National Negro Opera House in Homewood. Photo taken April 2016. If there is one house you learn about from our month long series for historic preservation month, the The National Negro Opera Company House in Homewood is the house to remember. This house needs some love and unlike the other properties that I have posted about this month, I don’t know what the future holds for this place. I believe there is a huge opportunity for this building, but it is also a huge challenge. The house, located at 7101 Apple Street in the Homewood Neighborhood, was built in 1908.… Read the rest