Karamu House | |
Location | Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
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Coordinates | 41°29′38″N 81°37′27″W / 41.493796°N 81.624196°W |
Built | -1915 (as Settlement House) -1941 (renamed as Karamu House) |
Architectural style | Moderne [1] |
Website | karamuhouse |
MPS | Black History TR [2] [3] |
NRHP reference No. | 82001368[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 17, 1982 |
Karamu House in the Fairfax neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, is the oldest producing Black Theatre in the United States opening in 1915.[2] Many of Langston Hughes's plays were developed and premiered at the theater.[3]