Architecture in Cleveland (10/5/2014)

First, the Lee-Scottsdale Building at 3756 Lee Road in Shaker Heights, OH, which was built as the Office of the First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association.

Lee-Scottsdale Building (1930),
designed by the firm of Fox, Duthie and Foose

Lee-Scottsdale Building detail,
with a Romanesque and Renaissance motif

Uradoven Prvej Katolickej Slovenskej Zenskej Jednoty/
Office of the First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association

Sunday, October 5, 2014
The sun was out, so we planned an afternoon of photographing old buildings in Cleveland. By the time we reached our first destination, the sun was gone.
Broadway Avenue Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 and is considered to be "architecturally intact."

This area started out as the town of Newburgh, but became absorbed by Cleveland. In the 1850s the Czechs began to immigrate to the States, and many settled in the Flats. As they became established, they set up shop in the Broadway District. Now the Slavic Village Development group is helping to renovate the neighborhood.

E 55th Street entrance of the
Broadway Free Library at 5417 Broadway Ave
(1904-1906), designed by Charles Morris

Hubcap Heaven (since 1958) (KSS)

Olympia Building at 3335-3361 E 55th Street (1920)

Olympia Building doorway

5466 Broadway Avenue (1925)

5466 Broadway Avenue doorway
surrounded by tile mosaic

5454 Broadway Avenue (1918)

5454 Broadway Avenue doorway with a
burglar alarm over the door

Anton Zverina Grocery at 5438 Broadway Ave (1889-1890)

Ad painted on the side of the Zverina building
was re-discovered when the building next door
was demolished; has Czech words in it (KSS)

5360 Broadway Avenue

Hruby Conservatory at 5417 Broadway Avenue (1917),
listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979

Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 3395 E 53rd Street
(1883-1891)

Victory Island (1942) in honor of the men and women
in the armed forces from the area, with an
eagle-topped obelisk (1954)

On the right, the Badgley Nichols Building at 5619 Broadway Avenue

Vcela Building at 5703 Broadway Avenue (1920-1923)

Vcela Building doorway

First Federal Savings Bank at 5733 Broadway Avenue (1932)

Former First Federal Savings Bank clock

Slavic Village Mural at 5728 Broadway Avenue

Kresge Building at 5704 Broadway Avenue

The Atlas at 5644 Broadway Avenue (1922),
one of the renovated buildings

Adams Building at 5634 Broadway Ave (1920)

On the right, the State Banking & Trust Co
at 5620 Broadway Avenue (1924)

Jednota (Czech for "union") Building
at 3259 E 55th Street (1932), Art Deco

Jednota Building doorway

Heading downtown:

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral at 2230 Euclid Avenue (1901-1907),
designed by Charles Frederick Schweinfurth in English Gothic style,
listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973

An aside at the Cleveland State University campus:

"The Politician - A Toy" (1995) by Billie Lawless, moved here in 2009

The City Club in Citizens Building (1902),
designed by Hubbell & Benes

Cleveland Trust Rotunda at 900 Euclid Avenue(1908),
listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973

Cleveland Trust Rotunda pediment with the sculpture of
"The Main Springs of Wealth" by Karl Theodore Francis Bitter

Cleveland Trust Rotunda doorway

Rose Building at 2060 E 9th Street (1900)

Grays Armory at 1234 Bolivar Rd (1893),
in Richardsonian Romanesque Revival-style,
listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973

Grays Armory doorway

Hanna Building at 1422 Euclid Avenue (1921) doorway

Playhouse Square; Cleveland's Theater District

Playhouse Square chandelier (2014)

Cleveland Athletic Club at 1118 Euclid Avenue (1911) doorway

John Hartness Brown Building
at 1021 Euclid Avenue (1901),
aluminum panel cladding has been removed
as this building is renovated

National City Bank Building at 629 Euclid Avenue
(1893-1894)

Former National City Bank Building doorway