Cleveland Court Apartments 620–638 | |
Location: | 620–638 Cleveland Ct., Montgomery, Alabama |
Coordinates: | 32.3633°N -86.3178°W |
Built: | 1943 |
Architect: | Montgomery Housing Authority |
Added: | October 29, 2001 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 01001167 |
Designated Other1 Name: | Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage |
Designated Other1 Abbr: | ARLH |
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Designated Other1 Link: | Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage |
Designated Other1 Date: | March 30, 1989[1] |
The Cleveland Court Apartments 620–638 is a historic apartment building in the Cleveland Court Apartment Complex in Montgomery, Alabama. It is significant to the history of the modern Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Unit 634 was home to civil rights activist Rosa Parks, her husband Raymond, and her mother, Leona McCauley, during the Montgomery bus boycott from 1955 to 1956. The building was placed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on March 30, 1989, and the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 2001.[1]