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GRACE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH (1867-1980) originated in 1867 as a Methodist-Congregational Union Sabbath school near the corner of Ridge Rd. and Denison Ave., organized by First Congregational & Methodist Church. In 1870 the First Congregational accepted responsibility for the school, and in 1874 it moved to Union Chapel (built by First Congregational) at 73rd St. and Brimsmade Ave. In 1875 Rev. Elisha A.

The GRACE HOSPITAL ASSN. (Grace Hospital), founded in 1910, was the first small hospital in Ohio to be accredited by the American College of Surgeons. It was located at 2307 West 14th and Fairfield Avenue in 2006.

GRAHAM, OTTO EVERETT, JR. (6 December 1921-17 December 2003) was the first starting quarterback for the CLEVELAND BROWNS.

The GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC (GAR) was a national association of Union Civil War veterans, founded in Decatur, IL, in 1866. Ten states, including Ohio, and the District of Columbia sent representatives to the GAR's first national convention in Indianapolis, IN, in Nov. 1866. The first meeting of the Dept. of Ohio, GAR, was held in Jan. 1867 in Columbus.

The GRAND PRIX OF CLEVELAND, a 500-km IndyCar auto race, has been held annually at BURKE LAKEFRONT AIRPORT since 1982, and was originally known as the Budweiser-Cleveland 500. The race became the Cleveland Grand Prix in 1984, and was changed again to the Budweiser-Cleveland 500 in 1985.

The GRASSELLI CHEMICAL CO., one of Cleveland's leading chemical producers, began in Cincinnati where Eugene Ramiro Grasselli established a chemical works to manufacture sulfuric acid in 1839. In 1866 Grasselli erected a plant in Cleveland on Independence Rd. near Broadway and moved his headquarters there the following year to manufacture sulfuric acid in quantity for the city's growing number of oil refineries.

GRAY DRUG STORES, INC., a leading drugstore chain and a pioneer in merchandising techniques, was founded by ADOLPH WEINBERGER, a Hungarian immigrant who opened his first drugstore at E. 30th St. and Scovill Ave. in 1912. Weinberger moved his store several times before introducing cut-rate prices at a Prospect Ave. location and by 1928 he had 7, which he organized as Weinberger Drug Stores, Inc.

GRAY PRIDE was an organization dedicated to addressing the needs of aging LGBTQ people, affirming their rights and dignity, and building supportive environments through advocacy and education. Gray Pride was composed of two groups: a social group focused on organizing gatherings and building community and an interagency task force focused on advocacy and education regarding the specific needs of aging LGBTQ people.

GRAYS ARMORY, built by Cleveland's long-standing private military company, the CLEVELAND GRAYS, has served as a meeting lodge and assembly hall for that group, and also as a stage for a wide variety of events.

The GREAT FLOOD OF 1913 began on March 21, 1913 when massive wind and ice storms began to hit the Midwest followed by deadly tornadoes. The storms immediately knocked out the power and telephone lines at the Cleveland NWS station. Within five days, the storms had dropped an equivalent of a quarter’s year of rainfall on Ohio, nearly 11 inches.

The GREAT LAKES AIRCRAFT CO. was established in Oct. 1928 after Glenn L. Martin relocated his base of operations from Cleveland to Baltimore (see GLENN L. MARTIN CO.). Great Lakes, headed by William Roberts Wilson (COB); Charles F. Van Sicklen (VP and dir. of sales); Richard Hunter (dir. of advertising); and P. B. "Zeke" Rogers (chief engineer), acquired the entire Martin facility at 16800 St.

The GREAT LAKES BOWL was a short-lived college football bowl game played at CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM in 1947 and 1948.

The GREAT LAKES BREWING CO., located at 2516 Market Ave. in Cleveland, was the city's first modern brew-pub. This combination micro-brewery and restaurant near the West Side Market was opened in 1988 by brothers Pat and Dan Conway. The historic building, said to have the oldest working bar in Cleveland, was once a feed store, and some elements remain from that era. The Great Lakes Brewing Co.

GREAT LAKES DREDGE AND DOCK CO. was established when the use of larger ships on the Great Lakes created a need for deeper channels and sturdier docks. Founded in 1890 by William A. Lydon, the company has grown since then and expanded its operations to Central and South America, as well as the Middle East, Africa, and the Caribbean Islands.

GREAT LAKES EXPOSITION (1936-37) Planned to coincide with the centennial of Cleveland's incorporation and help draw the city out of the Great Depression, by the time the Great Lakes Exposition had drawn to a close in 1937, the Expo had attracted 7 million visitors to the downtown area. The Expo had all the feel of a real World’s Fair, without the official title. 

The GREAT LAKES HISTORICAL SOCIETY, organized on April 27, 1944, maintains the Inland Seas Maritime Museum, the largest and oldest marine museum on the Great Lakes. The society was founded at a meeting at the CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY by Frederick Wakefield, A. A. Mastics, Milton N.

The GREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER, located at 601 Erieside Avenue, opened in July of 1996 in the North Coast Harbor district of Cleveland's lakefront.

The GREAT LAKES THEATER FESTIVAL began as the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival with a performance of As You Like It on 11 July 1962, with a 30-member acting company performing 6 plays by Shakespeare that summer.

