| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Berea — 61-18 — Baldwin University |
| | In 1845, Baldwin Institute, one of the first schools in the area open to all students regardless of gender, race, or creed, was chartered. The wealth generated by the sandstone and grindstone industries of Berea allowed John Baldwin to found the school. Ten years later, officials rechartered the school and renamed it Baldwin University. By the 1880's, the expanding quarries began to encroach on the original campus of the university, forcing it to relocate. In 1891, ground was broken for the new . . . — Map (db m3536) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Berea — 18-18 — Berea District Seven School |
| | A find example of the district school building common to Ohio int he early years of the twentieth century. This two-room, red-brick schoolhouse was completed in 1913. Accommodating elementary school children in east Berea and adjacent areas of Middleburg Township, the Berea “Little Red Schoolhouse” replaced an original wood-frame, one-room school built in the late nineteenth century on this same site. No longer active as a school, the building was used by the Berea Fine Arts Club . . . — Map (db m3532) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Berea — 16-18 — Berea Sandstone Quarries |
| | For more than ninety years, this area was the heart and soul of Berea's sandstone quarries. In the early 1830s, John Baldwin discovered that the area's sandstone deposits made superb grindstones and building stones. in the 1840s, thriving sandstone quarries developed and became Berea's lifeblood. Searching for the "American Dream," German, Irish, Italian, Hungarian, and Polish immigrants, among others came here to work. The quarries eventually encompassed nearly 250 acres and consumed the . . . — Map (db m5516) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Berea — 43-18 — Berea Union Depot |
| | Ohio from the time of its construction in 1876 until its closing in 1958, is an unusual, but well-designed example of Victorian Gothic Architecture. With the development of an expanding stone quarry industry in the area, Berea and its railroad facilities grew rapidly and by the early 1870s developers and townspeople alike called for construction of a new passenger and freight station. When this Berea sandstone station was completed and then dedicated on May 3, 1876, the Cleveland Plain Dealer . . . — Map (db m997) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Berea — 18-82 — First Congregational United Church of Christ of Berea |
| | Seven original members, who were staunch abolitionists, organized the First Congregational Church of Berea in the nearby Union School House on June 9, 1855. These members publicly articulated opposition to slavery and their desire for a church with full local autonomy. The church purchased this property and erected this sanctuary in 1869, the oldest still standing structure used as a church in Berea and the original Middleburg Township. It is constructed of locally manufactured brick with a . . . — Map (db m3539) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Berea — 23-18 — Lyceum Square |
| | On this site the Lyceum Village and the Berea Seminary were established in 1837 by John Baldwin, Jame Giruth, Henry O. Sheldon, and Josiah Holbrook. Their vision was to create the first in a connected series of Lyceum Villages. The Villages were designed especially to assist in the education of teachers, promote “scientific” exchanges over the world and thus encourage the study of the works and word of God, and cultivate the spirit of “peace on earth and good will to . . . — Map (db m3538) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Berea — 16-18 — The “Big Quarry” |
| | The photograph looks north to the buildings on East Bridge Street, which constituted the northern boundary of Berea’s sandstone quarries around 1895. The photographer stood approximately where you are standing.
