The ST. SAVA SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH CONTROVERSY (1963-75) over control of church property and control by a hierarchical form of church government split Cleveland's SERBIAN community.
ST. STANISLAUS CHURCH is the mother parish for Polish Roman Catholics in Cleveland, established in 1873 to serve the growing number of POLES. It evolved into one of the city's largest churches, in what was for a time Cleveland's major Polish settlement, Warszawa. The parish had no permanent structure until 1881, meeting in either ST.
The parish of ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH at 1930 W. 54th St. in Cleveland was established in 1869. It eventually became the largest GERMAN-speaking Catholic parish in Cleveland. The congregation was using a small brick structure in 1873 when the church that stands today (1994) was begun.
ST. THEODOSIUS RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL (733 Starkweather Ave.) is considered one of the finest examples of Russian church architecture in the U.S. Begun in 1911, the cathedral is the parish's third structure. The St.
The ST. VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY of Cleveland, established in June 1865, is part of an international association (formed in Paris in 1833) of volunteer Catholic laypersons dedicated to serving the poor. The first American branch was established in St. Louis in Nov. 1845; the local branch was created at ST. JOHN CATHEDRAL by Bp.
ST. VINCENT'S ORPHAN ASYLUM served as a Catholic home for boys ages 4-14 from 1852 until 1925. Bp. AMADEUS RAPPE founded the home, run by the SISTERS OF CHARITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE. St. Vincent's opened with funds from a fair patronized by all denominations.
ST. VITUS CHURCH, at E. 61st St. and Glass Ave., was the first Catholic church in Cleveland for SLOVENES. Later one of the largest Slovenian churches in America, St. Vitus's first service was on 6 Aug. 1893. The first priest was the newly ordained Vitus Hribar. The first services were held at ST. PETER CHURCH in Cleveland.
ST. WENCESLAS CHURCH was established in 1867, the first parish to serve Bohemian (CZECH) Catholics in Cleveland. Services for the first Bohemian immigrants were held in ST. PETER'S, St. Joseph's, and ST. MARY'S ON-THE-FLATS. Bp.
ST. WENDELIN PARISH, formed in May 1903, was the first Slovak Roman Catholic parish on Cleveland's west side. It was established by Bp. IGNATIUS F. HORSTMANN out of ST. MARTIN OF TOURS parish for SLOVAKS living in the area south of Lorain Ave. and east of W. 25th St.
STADIUM OPERA consisted of two seasons of grand opera presented in CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM during its first 2 years, before the CLEVELAND INDIANS provided the facility with a primary tenant.
STAGE, CHARLES WILLARD (26 Nov. 1868-17 May 1946) was a lawyer active in civic affairs and politics who became Cleveland's first utilities director under the HOME RULE charter.
STAGECOACH ROUTES IN NORTHERN OHIO provided overland passenger travel beginning in 1809, when an early stage route was maintained from Cleveland to Painesville following the old lake shore Indian trail. A regular weekly stage to Painesville began in 1818, carrying mail and passengers in a springless wagon for the bumpy 18-hour ride.
STAGER, ANSON (20 Apr. 1825-26 Mar. 1885), a pioneer in telegraphy, was born in Ontario County, N.Y., son of Joseph and Elmira Stager. At age 16 he worked on the Rochester Daily Advertiser, owned by Henry O'Reilley, who also had a contract to construct a line of Morse's electromagnetic telegraph from Philadelphia to the Midwest.
The STAGER-BECKWITH HOUSE, located at 3813 EUCLID AVENUE, is a 10,000 square foot, 15-room, three-story brick and stone Italianate-Second French Empire residence.
STAIR, PATTY (12 Nov. 1869-26 April 1926) was a distinguished figure in Cleveland music circles during the first quarter of the 20th century. She was a Cleveland native and niece of Edwin Stair, a well-known tenor.
STANDARD BREWING CO. was founded in 1904 by Stephen S. Creadon and John T. Feighan. In 1905 they located their plant in an old flour mill at 5801 Train Ave. on Cleveland's near west side, where they produced Old Bohemian beer and, later, in recognition of their IRISH heritage, Erin Brew.
