Three of the homes are gone, Busta-Peck said. The two others are on East 86th Street, separated by two vacant lots. He recently wrote about the houses on his blog and contacted both the local Fairfax Renaissance Development Corp. Fairfax Renaissance Development already had its sights on the foreclosed home. Because it sat vacant on a well-tended street, the house was a good candidate for the group's program that renovates and resells houses to low- and moderate-income families.
But the staff didn't know about the Hughes connection until contacted last week by Busta-Peck. This was the very first time I have been given an address. She's hoping Wells Fargo will donate the house to her organization, which would aim to rehab it and sell it to a family.
The wood-frame Cleveland house where Langston Hughes once scribbled teenaged insights is back from the brink. Four years ago its back door flapped open and its copper fixtures had been pilfered by thieves, leaving ugly holes in the walls. Today, it is renovated, and ready for its new owner, an aspiring writer from Lyndhurst. Langston Hughes was just 15 in when he rented the attic room on E. The Center focuses on free health education, prevention and wellness programs to help improve community health.
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The wainscotting appears to have been added later. From the dining room we can see the living room and stairs to the second floor. To the left, a doorway provides access to a half bathroom and the basement stairs. The living room is trimmed in a manner similar to the dining room.
The moulding seems to include a picture rail. This beautiful railing graces the staircase, making up the north edge of the living room. The den, at the front of the house, has a fireplace. The tile on the floor appears to be in good condition.
My attempts to learn more took me to the Cuyahoga County Archives , where I investigated the property cards, a set of documents created in two series, in the s and s, to document all the houses in the county, for tax valuation purposes. They detail the various amenities of each house, which allow us to see how they may have been changed over time.
Both property cards, dated October, , and July, , state that the attic was unfinished. There was a floor present, but that was it - the space was used for storage. There are a few ways to interpret this. One could take this information at face value. Or one could say, since this information was partially owner-reported, that the owner was trying to get the lowest possible tax-valuation.
Another possibility is that the attic was partially finished, but the finish quality was such that, for the purposes of valuation, it was not counted as finished. The property cards also both state that there was only one bathroom, which is not what the physical evidence would suggest. This photograph, taken in July, , reveals a bit more, if perhaps not much of Langston Hughes' experience in the house. The house is the one in the center.
It retained the slate roof and original half-round gutters at the time, and the porch had not been obscured by the massive aluminum awning. There isn't enough detail, alas, to tell anything about the attic windows.
The siding has been covered by composite shingles. Perhaps the most notable visual difference is the loss of the trim between the second or third floor. When the vinyl siding is removed, this will again be visible, providing the house with slightly better visual presence.
One can see something of the character of the bay window on the side of the house, too.
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