Another bump; found some more interesting information today!
Source:
https://case.edu/ech/articles/n/nike-missile-bases
According to this source, "Built principally to counter an airborne threat from the Soviet Union, the bases soon became obsolete. In 1959 more sophisticated Nike-Hercules missile replaced the Nike-Ajax missiles at the Rocky River-Fairview Park and Bratenahl bases. By Aug. 1961 only the Warrensville and Parma-Parma Hts. Nike-Ajax bases remained operational. Ten years later, all of the bases, including those equipped with the Nike-Hercules missile, were closed.
The bases, once closed, were either razed or turned to other purposes. The Parma-Parma Hts. launch site became the location of the Western Campus of CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE;
the Garfield Hts.-Independence bases were turned over to the boards of education of their respective communities, as was the Willowick launch site. The Bratenahl base eventually became the headquarters of the U.S. Navy Finance Center."
What does this mean, then?
A local friend of mine (who happens to be a siren enthusiast from this area as well) had a grandfather who lived in Independence at that time. According to him, there was one of Independence's old Thunderbolts located at one of these Nike Missle Bases.
Where is this Thunderbolt now?
It's located at the Independence Service Center; which happens to be located
directly adjacent to the Independence City Schools/Board of Education campus.
If this is correct, then what does this mean? It means that the Service Center Thunderbolt was installed at its current location in 1952 because the siren's previous location was actually the area of the Nike Missile Site
(well, the site of one control area, anyways; the launch base was located in what is now a field near the Cuyahoga River)! When the Service Center Building was built later after the site's dismantlement, the siren was relocated atop the roof of the brand-new Service Center in Independence.
The other control area at 5640 Briarcliff Drive is now the site of the Garfield Heights Board of Education. Garfield Heights has all 2001-SRNB's and is part of the Unified Regional System which encompasses several communities surrounding Bedford in Cuyahoga County. The launch site, at 733 Stone Rd., is simply just an empty field along the Cuyahoga River along the border of Independence and Valley View.
In total, there were 7 Nike bases in Cuyahoga County with an additional location in Lake County. Of these, the most well-known of the 7 was the bases at what is now Burke Lakefront Airport and Coast Guard base and the Parma base.