National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum
605 East 222nd Street
Euclid, OH 44123
USA
E-mail: Polkashop@aol.com
Phone: 216-261-3263
Toll Free: 1-800-66POLKA
Fax: 216-261-4134
The Cleveland Federation of SNPJ Lodges started looking in 1929 for property suitable
for their Slovenski Dom. Finally the Federation had money to purchase property on
Heath Road in Kirtland, Ohio. The SNPJ Recreation Grounds was founded in 1939 and
the Founders Farm Board consisted of twenty-four men representing six Lodges. The
Ladies Auxiliary Founders consisted of eighteen women in 1949. The 1999 Recognition
Plaque on the dining-side wall of the kitchen memorializes about fifteen dozen dedicated
SNPJ women and men who worked hard to promote activities at the Farm and to continue
our Slovenian heritage. The Recreation Grounds consists of the Pavilion, a Clubroom
in the caretaker's house, three auxiliary buildings, picnic tables, balina courts,
playground equipment, an outdoor stage, horseshoe pits, walking areas, a soccer field,
basketball courts, softball field, and a defunct putt-putt golf course. This complex
was built in a rural area as our Slovenski Dom out in the country or on the Farm.
These Recreation Grounds are for the enjoyment of SNPJ Members and their families
and the friends of SNPJ. There is a Slovenian drying rack or kozolec, one Linden
or Lipa tree which was planted in 2004 to commemorate the Centennial Anniversary
of the founding of SNPJ, and other Slovenian memorabilia to promote our Slovenian
heritage. The Farm or Recreation Grounds provides enjoyment by activities such as,
but not limited to, dinners, dances, banquets, pancake breakfasts to begin and end
the SNPJ season, the annual Grape Festival in the fall, singing, Slovenian activities,
balina, horseshoes, walking, children playground, hay rides, softball, and soccer.
From May through October, SNPJ Lodges and Federation groups have dinner/dances each
Sunday featuring delicious dinners and sandwiches and bands favoring the Cleveland
style polkas.
Inducted in 2009
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