Cleveland Heights, or ‘The Heights’ as its known to those who grew up amongst its picturesque neighborhoods, is a suburb just outside of the city of Cleveland that’s filled with a rich history and memories galore. Take a trip through The Heights through the years. All photos via Cleveland Memory Project.

Mayfield Road Toll Gate & Booth, 1902
Euclid Country Club, Derbyshire Road, 1905
John D. Rockefeller Home, Forest Hill, 1910
Golf Links, Derbyshire Road, 1911
Heights High Football, 1915
Lee Road School, Lee Road, 1915
Top of the Hill, Cedar Road and Euclid Heights Boulevard, 1920
Superior and Overlook Road, 1925
Angelo’s Shoe Repair, Lee Road, 1928
Lee Pharmacy, Lee Road, 1928
Douglas Building, Cedar and Lee Road, 1928
Bookmobile for Cleveland Heights, 1928
C.G. Kehres Photographer, Lee Road, 1929
The Fisher Bros. Co., South Taylor and Superior Road, 1930
Rockefeller Building, Mayfield and Lee Road, 1930
Stadium Square, Taylor Road, 1930
Alcazar Hotel, Derbyshire Road, 1930
Kroh’s Market, Lee Road, 1930
Old Fire Department, Mayfield Road, 1930
Cedar & Coventry Road, 1930
Washington’s Drugs & Soda and Eagle Stamps, Noble Road, 1935
V.C. Taylor and Son, Cedar Road, 1935
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Taylor Road, 1935
Taylor Variety Store, South Taylor Road, 1935
Phillips Market and VIM Shoe Factory, Lee Road, 1935
Monticello Cleaners and Tailors, Noble Road, 1935
Advertisements, Noble Road, 1935
Mawby’s, The Fisher Brothers Co. and The Stamberger Co., Lee Road, 1935
Ladies at Cedar Hill, 1935
Hoffman’s and Spanner’s Flowers, Coventry Road, 1935
Hirsch’s Creamery and Sproul’s Hardware, Taylor Road, 1935
2785 Euclid Heights Boulevard, Coventry Road, 1935
Heights High Gym Class, 1935
Burrow’s and Amedeo’s Shoe Shop, Coventry Road, 1935
Farmview Creamery, Heights Medical Building, Fairmount Boulevard, 1935
Chrysler Plymouth, Cedar Road, 1935
Heights Furnitre Co., South Taylor Road, 1935
Allied Drugs, Coventry and Mayfield Road, 1935
Edna Mae Beauty Salon, Lee Road, 1935
Amster Drug Company, Taylor Road, 1935
Baetz’s and VIM Shoe Factory, Lee Road, 1935
Farmview Liberty, Lee Road, 1935
Campbell’s Grocery, Taylor Tudor Building, South Taylor Road, 1935
Cedar-Lee Theatre, Lee Road, 1936
Heights High Band, 1936
Heights Theatre, Euclid Heights Boulevard, 1936
Heights High School, Cedar Road, 1937
The Standard Oil Co., Lee Road, 1937
Cumberland Pool and Bathhouse, Cumberland Road, 1937
J. Benovitz Delicatessen, Coventry and Hampshire Road, 1938
Fire at Miether’s Ice Cream, Lee Road, 1938
Damon’s Dining Room, Fairmount Boulevard, 1940
Streetcar, Mayfield and Coventry Road, 1940
Goldberg’s Grocery Store, Mayfield Road, 1940
Douglas Building, Lee Road, 1941
Cumberland Pool & Bathhouse, Cumberland Road, 1945
Performance at Cain Park, 1945
Streetcar, Euclid Heights Boulevard, 1948
South Taylor Hardware, South Taylor Road, 1948
Record Bar Liquor, South Taylor Road, 1948
Poe’s Home Made Ice Cream, Lee Road, 1948
Pick-n-Pay Super Market, Coventry Road, 1948
Noble Cycle and Auto Supply, Noble Road, 1948
Newmark’s Bake Shoppe, Coventry Road, 1948
Motter’s Music House, Coventry Road, 1948
Mawby’s Lunch, Lee Road, 1948
Hilltop Inn, Noble Road, 1948
Heights High School Concert Band, 1948
Heights Beverage Co, Mayfield Road, 1948
Gray’s Drugs, Noble Road, 1948
Westinghouse Appliances, Coventry Road, 1948
Cain Park Open Air Summer Theatre, 1950
Picnicking at Cumberland Pool, Cumberland Road, 1950
Lifeguards at Cumberland Pool, Cumberland Road, 1950
Cedar Lee District, 1951
Drexler Drugs, Cedar Road, 1953
Naso’s Market, South Taylor Road, 1953
New York Bakery, Cedar Road, 1953
Dean Dairy’s 75th Anniversary, Mayfield Road, 1959
Winkelman’s, Severance Town Center, Mayfield Road, 1963
Severance Town Center, Mayfield Road, 1963
Higbee’s, Severance Town Center, Mayfield Road, 1963
Restaurant Dining Area, Halle’s, Severance Town Center, 1964
Superior Schoolhouse, Euclid Heights Boulevard, 1966
