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Decorative drawing: an ornate nineteenth-century American house. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Karamu House

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 749 words across 5 pages, filed in 1982. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 82001368, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

The nomination, in full

Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

Columbus, Ohio 43211 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) 2 County 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives 6. Specific Location 28. No. of Stories Social; The Arts 29. Basement? Yes D 17. Date(s) or Period 1915; 1949-1959 30. Foundation Material 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design 31. Wall Construction 19. Architect or Engineer 8. Site Plan with North Arrow Small, Smith, Reeb & Draz 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 23. Ownership 36. Changes Addition O Private Rt 9. Coordinates in #42) 24. Owner's Name & Address, Moved - 37. Condition U.T.M. Reference 25. Open to Preservation Structure - Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? By What? 11. On National 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 13. Part of Estab. Yes District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 41.

Distance from and corner 250' x 300' 42. Further Description of Important Features vernacular. Irregular plan and massed rectangular blocks accommodate meeting rooms, classrooms and theaters. The proscenium theater seats 223; arena theater 140. Large areas 43. History and Significance 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings in the heart of the black community. 1.7 acres. 45. Sources of Information 46. Prepared by Karamuse, various issues (periodical). E. Johannesen Kenneth L. Kusmer, A Ghetto Takes Shape (1976). 47. Organization Date 49. Revision Date(s) 1981 good concrete Cuyahoga Register? Modern 4593540 Front Easting Underway? Zone brick Cleveland Exterior WRHS Side Long. Potent'? Lat. Northing Ohio Historical Center (Explain Eligible?

significance as multipurpose social center and biracial Afro-American community Karamu House Frontage on Road Altered fireproof frame Ohio Historic Preservation Office Interior 16. Thematic Category Public Road? OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Quiney Avenue by architects of Cleveland Play House and Shaker Square. theater since 1915.Started as Playhouse Settlement by social workers Russell and is a flat overhanging cornice and aluminum doors. of metal sash windows and ornamental cast spandrels.There Stands ona busy street corner in an urban residential-commercial neighborhood, Rowena Jelliffe;named Karamu (Swahili:place of joyful meeting')in1927.Designed New home of Karamu House since 1949.Of exceptional recent 2355 East 89th Stree if known flat deck community arts 22.

Present Use Clexeland OH 44106 A spreading institutional building in the International Style 447930 Shaker Heights Photo arts center community arts center The property is Cuyahoga County permanent parcel # l19-34-25. Entered Nomination/Type of Review 1. /Morgan, Garrett, House 3. St. John's AME Church 4. Cleveland Home for Aged 5. House of Wills 6. T Shiloh Baptist Church Attest Keeper Name Date/Signature Continuation sheet Page Colored People received Multiple Resource Area National Park Service Inventory-Nomination Form National Register (7-81) Item number Karamu House Thematic Group dnr-11 National Register of Historic Places Black History Thematic Resources NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior Substantive Review For NPS use only Entered In the State Ohio Karamu House (Black History TR) Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: 12/2/82 - /2/17/82 - REJECT_ Federal Agency:_ Recom.

/Criteria Reviewer _ Discipline Date _soe continuation sheet - technical corrections cited below .substantive reasons discussed below Name 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 7. Description - ruins completeness Entered in the alterations/integrity clarity Working No. boundary selection appeal RETURN Cuyahoga County summary paragraph 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Action: nomination by person or local government National Register owner objection 3. Classification 2. Location resubmission NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES .Nomination returned for: 82-2979 EVALUATION / RETURN SHEE National Park Service Substantive Review: _ deteriorated unexposed NR decision Check one Builder Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Checked Acreage of nominated property 11.

Form Prepared By _ loca: - Date _ completeness context Other clarity Signed Maps Photographs applicable criteria relating significance to summary paragraph the resource 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data justification of areas 8. Significance Specific dates UMT Peterences Arons of Significance Check and justity below relationship of integrity Verbal boundary description and justification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: .national _. state Phone: 202 272-3504 State Historic Preservation Officer signature Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Quedrangie name Period E. Johannesen 1981 WRHS North facade, looking SE.

Eight Black History Resources Karamu House Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio UNITED STATES 4593/540 North DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SHAKER HEIGHTS QUADRANGLE SHAKER HEICHTS, OHIO 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 17 447/930 East Karamu House