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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 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 [23] American Slovenian Club of Fairport Harbor, Fairport Harbor, OH [24] Slovene Home for the Aged, Cleveland [25] Slovenian Museum and Archives, Cleveland [26] Slovenska Pristava, Harpersfield, OH; Slovenian Catholic recreation and retreat center [27] [28]
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 ...
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 ...
The National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum in Euclid, Ohio, United States.It traces the history of the Cleveland-style polka, from its Slovenian roots from the 19th century, through American factory and mining towns where it absorbed jazz and country expressions, to the post-war years when top ten polka hits got the nation on the dance floor.
The largest group of Slovenes in the United States eventually settled in Cleveland, Ohio, and the surrounding area. The second-largest group settled in Chicago, principally on the Lower West Side . The American Slovenian Catholic Union (Ameriško slovenska katoliška enota) was founded as an organization to protect Slovene-American rights in ...
The Zarja Singing Society is a choral group based in Cleveland, Ohio.It is dedicated to the education and support of Slovenian culture and tradition. The group was founded in 1916, making it the oldest Slovenian singing group abroad [1] [2] [3] and the oldest secular Slovenian singing society in Cleveland.