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.
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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/