5500 Scovill Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. County/parish: Cuyahoga.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 17, 1982. NRIS 82001371.
Part of Black History TR (NRIS 64000610).
1 contributing building.Also known as:
Shiloh Baptist Church is a historic church at 5500 Scovill Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.
The structure was built by the Jewish congregation of B'Nai Jeshurun. It was designed by local architect Harry A. Cone in the Neoclassical architectural style.
Construction began in late May 1905, and the building dedicated on August 27, 1926.
Shiloh Baptist Church was founded in 1850,1850 and was the first African American Baptist congregation in Cleveland. The congregation purchased the structure in May 1923, but could not take possession until the new synagogue was completed.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is considered a historic Black church in Cleveland. It is also a Cleveland Historic Landmark.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984686