Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus

St. Stanislaus Church was established in 1873 by Polish American immigrants from Poland. They established a church and school for the growing Pol-Am (or Polish-American) Community of Cleveland. The Alliance of Poles on Broadway Avenue was allied with the St. Stanislaus Parish Community. As St. Stanislaus Church grew they decided to build a new church. The church, built in 1886, is a historic building, located at 3649 East 65th Street in the historic Slavic Village neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. It has been operated by the Order of Friars Minor since its founding. It is in European Gothic style with flying buttresses. At the time of construction, it cost the parish $250,000 to build the church. In 1894, Cleveland's Polish-American...