GREAT LAKES TOWING CO., whose services have included vessel towing as well as marine salvage and ice breaking, is the last remaining company operating tugboats at the Port of Cleveland and on the Cuyahoga River. The firm once had a near-monopoly on such services on the Great Lakes and tributary waters.

GREATER CLEVELAND CHAPTER OF HADASSAH. See HADASSAH.

The CLEVELAND DENTAL SOCIETY (formerly the Cleveland Dental Society), established in 1886 by thirteen Cleveland-area dentists, had approximately 1,100 members in its centennial year. The organization has provided continuing education for professionals, community education on dental care, and clinical aid to the needy, meeting six to eight times per year and sponsoring an annual two-day meeting.

The GREATER CLEVELAND GROWTH ASSN., a leader in promoting BUSINESS,

The GREATER CLEVELAND HOME AND FLOWER SHOW, a popular annual event, was first held in Public Hall in 1941. Before that, home shows and flower shows were held separately in Cleveland. The first home and building show was run in 1916 by Ralph P. Stoddard, a Cleveland newspaper man, and the Complete Cleveland Bldg. Show Co.

GREATER CLEVELAND HOSPITAL ASSN. See CENTER FOR HEALTH-GREATER CLEVELAND HOSPITAL ASSN.

The GREATER CLEVELAND LABOR HISTORY SOCIETY was founded in 1982 by Jean Tussey and David Knapp as a resource center and museum to educate today's workers about the daily life of the ordinary workingman in the past. Located in the Sidney Hillman Building at 2227 Payne Ave., the society collected historic records, books, photographs, and memorabilia from various sources, including material from the UAW, Intl.

The GREATER CLEVELAND NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS ASSN. (GCNCA), organized in 1963, coordinates neighborhood centers throughout the city, centralizing the planning and budgeting of over 20 agencies with shared goals but different programs. A pioneer in such consolidation, in 1995 GCNCA was the country's largest neighborhood center organization.

The GREATER CLEVELAND NURSES ASSN. (GCNA), District #4 of the Ohio Nurses Assn., has continuously promoted the profession of NURSING in Cleveland under various names since its founding on May 28, 1900 (incorporated in 1909).

The GREATER CLEVELAND PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL SOCIETY was founded in 1985 to honor peace officers who have given their lives in the performance of service to their communities and the nation, especially those from the Greater Cleveland area. The GCPOMS was originally established as the Peace Officer Memorial Day Parade Comm. by two members of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Assn. following the death of a fellow officer in 1984.

The GREATER CLEVELAND POISON CONTROL CENTER, which was established in 1957, is the oldest such countywide facility in the U.S. The Center has provided a twenty-four-hour emergency telephone hotline for both health-care professionals and the public, and poison-prevention materials, exhibits, and education programs for community groups.

The GREATER CLEVELAND REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY was established 30 Dec. 1974 to administer a countywide system of public transportation organized around the existing Cleveland Transit System (CTS).

The GREATER CLEVELAND ROUNDTABLE, a nonprofit private organization founded in 1981 by leaders from the business, education, labor, civic, and religious organizations to improve multicultural and multiracial relations in the city of Cleveland and facilitate minority economic inclusion in Northeast Ohio. At its inception, the Roundtable's Board of Trustees, chaired by E.

The GREATER CLEVELAND SAFETY COUNCIL has been a nationally recognized pioneer in the field of safety education and training. Organized in 1919 as the Cleveland Safety Council, it was the 3rd local council chapter established following the creation of the Natl. Safety Council in 1913. The national council, originally formed to encourage industrial safety, soon expanded its programs to include all aspects of accident prevention.

The GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS HALL OF FAME was organized in Aug. 1976 to recognize the contributions Greater Cleveland men and women have made to this area through their sports achievements. The Hall of Fame originated as a project of the Greater Cleveland Bicentennial Sports Committee at the suggestion of Sam Levine.

The GREATER CLEVELAND VETERANS COUNCIL, formed in 1946 to unite Cuyahoga County veterans in their concern for and discussion of national, state, and local legislation that affects veterans' benefits. Member organizations are the VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, American Veterans of World War I, and American Veterans of World War II.

The GREATER CLEVELAND VOLUNTEER HEALTH PLAN is a volunteer group that in 1982 replaced the METROPOLITAN HEALTH PLANNING CORP. as Greater Cleveland's health-care planner.

GREEKS form one of Cleveland's smaller but most cohesive nationality groups, preserving their culture through their central institution, the Greek Orthodox church. The first Greek to settle in Cleveland reportedly was Panagiotis Koutalianos, a fabled "strong man," who is said to have come ca. 1880s. Out of 370,007 Greeks emigrating to the U.S.

GREEN ROAD SYNAGOGUE, one of Cleveland's largest Orthodox Jewish congregations, traces its origins to a few immigrants from Marmaresh Sziget, Hungary, who established the Marmaresh B'nai Jacob Society in the Woodland neighborhood in 1910. That year, members of this self-help society held religious services in a rented room at E. 26th St. and Woodland Ave. In 1911 they purchased a building at E. 25th St. near Woodland.