Cleveland Home for Aged Colored People

Eliza Bryant Village, formerly named the Cleveland Home For Aged Colored People, is located at 7201 Wade Park Ave. in Cleveland Ohio.

Eliza Bryant Village, formerly the Cleveland Home For Aged Colored People
LocationCleveland, Ohio
Coordinates41°30′2″N 81°39′14″W
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Late Victorian
MPSBlack History TR
NRHP reference No.82001366 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 17, 1982

It was once located at 4807 Cedar Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, an historic building built in the early 1900s as a residential facility for elderly black people.

The home was founded by Eliza Bryant, a woman who was active in welcoming African Americans migrating to Cleveland from southern states. In her work, she learned that elderly African Americans were often left alone as a result of slavery. With the help of Sarah Green and Lethia Cousins Fleming, she began in 1893 to establish a home for the elderly. The home opened on August 11, 1897.[2] The Cedar Avenue building operated as a 19-bed facility from 1914 through 1967, when the board made the decision to move to a larger 47-bed facility at 1380 Addison Road. The home had been renamed in 1960 to the Eliza Bryant Home for the Aged in recognition of its founder. The Addison Road facility was becoming increasingly expensive to maintain, so the board made the decision to rebuild in the inner city. In 1985, the new Eliza Bryant Center was opened.[3]

The historic building on Cedar Avenue is now owned and operated by Fresh Start, Inc., as Fresh Start Halfway House for men who are recovering from substance abuse. It also provides a 12-week after-care program.[4]

On December 17, 1982, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places

See also
  • List of Registered Historic Places in Cleveland, Ohio

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "Women in History: Eliza Bryant biography". Lakewood Public Library. Archived from the original on 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  3. "Eliza Bryant Center - History". Archived from the original on 2008-05-18. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  4. Fresh Start, Inc. homepage
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