One of Cleveland’s oldest churches to close

The Immaculate Conception Church, at left, has stood on Superior Avenue
at East 41st Street for nearly 150 years. Its future is now uncertain. Its rectory
and school is at right (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Immaculate Conception Church, 4129 Superior Ave, opened its doors to a young, Irish immigrant-heavy parish in 1878 on Cleveland’s near-east side. But with later generations of its parish having fled to the suburbs over the ensuing decades, services at the early English Gothic structure are due to end May 24, 2026, possibly forever.

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