Cleveland Court Apartments 620–638 Explained

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
Designated Other1 Color:
  1. CDE5B2
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]

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  1. Web site: Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage . Alabama Historical Commission . www.preserveala.org . October 25, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120904152458/http://preserveala.org/alabamaregister.aspx?sm=f_b . September 4, 2012 .