Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge Number 878 (Elks Lodge)

Designated August 14, 2001 The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was founded by a group of actors and entertainers in 1868, and this building belonged to them from 1923 until 2001, when they sold it to the New Life Fellowship Church.  The edification was built between 1923 and 1924 with a neo classical style […]

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Ralph Bunche House

Designated May 17, 2005 This building was designated a city landmark in May 2005 mainly due to the eminent man that lived in it from 1951 to 1988, Ralph Bunche. At a time when African Americans in the US were segregated, Buncke rose in the Government rankings, becoming the highest-ranking African American in the United […]

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