STANDARD OIL CO. (OHIO). See BP AMERICA.
STANDARD PRODUCTS CO., a division of Cooper Tire and Rubber Co., was founded ca. 1930 and is a world leader in the manufacture and production of rubber and plastic parts for the AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY. The company was founded by Dr. JAMES SIMS REID, a physician-turned-inventor.
STANDARD TRUST, the first labor bank in the nation, received a federal charter as the BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS' Cooperative National Bank of Cleveland on 28 June 1920. It opened at St. Clair Ave. and Ontario St. on 1 Nov. 1920 with 10 employees and $700,000 in resources.
STANDART, NEEDHAM M. (1797-4 Dec. 1874), shipbuilder and banker, was also engaged in the beef packing industry. He served as mayor of OHIO CITY (CITY OF OHIO) (1840-41) and was one of the 3 Ohio City commissioners who negotiated the union with Cleveland (1850s).
STANDIFORD, ETHEL CONWAY (3 January 1871 - 9 May 1963) won prizes for her photographs of Cleveland's elite of the 1920s and 1930s at the CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART's MAY SHOWS; collections of her work are held by the WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY and the
STANTON (DAY SESSIONS), LUCY ANN (16 Oct. 1831-18 Feb. 1910) became the first AFRICAN-AMERICAN woman to complete a four-year college course when, in 1850, she graduated with a Literary Degree from the Ladies' Literary Course of Oberlin College.
STARKWEATHER, SAMUEL (27 Dec. 1799-5 July 1876), lawyer, judge, and mayor of Cleveland, was born in Pawtucket, R.I., son of Oliver and Miriam (Clay) Starkweather. He worked on a farm, graduated from Brown College in 1822, and tutored at Brown until 1824, when he left to study law with Judge Swift in Windham, Conn.
STARR, EDWIN (born Charles Edwin Hatcher) (21 January 21, 1942 – 2 April 2, 2003), was an internationally renowned African-American singer, whose musical career spanned more than four decades and multiple genres of popular music..
STASHOWER, FRED P. (29 Oct. 1902-10 Jan. 1994) combined during his lifetime careers in journalism, advertising, and public office.
Born in Cleveland to Max D. and Sarah Polansky Stashower, Fred attended local schools and graduated from Glenville High School. He then entered the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania where he earned his bachelor's degree in economics in 1924.
STASHOWER, HILDEGARDE DARMSTADTER (23 Dec. 1902-30 Apr. 1994) was a leading figure in the early growth and the continuing development of the CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE.
The STATE SAVINGS AND LOAN CO., the 9th largest savings and loan institution in the Cleveland area at one time, was established in 1909 as the Tatra Savings & Loan Co. John A. Sotak, Joseph Dovalosky, and Michael Phillips pooled $20,000 and opened the first office at Scovill Ave. and E. 23rd St., which served a largely SLOVAK clientele.
The STATE THEATER, 1519 EUCLID AVE., opened on 5 Feb. 1921. Designed for Vaudeville and movie shows by architect Thos. Lamb, the State was the flagship theater of Marcus Loew's Ohio Theatres. It was built by the Fleishman Constr. Co. of New York at a cost of $2 million. Described as Italian Renaissance, the State actually combined Roman, Greek, and European Baroque designs.
The STATLER OFFICE TOWER at E. 12th St. and EUCLID AVE. was for many years a prominent Cleveland hotel, which was converted to office space because of falling occupancy rates. The Hotel Statler, which opened 12 Oct. 1912, was built of steel, concrete, and fireproof tile, while the exterior was granite, Indiana limestone, red brick, and white terra cotta.
The STATUE OF TADEUSZ ANDRZEJ BONAWENTURA KOSCIUSZKO, Polish army officer and statesman, was unveiled and dedicated in WADE PARK on 8 May 1905. The 8' statue, situated on a 12' high pedestal on the west side of the CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, was sculpted by Gaitano Trentanove at a cost of $9,000.
