CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE

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TENNESSEE- CLEVELAND, TN- 11/22/02

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CLEVELAND TENNESSEE

HISTORY of CLEVELAND

City named after Colonel Benjamin Cleveland

Cleveland incorporated in 1842

DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND

This 1200 pound Meleeny Bell (Constructed in 1893) was housed in the bell tower of the Bradley County Courthouse until 1960. It was returned to its rightful place in front of the courthouse on Wednesday, February 5, 1992 by Main Street-Cleveland as part of the 150th anniversary of the City of Cleveland, Tennessee.

Bradley County Courthouse

CHURCHES IN CLEVELAND


New Life Church	Cleveland First Baptist Church

Church Organized July 16, 1837 Building Constructed 1955	Organized 1837 Building Erected 1856
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church	First Presbyterian Church

Organized 1867 Building Erected 1872
St Luke's Episcopal Church	Broad Street United Methodist Church	North Cleveland Church of God

HISTORIC HOMES IN CLEVELAND

To follow is a composite of pictures of the Historic Homes of Cleveland

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HIGHER EDUCATION IN CLEVELAND

LEE COLLEGE
Since 1885 this campus has been dedicated to the purposes of Christian higher education. Lee College was founded by the Church of God as Bible Training School on January 1, 1918, on Gaut Avenue in Cleveland. The school relocated in Sevierville in 1938, returning to this Cleveland site in 1947. Named for Flavius J Lee, early president and church leader. Lee College remains in the vanguard of Pentecostal higher education and stands as a monument to religious freedom and to the contributions of alumni and friends around the world.