Doctors’ Hospital, Cedar Road, 1967
Cleveland Press Staff Room, 1968
Coventry and Euclid Heights Boulevard, 1969
Cleveland Trust Bank, Auer’s Family Shop and 5 & 10 Variety, Lee Road, 1969
Snap on Tools, Kosher Meat Market and Lester’s, South Taylor Road, 1969
Lenny’s Tri-Service Cleaners, Elco Realty Co., Estrin Hardware, Harry’s Appetizer Delicatessen and Snap on Tools, South Taylor Road, 1969
Morry’s Shoe Store and Irv’s Sandwich Shop, South Taylor Road, 1969
Schwinn Bicycles, Wasserman’s Fish & Meat, Zucker’s Outlet, & Morry’s Shoe Store, South Taylor Road, 1969
Society Bank, Fazio’s, Kay’s Lounge, Mark Iszler’s and Bill’s Shoe, Lee Road, 1969
Euclid Heights Boulevard and Lee Road, 1969
Vacuum Cleaner Co., Lee Road, 1969
The Back Room, Basch’s and Faragher’s, Taylor Tudor Building, South Taylor Road, 1969
Berger Bros. Mens Shop, Melmart Shoes and Brook Clothiers, Lee Road, 1969
Arthur Treacher’s, Cedar Road, 1971
Generation Gap, Coventry and Lancashire Road, 1971
Miller’s Drugs, Cedar Road, 1971
Texaco Station, Lee Road and Euclid Heights Boulevard, 1971
Sohio Gas Station, Mayfield and Coventry Road, 1971
Heights High School, Lee Road, 1973
Fazio’s, Noble Road, 1975
Hough Bakeries, Inc., Noble Road, 1975
Ming’s Jade and Nela Park Shoes, Noble and Greyton Road, 1975
City Hall, Mayfield Road, 1977
Ripco Vacuum Cleaner Co., Cedar and Taylor Road, 1980
Wood & Co. and Seitz-Agin Hardware, Lee Road, 1981
Sport Spot Lounge, Mark Iszler’s Den for Men, and Wood & Co., Lee Road, 1981
Saloon, Lee Road, 1981
Wordsworth, Lee Upholstering, Irving J. Franklin Realtor and Montgomery Clock Repair, Lee Road, 1981
R & A Discount Stores, Coventry Road, 1982
Construction of Fire Station, Mayfield and Taylor Road, 1982
Passport to Peru, Coventry Road, 1982
High Tide Rock Bottom, Coventry Road, 1982
Daffy Dan’s, Coventry Road, 1982
China Treasure House, Coventry Road, 1982
Dobama Theatre, Coventry Road, 1982
Caroll Drug, Coventry Road, 1982
Mayfield & Coventry Road, 1982
Mac’s Backs Paperbacks, Coventry Road, 1982
Lee’s Design Lines, Coventry Road, 1982
Irv’s, Coventry Road, 1982
Coventry Books, Coventry Road, 1982
Tommy’s, Coventry Road, 1982
The Record Exchange, Coventry Road, 1982
The Corkscrew, Coventry Road, 1982
Taj Mahal Restaurant, Coventry Road, 1982
Sunshine Headquarters Too, Coventry Road, 1982
City Hall Construction, Mayfield Road, 1984
Cedar-Lee Mini Park, 1984
Armed Forces Recruiting Center & Heights Animal Hospital, Cedar Road, 1985
Mooney’s Pub & Grill, Lee Road, 1985
Austin Company, Mayfield Road, 1985
Revco, Coventry and Mayfield Road, 1985
Hunan Coventry, The Cleveland Shop, Rainblue Handcrafts, and Record Exchange Annex, Coventry Road and Euclid Heights Boulevard, 1985
Heights Hardware, Coventry Road, 1985
Coventryard Mall and Coconut Joe’s Bar & Restaurant, Coventry Road, 1985
Coventry Cinema and Mitchell’s Candies, Coventry Road, 1985
Turkey Ridge Tavern & Eatery, Coventry Road, 1985
Beaumont School, North Park Boulevard, 1987
Bike One Bike Shop, Coventry Road, 1987
The Tavern Company, Lee Road, 1990
Arbor Gallery Antiques & Jewelry, Lee Road, 1990
Valu-Mart and Angelo’s Pizza, Lee Road, 1990
Anthony Coiffures and Oriental Food & Gifts, Lee Road, 1992
Lopez Y Gonzalez, Lee Road, 1992
Lee Silsby Drug, All Makes Vacuum and Bussey’s Upholstery, Lee Road, 1992
In Provence, Lee Road, 1992
Hiroshi’s Pub, Lee Road, 1992
Heights Auto Sales and Jammin’ 92, Lee Road, 1992
Greve’s Flowers, Lee Road, 1992
Finnegan’s Wake, Lee Road, 1992
Cleveland Celebrations, Delphic Books and Thriftique, Lee Road, 1992
Chuck’s Diner, Lee Road, 1992
State Liquor Store and Fairmount Cleaners, Lee Road, 1992
Shujiro Restaurant, Lee Road, 1992
Olivio’s Deli and ValuMart, Lee Road, 1992
North Coast Nostalgia and Two Cousins, Lee Road, 1992
Video Dugout, Lee Road, 1992
Myron’s Cold Beer, Wax Stacks and Storytape Video, Lee Road, 1992
Jayson’s Steak House, Lee Road, Unknown Year

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