Lee–Miles is a historical area on the Southeast side of
Cleveland
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,
Ohio
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, comprising the two
neighborhoods
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of Lee–Harvard and Lee–Seville. Once an independent municipality known as Miles Heights, it was
annexed
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by Cleveland after a referendum in 1932.
Today, it most corresponds to Cleveland's
Ward 1.
A mostly middle-class
African American
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neighborhood, Lee–Miles is bordered by the suburban cities of
Shaker Heights
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Religious groups
* Shakers, a historically significant Christian sect
* Indian Shakers, a smaller Christian denomination
Objects and instruments
* Shaker (musical instrument), an indirect struck idiophone
* Cockta ...
to the north,
Warrensville Heights
Warrensville Heights is a city located in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is an East Side suburb of Cleveland. The population was 13,789 at the 2020 U.S. Census.
Geography
Warrensville Heights is located at (41.438653, -81.523262).
Ac ...
to the east,
Maple Heights
Maple Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Cleveland. The population was 23,138 at the 2010 census.
History Maple Heights Transit
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to the south,
Garfield Heights
Garfield Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Cleveland. The population was 28,849 at the time of the 2010 census.
Geography
Garfield Heights is located at (41.421423, -81.602682).
According to the Uni ...
to the southwest and Cleveland's
Union–Miles Park neighborhood to the northwest.
Parks and recreations
*Kerruish Park (located along the Mill Creek)
*Frederick Douglass Park
*Lee–Harvard Community Service Center
*John F. Kennedy Recreational Center
Education
*John F. Kennedy high school
* Whitney M. Young
*Charles W. Eliot School
* Citizens Academy Southwest
Invictus High school
*Archbishop Lyke Campus
* Harvard Avenue Community School
* Ceogc Preschool
* Adlai Stevenson
* Charles W. Eliot School
Others
*Lee–Harvard Shopping Plaza
*Cleveland Industrial Park – this community's largest development site. At 114 acres, this industrial park is located near I-480 with interchanges at Lee Road and Broadway Avenue, and was created by city government in 1981. Since 1998, the city has marketed opportunities for new business and successfully secured several industries who made commitments to create 600 new jobs in the $40 million industrial development.
*Cleveland Fire Station #17
*
MetroHealth Medical Center Lee–Harvard Hospital
*
Cleveland Public Library – Lee–Harvard Branch
References
Further reading
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External links
* Todd Michney
Lee–Harvard Neighborhood ''The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History'',
Case Western Reserve University
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* Todd Michney
Lee–Seville Neighborhood ''The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History'',
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. Case Western Reserve was established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Reser ...
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Neighborhoods in Cleveland