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Cleveland Court Apartments 620–638

Coordinates: 32°21′48″N 86°19′4″W / 32.36333°N 86.31778°W / 32.36333; -86.31778
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Cleveland Court Apartments 620–638
Cleveland Court Apartments in 2009
Cleveland Court Apartments 620–638 is located in Montgomery, Alabama
Cleveland Court Apartments 620–638
Cleveland Court Apartments 620–638 is located in Alabama
Cleveland Court Apartments 620–638
Cleveland Court Apartments 620–638 is located in the United States
Cleveland Court Apartments 620–638
Location620–638 Cleveland Ct., Montgomery, Alabama
Coordinates32°21′48″N 86°19′4″W / 32.36333°N 86.31778°W / 32.36333; -86.31778
Arealess than one acre
Built1943
ArchitectMontgomery Housing Authority
NRHP reference No.01001167[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 29, 2001
Designated ARLHMarch 30, 1989[2]

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][2]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Properties on the Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage". Alabama Historical Commission. www.preserveala.org. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2012.