former churches

8 February  2013 Zion United Church of Christ formerly United German Evangelical Protestant

This section of Cleveland is now called 'Tremont', after a small street and a grade school. [click] It still has a lot of church buildings, a Lutheran Slovak congregation moved to far west side of Cleveland while the interstate took its building. The earliest church was a Yankee one, and then several German Protestant ones. Some groups moved, and/or sold to later arrivals. This is one early one, which changed its affiliation and continued. The congregation has been greatly reduced, and could not afford upkeep. As i read, they had an agreement to use part of the school building as a chapel. Now, i think it is over "zoom" on the internet, because of the trump virus. At first, the new buyer was supposed to convert the building into a climbing gym. The present owner has made apartments, and is beginning to lease. From the outside, it is quite visible that much work was done.

12 October 2020

12 October 2020.  The outside protective windows are gone, and the top portions of some windows, and all of others have been cleaned. And...it looks like been flipped inside-out.

INRI

Stained glass windows are meant to be seen from the inside. The sunbeams light the colors, and they are viewed inside; so plastic storm windows becoming cloudy and/or ugly is not a concern. Any writing would look backward from the outside, but this window reads forward from the outside.

8 February 2013  After the Germans, came the Slavs (Poles, Ukrainians, Rusyns, Slovaks), Greeks, and Lebanese. Old St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox moved to Parma. In the eraly '50s this church became Spanish Assembly of God. Recently it was sold to a pallet manufacturer.

8 February 2013

11 October 2020 They have done much work in conversion. This window is now beautiful when seen from the street.

8 February 2013

11 October 2020.  Now, the awning is gone, and the entire year stone is visible.  Svet Volodimira Velikogo Ukrajns'ka Pravoslavnij Cerkva (St. Vladimir the Great Ukrainian Orthodox Church)

22 October 2011   Our Lady of Mercy

Our Lady of Mercy was the last church building constructed in the neighbourhood. That was in 1949, it was a Slovak parish, with the most Orthodox looking Latin-rite sanctuary in the diocese. This was one of the 58 parishes extinguished by then bishop, Richard Lennon. He wanted money, and the elimination of nationality parishes. The mass of eviction took place on Mother's Day (9 May) 2010. The campus was very well maintained. Since the market was overwhelmed with properties, it took a long time to sell the campus. Eventually, the buildings became office space. The remodel won some sort of design award.

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nota bene: Blogger has eccentric control of the spacing, and indentations of copy and fotos. Now, after several attempts, i have regained some control of placement, on this post.