“Gradually the water came, first a little pool, then it rose higher and higher, until at last the workmen gathered up their tools an left the water to fill to the brim this basin they had made in the earth, until that place formerly so full of busy sounds was nothing but a . . . — Map (db m3548) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Berea — 42-18 — The Ark |
| | The ARK in Berea is the first structure in Cuyahoga County to incorporate sustainable building concepts from the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. Hand built in 1994 as a work of art by environmental artists David and Renate Jakupca, it is a study for future buildings for the Headquarters of the International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA) and Eco Village. A hybrid structure utilizing cob, straw bales, aluminum cans, used tires, and recycled construction materials, the ARK . . . — Map (db m23221) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Berea — 20-18 — The Berea Triangle |
| | The Triangle, one of the most historic places in Berea, has been the center of the city’s civic life since the mid-19th century. Just beneath lie the solid layers of the famous Berea Sandstone that brought prosperity to Berea durign its early years. Quarry owner and Berea Seminary founder John Baldwin obtained much of what is now Berea from Gideon Granger, Postmaster General under President Thomas Jefferson and original owner of Township 6, Range 14 (later Middleburg Township) of the Western . . . — Map (db m3546) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 55-18 — 'Abdu'l-Bahá and the Bahá'í Faith |
| | 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1844-1921) visited Cleveland on His historic journeys to Europe and North America to proclaim the message of His Father, Bahá'u'liáh, Prophet-Founder of the Bahá'í Faith. Together they suffered 40 years of imprisonment and exile, which began in Persia with their support of the Bab, Bahá'u'lláh's forerunner. In 1912, following His release from prison in Palestine, Ábdu'l-Bahá toured many American cities as Bahá'u'lláh's designated successor. He spoke in Cleveland on May 6th and . . . — Map (db m17950) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Adella Prentiss Hughes — 1869-1950 |
| | Sponsored Cleveland performances by the world's best musicians beginning in 1901. Founded the Musical Arts Association in 1915 and the Cleveland Orchestra in 1918. — Map (db m12109) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Alexander Winton — 1860-1932 |
| | Automobile entrepeneur. He founded the Winton Motor Carriage Company which sold the first standard model American-made gasoline powered automobile in 1898. It had 2 cylinders and 10 horse power and sold for $1,000. He produced the first American diesel engine in 1913 and sold his company to General Motors in 1930. — Map (db m11930) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Alexis de Tocqueville |
| | The 25 year-old French aristocrat and author of Democracy in America visited this area during his 1831-1832 tour of America Tocqueville C-SPAN Placed by C-SPAN and the Cable Television Industry while retracing the tour in 1997-1998 — Map (db m17904) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Arch C. Klumph |
| | June 6, 1869
June 3, 1951
1911 - Founding member, Cleveland Rotary Club
1913 - President, Cleveland Rotary Club
1914-15 - Director, International Assn. of Rotary Clubs
1916-17 - 6th President, Rotary International
A business, civic, and cultural leader of Cleveland
[left side]
This monument erected October 21, 1992 by the Rotarians of District 6630 is dedicated to the vision of Arch C. Klumph, father of the Rotary Foundatin and to 75 years of dedication to world understandin . . . — Map (db m18037) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Benjamin Rose — 1828-1908 |
| | Briton, industrialist and philanthropist who came to Cleveland in 1848. Formed the Cleveland Provision Company in 1875, Cleveland's largest meat packer. Pioneered meat shipping using refrigerated cars. Built the Rose Building, E. 9th and Prospect, in 1900. An incorporator of Case School of Applied Science and a vestryman at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. At his death, his primary bequest of $3 million established the Benjamin Rose Institute to care for the elderly poor. — Map (db m12116) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 46-18 — Birthplace of Rock 'n' Roll |
| | When radio station WJW disc jockey Alan Freed (1921-1965) used the term "rock and roll" to describe the uptempo black rhythm and blues records he played beginning in 1951, he named a new genre of popular music that appealed to audiences on both sides of 1950s American racial boundaries--and dominated American culture for the rest of the 20th century. The popularity of Freed's nightly "Moon Dog House Rock and Roll Party" radio show encouraged him to organize the Moondog Coronation Ball--the . . . — Map (db m17955) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Broadway / Slavic Village |
| | North and South Broadway were originally part of Newburgh Township, organized in 1814 as one of the earliest settlements in Cuyahoga County. The contruction of the Ohio & Erie Canal and later railroads led to industrial and commercial growth, including the establishment of steel mills. This prompted a large influx of European immigrants. These immigrants built the cottages typical of the neighborhood as well as churches and national halls, most of which still serve the community. Two . . . — Map (db m21073) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 74-70 — Camp Cleveland |
| | Opened in July 1862, the 35 1/2-acre site here in Brooklyn Township's University Heights served as the largest Civil War army camp of rendezvous, organization, and training in northeast Ohio. It was bordered by Hershel (now West 5th) and University (now West 7th) streets and Railway and Marquard avenues. A wartime high of 4,151 volunteers occupied the barracks here on December 5, 1862. Lieutenant William Dustin of the 19th Ohio Volunteer Artillery wrote, "It was a table land above the city and . . . — Map (db m17949) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Carl B. Stokes — 1927-1996 |
