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• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cleveland, Ohio — Cleveland highlighted on a map of Cuyahoga County. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cleveland, Ohio. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic …   Wikipedia