Community Corner
Remember When: 1940 Richmond Heights City Map
In this week's history moment, take a look at buildings that would have been easy to spot 70 years ago.
As and prepare to celebrate their 100th year in 2013, Patch is taking a look back through history.
This week, we present a 1940 map of Richmond Heights that lists some familiar—and less familiar—public buildings. It's available online courtesy of the National Archives' Online Public Access website.
(Zoom in on a larger map using the National Archives website.)
The buildings listed on the map are:
- City Hall
- New U.S. Post Office
- St. Mary's Hospital
- St. Mary's Novitiate
- Bellevue Public School
- St. Luke's R.C. Church & School
- Richmond Heights School
- Richmond Heights Presbyterian Church
- West Richmond Public School
- Church of the Little Flower
- Old Lincoln School
- New Lincoln School
- McMorrow School
Can you tell us more about the history of the buildings identified on the map? Fill us in by posting a comment to this article or emailing a letter to the editor. Send it to nate.birt@patch.com.
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