Union Gospel Press Building

Cleveland, Ohio

The seeds for what became know as the Union Gospel Press Building were sown in 1895 under the direction of the Reverend William Brunner Musselman, a Mennonite preacher from Pennsylvania, who then was presiding elder of his Conference, with the founding of the Gospel Workers Society, and in 1902 with the publication of the G.W.S. Herald (Gospel Herald Publishing House).  In 1907 the Herald Publishing House and the Gospel Worker Society moved from Pennsylvania to new headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio.  In the next few years a 15-building complex was established in Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood, and in 1922, the enterprise became known as the Union Gospel Press.  In 1950 the UPG moved to a new location on the edge of Cleveland.

While known as the "Gospel Press Building," the complex originally began life as "Cleveland University," Cleveland's first university, which folded in 1853.  During its time as a university and between the university's folding and the purchase of the complex by UGP, the building hosted numerous successful educational endeavors, including the Humiston Institute.

Today, after sitting mostly empty since the 50's, the complex is being redeveloped as condos.