St. E. Premte Church

The early Albanians immigrants in Cleveland settled on the near west side, north and south of Detroit Avenue.  There were a few in the Linndale section around West 117th Street where they worked in the roundhose.  Some were also to be found around St Clair and East 30th Street.The first Albanians to immigrate in America were mostly Orthodox Tosks, settling especially on the East Coast.  As so many other immigrants, they were mostly uneducated and without any special training.  The majority of Cl...