Croatians

Neighborhoods They Settled In: Goodrich, St. Clair

First Immigrants Early 1900's

The Croatians settled around E. 40^th Street. Another area was between E. 26^th and E. 31^st. The heart of the old Croatian settlement remains around E. 40^th where St. Paul Church and school, built in 1903, are located. The other Croatian parish, St. Nicholas, was founded in 1902 at Superior and E. 36^th.

1942 Report by the WPA:

The second Jugoslav group to come to Cleveland were the Croats or Croatians. The first Croatian settlement in Cleveland was Old King Street from E. 33^rd to E. 40^th north of St. Clair. Today the areas around Waterloo Road in the Nottingham section and St. Clair from E. 40^th to E. 60^th street as well as parts of W. 25^th Street and Superior Avenue in the E. 30^th vicinity are the Croatian neighborhoods. The original Croatian parish centered around St. Nicholas Greek Catholic Church at St. Clair and E. 41^st Street which was organized in 1902. There is also St. Paul’s Croatian Roman Catholic Church at E. 40^th near St. Clair which was built in 1903.