Broadway North

BROADWAY NORTH

Bounded on the North by Grand Avenue

Bounded on the South by Union Avenue

Bounded on the West by the Cuyahoga River

Bounded on the East by E. 79th St.

This neighborhood was originally part of Newburg Township.

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North Broadway was originally part of Newburgh Township.  People from New England first arrived in the area in 1796 and they first settled here to avoid the swampy, mosquito infested area of the Flats.  North Broadway is known for its steel mills and was annexed to Cleveland by the mid 1870s.  In the 1870's, there was a large group of Czech and Polish immigrants coming to work in the iron and steel mills.  The main shopping area was at the intersection of E. 55th and Broadway.

MAIN ETHNIC GROUPS:

Czechs, Poles, Bohemians, Irish

NEARBY CEMETERIES:  For a Spreadsheet showing where records can be found for the cemeteries mentioned below, see this site:  http://usgenwebsites.org/OHCuyahoga/Cemeteries/index.html

Calvary Cemetery

Harvard Grove Cemetery

Woodland Cemetery

St. John Cemetery

St. Joseph Cemetery

Bohemia Jewish Cemetery, 6523 Baxter Avenue

CHURCHES:  Click here to see church histories and possibly pictures of the churches below  https://sites.google.com/site/faqcuyahogactyresearch/cleveland-pastors-and-their-churches/cleveland-individual-church-histories

Broadway United Methodist Church

St. John Evangelical Lutheran

Holy Name Catholic

Immaculate Heart Catholic

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic

Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic

St. Casimir Catholic

St. John Nepomucene Catholic

St. Stanislaus Catholic

St. Wenceslaus Catholic

Trinity Baptist

FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Bohemian National Hall

Polish National Hall, 7205 Fullerton

Sokol Polish Hall, 7146 Broadway

LINKS:

http://www.slavicvillagehistory.org/

Newburg Township Histories:  https://sites.google.com/site/clevelandanditsneighborhoods/home/cuyahoga-county-townships/newburg-township?authuser=0