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In the early 1800s, settlers began building log cabins in what is now known as Cleveland Heights.
Streetcar lines spurred large-scale residential development at the beginning of the 20th century. The population grew rapidly enough to earn the once-small hamlet the status of a city on August 9, 1921.
The 1920s, by far, saw the most construction in this community. The construction of large mansions had diminished, but modest bungalows, apartment houses, gracious Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival homes, and commercial districts were rapidly expanding the city.
Cleveland Heights became home to a diverse mixture of immigrants and people of different ethnic backgrounds, all living in a community of unique, tree-lined streets, dotted with beautiful neighborhood parks and with homes and businesses with beautifully crafted architecture.
Today, Cleveland Heights retains the charm and character established in the early part of the twentieth century, and the architecture very much stands as it did in those early days. Cleveland Heights is a place where diversity is highly valued and openness, inclusivity, and tolerance are cherished traits. All are welcome.
All are welcome
throughout the years
1920s
Mayfield Road at Taylor, 1922
Roxboro Elementary School, 1922
Coventry Elementary School, 1922
Cleveland Heights City Halls, 1924
Cleveland Heights Police Force at City Hall, 1924
4th of July on Sycamore Road, 1925
Cumberland Bathhouse & Pool under Construction, 1927
Commercial area, Lee Rd.-Euclid Heights Blvd, 1928
Angelos Shoe Repair, 1928
1930s
Alcazar Hotel, 1930
Cleveland Heights City Hall, 1930
Gulf Oil Gas Station Meadowbrook Blvd and Lee Road, 1930
Old Fire Department, 1930
Noble Road Fire Station, 1932
Fairmount Taylor Commercial District, 1935
Heights High School 13263 Cedar Road, 1935
Ladies at Cedar Hill, 1935
Signs at 26172621 Noble Road, 1935
Woodridge Road, 1935
Heights High Band on Football Field, 1936
1940s
Noble Road Fire Station, 1940
Cumberland Park, 1940
Cain Park Tennis Courts, 1940
Frank and Alma Cain in Cain Park, 1945
Performance at Cain Park, 1945
City Council, 1946
Mayor Frank Cains Family Portrait, 1946
Streetcar Euclid Heights Boulevard at Derbyshire, 1948
Aerial photograph at Taylor Rd Euclid Heights Blvd, 1949
1950s
Lifeguards at Cumberland Pool, 1950
Swimmer Handstand at Cumberland Pool, 1950
Dean Dairys 75th Anniversary, 1959
1960s
Severance Mall, 1960
Euclid Avenue Christian Church, 1961
Heights Rockefeller Building, 1961
Music at Superior School, 1961
Superior Schoolhouse, 1964
Kahn Electric Co Noble Road, 1968
Cleveland Typewriter, 1969
1970s
Heights Center Building, 1971
Heights Center Building, 1971
Sinai Synagogue, 1975
South Taylor Road Business District, 1977
1980s
Baskin Robbins Ice Cream Noble Monticello commercial District, 1980
Als Deli Clothes Bin Alices Noble Monticello Commercial District, 1983
2252 Chatfield Drive, 1984
Cleveland Heights Staff, 1984
2537 Lee Road, 1985
2811 North Park Boulevard, 1987
1990s
The Tavern Company, 1990
Arbor Gallery Antiques Jewelry, 1990
Armed Forces Recruiting Center Heights Animal Hospital, 1990
Verne Ellsworth Hann Inc, 1990
Demolition of Auto Dealership, 1995
2000s
Lee Road, Summer
City Hall, Spring
On The Rise, Spring
Happy 10K
Grog Shop
Fairmount
Heights Hardware
Cain Park, 2019
Books are available at Appletree Books, Heights Library, and Mac's Backs-Books On Coventry.
Local press on
Cleveland Heights
Articles
Karin Connelly Rice, Fresh Water Cleveland
John Petkovic, The Plain Dealer
Karin Connelly Rice, Fresh Water Cleveland
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