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Union Miles: Part 2

 This was my second run of the  Union Miles  neighborhood. Map:   Run 1 , Run 2 , Run 3 , Run 4 Distance This Section: 22.2 miles Distance So Far: 787.1 miles The Miles Park Historic District is centered on Miles Park Avenue between E. 91st and E. 93rd Streets. It was originally the public square of the village of Newburgh. The district includes Miles Park (the former Newburgh village square), the 1906 Miles Park Library, the 1872 Miles Park Methodist Church, and the 1870 Miles Park Presbyterian Church. The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Miles Park   (or the former Newburgh village square). When Newburgh was annexed to Cleveland in 1873, the site was renamed Miles Park in honor of Theodore Miles, who donated the land to the former village in 1850. The Miles Park public library was built in 1906 at the former location of Newburgh village town hall. (Here's a photo of what that building used to look like). Library service ended in 1987 but the buildi
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