JACKOWA (est. 1906)

In the 1880s, another Polish community formed just northeast of the Warsawa neighborhood. These Polish immigrants mainly worked for the Empire Plow Company and for industries along Kingsbury Run. Their Catholic parish was St. Stanislaus church.

By 1906, this community had grown to near 200 families. In response to the overcrowded conditions at St. Stanislaus church, a group of Poles petitioned the Bishop Ignatius Horstmann for their own parish. The Bishop granted their request, purchased land at the southeast corner of Francis Avenue and East 61st Street from the Cleveland Museum of Art and appointed Rev. Louis Redmer as the pastor. The parish was named St. Hyacinth�s and the community was then known as �Jackowa� (pronounced �Yahts-KO-va�) named for the Polish word for Hyacinth.

The Jackowa neighborhood would encompass the approximate area north to south from Kingsbury Run to Union Avenue and east to west from East 79th Street to East 55th Street. Currently, Jackowa is considered part of Slavic Village.