The area in Cleveland that runs down Harvard Avenue between East 131st and East 148th Streets was originally part of Newburgh Township and Warrensville Township. This land was predominantly rural farmland throughout the 1800s. The residents were mainly Manx (Isle of Man) immigrant farmers that followed the Corlett family to the area after 1822.
By the 1890s, the farmland was slowly being converted into residential lots. Czech immigrants started to make their homes along E. 131st Street. In 1906, this neighborhood straddling the two townships was organized and named Corlett.
Polish immigrants, many from the Warszawa and Krakowa neighborhoods in nearby Newburgh Township, started to move into Corlett around 1910. Most likely, this migration followed the streetcar lines that ran down Miles Avenue. The streetcar lines made commuting to the rolling mills and other industries possible.
By 1913, the Polish population had reached 85 families and the residents petitioned Bishop John P. Farrelly for permission to start their own congregation. At first, the Bishop refused the request due to the lack of available Polish speaking clergy. But later, with the assistance of Father Victor Szyrocki of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, residents were granted their new parish. It would be named �Our Lady of Czestochowa�. From then on, the neighborhood would be known to Poles as �Czestochowa�. In 1917, the Corlett neighborhood (including Czestochowa) was annexed to the city of Cleveland.
Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish celebrated its last mass on April 28, 1996 before closing due to lack of parishioners.