This undated handout photo made available by Nancy Pierce shows the birthplace of jazz singer Nina Simone in Tryon, NC. The dilapidated wooden cottage in North Carolina that was the birthplace of singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone now has the protection of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The trust said in a news release Tuesday, June 19, 2018, that it will develop and find a new use for the house in Tryon where Simone was born in 1933. Last year, four African-American artists purchased the home. (Nancy Pierce via AP)