In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Cleveland's immigrant communities often built schools, as well as churches, to foster their religion and native language. In 1911, St. Josaphat parish opened an elementary school in a house it had purchased at 1417 East 33rd Street. Later, when the parish church was built in 1915-1917, the school house was razed and a new school building constructed to the rear of the new church. In this circa 1927 photo, St. Josaphat elementary school students stand in front of the church. With them is the parish's third pastor, Father Joseph Spanowski. The elementary school operated for over 50 years before closing, because of declining enrollment, in 1966. | Source: Raymond PiankaDownload Original File
