Karamu House
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. Many of Langston Hughes's plays were developed and premiered at the theater.Photo: Cbustapeck, CC BY-SA 1.0.
- Type: Community center
- Description: theater in Cleveland, Ohio, the oldest African-American theater in the United States
- Also known as: “Playhouse Settlement” and “The Neighborhood Assn. at 2239 E. 38th St.”
- Address: 2355 East 89th Street, Cleveland, 44106
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Elizabeths Magyar Roman Catholic Church and UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital.
Saint Elizabeths Magyar Roman Catholic Church
Church
Photo: Cbustapeck, CC BY-SA 1.0.
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Shrine is a historic Roman Catholic shrine in the Buckeye Road neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Saint Elizabeths Magyar Roman Catholic Church is situated 3,200 feet south of Karamu House.
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Taber Andrew Bain, CC BY 2.0.
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital is a pediatric acute care children's teaching hospital located in Cleveland, Ohio. It is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and has a neonatal intensive care unit, pediatric intensive care unit, and level 1 pediatric trauma center. UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Karamu House.
Maltz Performing Arts Center
Arts center
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Maltz Performing Arts Center, officially the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center, is a 1200-seat historic arts and religious venue on the campus of Case Western Reserve University, located at 1855 Ansel Road, in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. Maltz Performing Arts Center is situated 1 mile northeast of Karamu House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fairfax and East Side.
Fairfax
Neighborhood
Photo: Cbustapeck, CC BY-SA 1.0.
Fairfax is a neighborhood on the East Side of Cleveland, Ohio. It is roughly bounded between Euclid Avenue to the north, Woodland Avenue to the south, E.
East Side
Photo: Tim Evanson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The East Side is a district in Cleveland consisting of the areas outside of Downtown that are east of the Cuyahoga River. The district includes several important neighborhoods, including:…
University Circle
Quarter
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
University Circle is a district in the neighborhood of University on the East Side of Cleveland, Ohio. It is home to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance Hall, the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Cleveland Cinematheque, Case Western Reserve University, the…
Karamu House
- Categories: theater building, arts center, art academy, and building
- Location: City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.49379° or 41° 29′ 38″ northLongitude
-81.6238° or 81° 37′ 26″ westOpen location code
86HWF9VG+GFOpenStreetMap ID
way 215286665OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=community_centreOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q6368358
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Karamu House” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Karamu House”
- Swedish: “Karamu House”
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