Sacred Spaces Passport
Expiration: Jan 31st 2025
Welcome to the Sacred Spaces Passport, a unique journey through The Land's illuminated steeples and churches. The Passport invites you to explore these beautifully lit Cleveland landmarks – all visible from I-71 – each offering a glimpse into the rich architectural and cultural heritage of our community. These beacons of light serve not only as navigational aids, but also as symbols of the faith, history and resilience of the neighborhoods they grace.
This program is made possible by the generous support of the Reinhold W. Erickson Fund of The Cleveland Foundation. Their dedication to preserving and highlighting the beauty of our sacred landmarks ensures that these structures continue to inspire awe in all who pass by.
Set out on this enlightening journey and check in at each sacred space to commemorate your visit. Whether you’re a local or a visitor, the Sacred Spaces Passport is your guide to Cleveland’s illuminated treasures.
Prizes
Destination Cleveland’s Experience Passports Program now allows participants to accumulate points across all offered passports*, redeemable for a variety of Cleveland-branded prizes you can view in the “Rewards” tab of the passport.
Pick up your prizes at the Cleveland Visitors Center at 334 Euclid Avenue in Downtown Cleveland. All passport check-ins must be completed and prizes picked up by January 31, 2025.
*Excludes points earned for the Cleveland Brewery Passport.
Included Venues
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See locations on an interactive map.
throughout its first 110 years until the current building – designed by Daniel Farnham in the Colonial Revival style – was dedicated in 1929. The 1970’s saw a decline in community involvement, but the 1980’s brought community efforts for neighborhood revitalization that reinvigorated the church with participation in local citizen groups such as Crossroads Development Corp., the Brooklyn Centre Historical Society, and a hunger center. Today, the church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as well as a contributing structure to both the Brooklyn Centre National Register Historic District and the Brooklyn Centre Local Landmark District. In 2018, the church continued its community involvement by partnered with the Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center to provide the organization with the space needed to host their programs and events.
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8/11/04
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12/4/08
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5/82/2009, cont. 3/29/2017
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12/28/12
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5/29/13
that same site in a wood frame building, at a time when Tremont was known as University Heights. The current yellow brick, Gothic-style structure features large, pointed stained glass windows and
decorative stone detailing throughout the exterior. Services were held primarily in German until after World War I. In 1968, the church was sold to the Cleveland Baptist Temple due to a decline in the German population. In 1994, ownership was transferred to Calvary Pentecostal Church, known to its Puerto Rican congregants as Iglesia Pentecostal El Calvario. The congregation moved to the new location from its
previous home at 4502 Bridge Avenue in Ohio City, where it had been since 1978.
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TBD, Spring 2024
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9/9/2003
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8/11/04
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9/30/1995, cont. 2/12/2013
Spanish, a result of the immigrant Latin American population that brought new life to the church in the 1970s.
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12/13/07
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10/10/18
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11/21/03
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4/30/04
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1/11/07
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4/1/02
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8/11/04
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12/12/06
Established in 1816, Trinity is the oldest organized religious body in Cleveland. In 1890, the bishop declared an Episcopal Cathedral be built along what was then Millionaire’s Row. This coincided with the congregations’ decision to move from its home on Superior close to Public Square. Thus, the plans for the Euclid Avenue Cathedral were underway. Cleveland’s leading architect during the late 19th and early 20th Century, Charles F. Schweinfurth, was selected to design the prestigious new Trinity Cathedral at the urging of Samuel
Mather, Cleveland’s wealthiest industrialist and philanthropist. Schweinfurth’s work was distinguished by its impeccable craftsmanship, ornately-carved woodwork and lavishly sculpted stone details. It is documented that Schweinfurth personally carved the stone figures and other details found on a number of his buildings, including some of the altar figures at Trinity Cathedral. The design and construction of Trinity extended over a period of seventeen years. The Cathedral is an architectural achievement of the Perpendicular Gothic style. This form of expression, with its emphasis on soaring vertical lines and substantial windows, along with its English roots, was considered an appropriate symbolic articulation for the Episcopal faith. Trinity Cathedral stands as the glorious embodiment of Schweinfurth’s design abilities, uncompromising standards of craftsmanship and astounding sculptural talent. It is a memorial to his
architectural achievement and stands as a brilliant manifestation of Cleveland’s valiant age.
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12/28/07
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9/29/2003
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10/21/04
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2/21/06