The STEAMSHIP WILLIAM G. MATHER MUSEUM, once the flagship of the Cleveland-Cliffs fleet, later served as a floating museum operated by the GREAT LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY at Cleveland's NORTH COAST HARBOR.
STEARNS, F. B. CO. See F. B. STEARNS CO.
STEELYARD COMMONS is a 130 acre shopping center which sits on the former site of an LTV STEEL finishing mill in the industrial Flats in the
STEFANSKI, BEN S. (26 Jan. 1902-8 Oct. 1991) was the founder and long-time leader of THIRD FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOC. OF CLEVELAND, one of Cleveland's most successful savings institutions.
STEFFENS, SEARLES AND HIRSH was the firm name from 1897-1905 of a partnership of 3 architects responsible for many notable buildings in Cleveland and northeast Ohio. Geo. H. Steffens (1871-1928) and Paul C. Searles (1870-1947) formed a partnership in 1896 and took Willard Hirsh (1872-1920) into the firm later the same year.
STEINBRENNER, GEORGE M. III (4 July 1930-13 July 2010) was a shipping magnate and owner of sports teams, most famously, the New York Yankees.
STEINER, RALPH (8 Feb. 1899 - 13 July 1986) was a pioneering still photographer and cinematographer who was born in Cleveland. Steiner’s style was noted for its clean, geometric compositions that depicted the towering, automated grandeur of American industrial modernity.
The STELLA MARIS DETOX CENTER, an alcohol and drug treatment and rehabilitation center at 1320 Washington Ave., was founded on 10 May 1948. Several people, led by Fr. Otis S. Winchester, assistant pastor at ST. MALACHI'S CHURCH, began the project as a home for homeless alcoholics.
The STELLA WALSH CONTROVERSY was a high-profile affair that began soon after WALSH, (WALASIEWICZ), STELLA (STANISLAWA) was shot to death in a parking lot during an attempted robbery on December 4,
STEMPUZIS, JOSEPH (24 June 1921-24 April 1992) was a leader in the cultural and political affairs of Cleveland's Lithuanian-American community. A native of Kaisiadorys, Lithuania, he graduated from the Vilnius Pedagogical Institute in 1944 and was a family friend of Vytautas Landsbergis, who would become Lithuania's first president after independence.
STEPHAN, ROBERT STUDEBAKER (31 December 1895—20 February 1949) became one of the Midwest's best known radio editors during a career of two decades with the Cleveland PLAIN DEALER.
STEPIEN, THEODORE H. “TED” (9 June 1925-10 September 2007) was a businessman and sports owner, mostly notably owning the CLEVELAND CAVALIERS from 1980 to 1983.
The STERLING-LINDNER CO. was a combination of 3 smaller stores—the Sterling & Welch Co., the W. B. Davis Co., and the Lindner Co.—each of which was a leader retailer in its own specialty. Sterling & Welch began in 1845 when Thos. S. and Wm. Beckwith opened a dry goods store on Superior St. In 1857 the store replaced its dry goods line with floor coverings and curtains. Both Frederick A. Sterling and Geo. P.
STEWART, JOHN HALL (20 April 1904-31 Oct. 1991) occupied the Henry E. Bourne chair of history at CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV. as an authority on the era of the French Revolution. Born near Springfield in Ontario, Canada, he earned his bachelor's degree from the Univ. of Ontario and advanced degrees at Cornell. Joining the history dept.
STEWART, N. COE (1838-28 Feb. 1921), conductor, composer, and instructor, as director of music in the CLEVELAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, was responsible for implementing a highly successful music program in the 1870s.
STIGWANISH, also known as Stigwandish, Stigonish, or Seneca, a prominent Indian chief in the early years of Cleveland's settlement whose name translates as Standing Stone, was chief of the Seneca Indians remaining in Ohio after "Mad" Anthony Wayne's 1794 victory at Fallen Timbers.