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1963 Map of Broadview Heights

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Broadview Heights
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Broadview Heights and the surrounding communities of North Royalton and Brecksville are shown during a period of suburban expansion and institutional development. The landscape is defined by the ridge-top settlements and the deeply carved valleys of the Rocky River and Healey Creek. Notable institutional footprints include the expansive Veterans Administration Hospital and the Mount Augustine Novitiate.

Transport and defense infrastructure shape the southern portion of the map, where the Ohio Turnpike cuts through the terrain near the Cleveland Ordnance Plant. Local life is anchored by numerous neighborhood institutions, from the St Peter and Paul Cemetery in the north to schools like Hillside Jr High Sch and St Albert the Great Sch. The map documents the specific transition from rural tracts to organized residential grids across the Cuyahoga Co and Medina Co border.