-1915 (as Settlement House) -1941 (renamed as Karamu House)
Architectural style
Moderne [1]
Website
karamuhouse.org
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.
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