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From the original mezzanine
Pre-construction
The Elliot
Rose window
The Ballroom
The lobby
The Ballroom's balcony and rose window
The Ballroom balcony
The Ballroom
The Ballroom's grand staircase mini lounge
The Ballroom from the lobby
The Rosehip Room
The Ballrooms' grand staircase
Rosehip Room from the hallway
Tiling in the lobby
The Ballroom
The Ballroom's grand staircase in progress
Concrete on Kenilworth Avenue
The Elliot from Kenilworth Avenue
Single bathroom in lobby
Flooring in progress on The Ballroom's balcony
The Ballroom
Rose window center
Sub-flooring in The Ballroom
Quartz bar top in Rosehip Room
Doors in men's bathroom
Rosehip Room ready for flooring
The Ballroom with uplighting and sub-flooring
The center of The Ballroom's rose window
Tiling in lower level men's bathroom
New tile in lower level hallway
POV: From The Ballroom Balcony
POV: Scaffolding coming down in The Ballroom
Scaffolding beginning to come down in The Ballroom. POV: from the balcony
The Ballroom Chandelier
New paint on the west wall
The Elliot from W 14th
Catering kitchen
Rose window in progress
Rose window redesign sketch
Restored stain glass in the bell tower suite
Restored stained glass in the bell tower
Plaster repair on The Ballroom ceiling
Plaster repair on The Ballroom ceiling
The Elliot from W 14th
Scaffolding in The Ballroom
North staircase
North staircase
East sidewalk
West sidewalk
From the top of The Ballroom scaffolding
Above The Ballroom scaffolding - standing on the balcony
Scaffolding in The Ballroom
Rosehip Room bar
Men's restroom - downstairs
Women's restroom - downstairs
Rosehip Room with drywall
Rosehip Room bar
Rosehip Room from the stage
Rosehip Room
Foyer coat closets
The Ballroom from scaffolding
New windows
From the foyer
From the foyer
Rear staircase in The Ballroom
The Ballroom's balcony
From the The Ballroom's balcony
The Ballroom's balcony
From The Ballroom's balcony
Rosehip Room, from the stage
Framing for the catering kitchen
The Ballroom's balcony
Framing for the Rosehip Room's bar
Rosehip Room
From the Rosehip Room's stage
Framing for The Ballroom's balcony
Framing for the catering kitchen
The Ballroom
Adding cement to the Rosehip Room floor (where the bar will be)
Rosehip Room stage
Rosehip Room pre-framing
Framing for The Ballroom's floor
Pre-construction

history

holy ghost byzantine catholic church

Receiving its charter by the state of Ohio on October 8, 1909, the Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church opened in 1910 in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood to serve Rusyn immigrants. The parish quickly grew and by 1938 the church served nearly 900 families.

Designed by architects M. E. Wells and Joseph Duvalosky, the church was built for $15,000. Reflecting its dual religious heritage, the church blends features of both Byzantine- and Romanesque-style architecture.

The church closed its doors in 2009, later reopened by Bishop John Kudrick as the Byzantine Catholic Cultural Center, and closed for good in 2015. After 7 vacant years, The Elliot brought this once vibrant building back to life to serve as a secular event venue for weddings, corporate events, community gatherings, and the like.

Holy Ghost, 1949: Image courtesy of Special Collections, Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University

in the news

2024

Novemebr 13, 2024 - "Cleveland's 24 Best Wedding Venues"
June 19, 2024 - "Inspiring Conversations with Stephanie Ridgely of The Elliot"
VoyageOhio

2023

July 27, 2023 - "The Elliot: A Hidden Gem For a Picture Perfect Wedding"
Cleveland Magazine
March 17, 2023 - “Meet Stephanie Ridgely, Founder & CEO of The Elliot in Tremont”
Parkbench
February 28, 2023 - “The Elliot: New Life for Historic Tremont Church”
Neotrans Blog
January 20, 2023 - Tours of Cleveland

2022

October 2022 - “Something Old, Something New: Historic Property Reopens as The Elliot, A Full-Service Events Center”
Properties Magazine
September 26, 2022 - “Historic Tremont Church Transformed into Luxury Event Space: The Elliot”
WKYC
September 26, 2022 - “Off-the-Beaten-Path Cleveland Venues Up the Meeting Game”
Crain's Cleveland Business
September 13, 2022 - Good Company
WKYC
August 30, 2022 - New Day Cleveland
June 15, 2022 - “Church Revival: Tremont Residents Renovate 1910  Church to Create Unique Event Space”
Freshwater Cleveland
May 12, 2022 - “Exploring Life & Business with Stephanie Ridgely of The Elliot”
Voyage Ohio
February 7, 2022 - “Renovated Church Turned Event Venue, Opening in Tremont this Summer”
Experience Tremont

2021

August 2, 2021 - “Business owner bringing new life to neighborhood churches”
Spectrum News
May 14, 2021 - “See the inside of a Byzantine Catholic Church in Tremont that will be transformed into event venue”
cleveland.com
May 14, 2021 - “Couple to turn century-old Byzantine Catholic Church in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood into event center”
cleveland.com