University Circle - Little Italy
UNIVERSITY CIRCLE / LITTLE ITALY / MURRAY HILL
Bounded on the North by Wade Park
Bounded on the South by Quincy
Bounded on the West by E. 105th St. (called Doan St. before 1906)
Bounded on the East by Murray Hill
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University Circle holds the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Severance Hall, the African-American Museum and Botanical Gardens, the Western Reserve Historical Society and Case Western Reserve University. Up the road from University Circle is Little Italy. Little Italy was settled in the late 1800's by Italian artisans and is also known as Murray Hill. The Italian immigrants worked in the nearby marbleworks.
MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS:
Italian
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
Lake View Cemetery - 12316 Euclid Avenue - 216-421-2665
This is a privately owned cemetery and its records can be found on site. In 1869, the Lakeview Cemetery Association was formed. Jeptha Wade was the president. This cemetery is the home to President James A. Garfield's tomb. Also buried here are Charles F. Brush, John D. Rockefeller, Marcus Hanna and the Van Sweringens. A monument was erected to honor the 169 students who died in the 1908 Collinwood School Fire.
Calvary Cemetery
CHURCHES: Click here to see church histories and possibly pictures of the churches below
St. Matthew Evangelical later United Church of Christ
Beckwith Presbyterian
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