Karamu House | |
 Karamu House | |
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| 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]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Cleveland Black History Trailblazers: Karamu House". WEWS. 2022-02-09. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ Selby, John (1966). Beyond Civil Rights. Cleveland, Ohio: The World Publishing Company. LCCN 66-18463.