Location | 7101 Apple Street, Homewood West neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°27′51″N 79°53′45″W / 40.4642°N 79.89571°W |
Built/founded | House: 1908 Company: 1941 |
Architectural style(s) | Queen Anne style |
Governing body/ | Jonnet Solomon-Nowlin & Miriam White |
PHMC dedicated | September 25, 1994 |
CPHD designated | May 20, 2008 |
The National Negro Opera Company (1941–1962) was the most successful African-American opera company in the United States. Although often mistakenly called the first due to its enormous successes, other African American opera companies (such as the Theodore Drury Opera Company) predate the NNOC.