to see the windows

Surrounded by the main campus of Cleveland Clinic is a green stone church on Euclid Avenue. Recently, Cleveland Clinic has built on three former lots on Euclid that had impressive church buildings. Disciples of Christ's Euclid Avenue Christian Church went up in 1906. The inside work was done by J.R.Lamb Studios. They began before the War for the Union, and are still in business. First in Grenwich New York, and then during and after the Great Depression in several (mostly New Jersey) moves. In 1955 the church was sold to East Mount Zion Baptist.

Original year stone with the year the congregation began [1843], and the year of the building [1906]. In the lower left corner is a corner of a plaque noting the new ownership of 1955.

Often Sundays are the best chance for photography--access. This window was in a meeting room. Their Sunday service starts at 10.45am, and around 1 pm i drove by and saw cars leaving. I saw this as a chance to see the big Jesus window (and the interior), which is visible in reverse from Euclid Avenue. The church was built on the Akron Plan, with a balcony, and sloping upwards like an amphitheater, with adjacent rooms. So i was touristing, and an indignant fellow in a janitor's uniform gave me the bum's rush after i took this foto. There was a display case with material on the Wigwam (the East End Republican Club). The congregation began at the Wigwam (E.100th&Cedar) in 1908. Before the 1960s, Black Americans were Republicans.  Euclid Avenue had been the most prestigious street in Cleveland. For many years, Catholics were prevented having a church on Euclid, Black Americans longer. This congregation was the first.