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6 Black churches to be nominated for historical register

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Cleveland Restoration Society awarded $52,000 grant by National Park Service. Society will be able to nominate what it calls sacred places in telling of Black history. Just 1% of Ohio locations on the National Register of Historic Places are categorized as Black heritage. Six Cleveland churches to be nominated include Advent Evangelical Lutheran Church, Nazarene Baptist, Calvary Presbyterian, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church.

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Portland Press Herald

Portland’s Franklin Towers was added to the National Register of Historic Places. But not for the reasons you think.

The 16-story apartment building is home to about 215 low-income elderly and disabled people and has been plagued with health and safety problems for years. The designation could help renovate it.

1 month ago·Portland, United States

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Bangor Daily News

Bangor building added to National Register of Historic Places

A building on Broadway in Bangor slated to be the new home of the International Cryptozoology Museum was accepted to the National Register of Historic Places last week. Built in 1945, 490 Broadway became the 32nd individual property in Bangor to be added to the list, according to Michael Goebel-Bain, a National Register and survey coordinator with the Maine Historic Preservation Commission. The white building, which features a prominent Art De…

1 month ago·Bangor, United States

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Fox8

6 Black churches to be nominated for historical register

CLEVELAND (WJW) -- Preserving pieces of Cleveland history before they're lost is the sentiment behind the effort to elevate six historic Black churches to the National Register of Historic Places. A $52,000 grant recently awarded to the Cleveland Restoration Society by the National Park Service will enable the organization to nominate what it calls sacred places in the telling of Black history. Ohio town among 20 best places to live in the …

1 month ago·Cleveland, United States

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