of the house will be available from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday to Friday, and from noon to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.

Armstrong wasn't the only jazz musician who called Queens home. Learn more about musicians like John Coltrane and Scott Joplin and their connections to Queens, New York.