Cleveland was incorporated in 1886 along the new Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railroad from Memphis to New Orleans. Commercial buildings face each other across the now-removed railroad tracks, and several have their foundations within the banks of Jones Bayou, including the Art Deco Ellis Theater (1938, Raymond B. Spencer) with its triangular marquee at 104 S. Court Street. The five-story Grover Hotel (1926; 109 S. Sharpe Street), now condominiums, is among the tallest buildings in the Delta. Due to the difficulty of travel to Rosedale, Cleveland became Bolivar County’s second seat in 1899.
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