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The Slovenian National Home in Cleveland, Ohio at 6409 St. Clair Avenue. The building was named as a Greater Cleveland Landmark in 1984. The Slovenian Sokol was formed in 1897 to promote gymnastics, as well as music and literature in the Slovene community. [13]
The first documented Slovenian to settle in the Cleveland area was Joseph Turk, who came about 1883, most likely from Carniola, and settled on Marble Avenue, near the steel mills. [3] He helped organize the Catholic Slovenes in Cleveland, and requested that Bishop Richard Gilmour of Cleveland appoint a permanent Slovenian priest in Cleveland ...
This 1905 Swiss Chalet Revival style house was built for Frederick W. Bomonti, a famous Swiss American restaurateur in Cleveland. It is an exemplar of the type of architecture favored by Swiss Americans, a large and influential immigrant group in Cleveland in the late 1800s. 19: Broadway Avenue Historic District: Broadway Avenue Historic District
Broadway–Slavic Village is a neighborhood on the Southeast side of Cleveland, Ohio. One of the city's oldest neighborhoods, it originated as the township of Newburgh, first settled in 1799. [4] [5] Much of the area has historically served as home to Cleveland's original Czech and Polish immigrants.
The area went into a long decline after World War II. [86] In 1940, the area had 21,003 residents. [93] But from 1945 to 1970, the Cleveland area shed most of is heavy industry, and the loss of industrial jobs hit the North Broadway neighborhood particularly hard. [94]
The Slovenska Dobrodelna Zveza (Slovenian Mutual Benefit Association) was formed in Grdina's Hall on St. Clair Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio on November 11, 1910. [1] It was created through the merged of several smaller Slovenian-American fraternal organizations, including the St. Barbara Society of Forest City, Pennsylvania. [1]
National Cleveland-style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland [24] American Slovenian Club of Fairport Harbor, Fairport Harbor, OH [25] Slovene Home for the Aged, Cleveland [26] Slovenian Museum and Archives, Cleveland [27] Slovenska Pristava, Harpersfield, OH; Slovenian Catholic recreation and retreat center [28] [29]
Downtown Cleveland Hall of fame - Music Sculpture Center: University Circle Art website, gGallery for sculpture Slovenian Museum & Archives St. Clair - Superior Ethnic Slovenian Museum: SPACES Gallery Ohio City: Art website, contemporary art Steamship William G. Mather Maritime Museum: Downtown Cleveland Museum ship: Retired Great Lakes bulk ...