| | First African American mayor of a major metropolitan area from 1967-1971 after serving in the Ohio House for six years. Elected municipal judge in 1983, appointed U.S. ambassador to the Republic of the Seychelles in 1994, first black anchor to broadcast television news in New York City for WNBC-TV. — Map (db m12108) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 33-18 — Cataract Falls |
| | Formed by erosion of Cleveland shale and cascading 48 feet, making it the tallest waterfall in the county, the Cataract Falls of Mill Creek powered the gristmill and sawmill built by William Wheeler Williams and Major Wyatt in 1799. The mills, commissioned by the Connecticut Land Company to encourage settlement of the Western Reserve, attracted people to Newburgh. Cleveland finally outgrew bustling Newburgh by 1830 and eventually annexed most of it. The founding of the Cleveland Rolling Mill in . . . — Map (db m21071) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 59-18 — Charles Waddell Chesnutt |
| | Charles Waddell Chesnutt was born in Cleveland on June 30, 1858 and died November 15, 1932. He has been called "The pioneer of the color line" and was an author, crusader for racial and social justice, humanitarian, and forerunner of the Harlem Renaissance, a black literary movement from World War I through the mid-1930s. With the publication of The Conjure Woman in 1899, he emerged as the first person of acknowledged African descent to be published by an established publisher of the day. . . . — Map (db m17649) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Chief Joc-O-Sot — (The Walking Bear) |
| |
Distinguished Indian chief
Brave in war ... valiant in peace
Algonquin Nation ... Osaukee Tribe
Bear Clan
Born Saukeenuk, IA, 1810
Died Cleveland, 1844
After the Black Hawk War where Joc-O-Sot received the wound that finally caused his death, he was the ambassador of the Indians to the great white father, President Tyler. On his return journey he died in Cleveland.
This monument in everlasting bronze and granite takes the place of the original stone damaged by vandals in . . . — Map (db m17900) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 37-18 — Cleveland Grays |
| | The Cleveland Grays were organized by statute in 1837 as an independent volunteer militia company. The Grays were the first company to leave Cleveland for service during the Civil War. In April 1861, they were designated Company E, 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI). They saw action at Vienna Station and First Manassas and also served in the 84th OVI and were on duty with the 150th OVI at Fort Stephens when Confederate General Jubal Early attacked Washington in the summer of 1864. During the . . . — Map (db m17902) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 32-18 — Cleveland Theater District |
| | The Theater District, bound by Chester Avenue, Prospect Avenue, East 18th, East 9th and East 12th Streets, came into being at the turn of the 20th century, when Cleveland emerged as a thriving metropolis. Built between 1890-1928, the area hosted a variety of fine retail stores, theaters, prestigious clubs, restaurants, and distinct office buildings. The rise of television and flight to the suburbs sent downtown entertainment into a death spiral, until a 1970 grass roots effort saved from . . . — Map (db m17951) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Colonel Charles Young — 1864-1922 |
| | Colonel Charles Young, cavalryman, military intelligence officer, Huachuca commander, and paragon of honor.
An American Legend
Charles Young was the third black graduate of the United States Military Academy, class of 1889. Young enjoyed a diverse military career as a lieutenant of a cavalry troop, squadron and regimental commander, acting superintendent of a national park, miliary attache to Haiti and Liberia, professor at Wilberforce University and military advisor to the President . . . — Map (db m17236) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Com. Oliver Hazard Perry |
| | Oliver Hazard Perry was only 27 when named commander of the Lake Erie Fleet. His combination of determination and tactical brilliance won him acclaim at home and the lasting respect of the British. "More than any other battle of the time," wrote historian Henry Adams, "the victory on Lake Erie was won by the courage and obstinacy of a single man." — Map (db m17868) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 81-18 — Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument |
| | This monument, dedicated July 4, 1894, honors Cuyahoga County men and women, who performed military and patriotic duties during the Civil War (1861-1865). William J. Gleason (1846-1905), army veteran and local businessman, proposed its creation in 1879. Captain Levi Tucker Scofield (1842-1917), Cleveland architect and sculptor, designed the structure and supervised its 19-month construction by contractors, A. McAllister and Andrew Dall. George T. Brewster of Boston and George Wagner of New . . . — Map (db m17862) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Dear General, We have met the enemy and they are ours |
| | Dear General, We have met the enemy and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
British Naval cannon captured by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's fleet during the Battle of Lake Erie at Put In Bay, Ohio, September 10th 1813 during what was called the War of 1812.
The Battle of Lake Erie was the last engagement in the War of 1812 that occurred within the territorial limits of Ohio. Considered a continuation of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the American . . . — Map (db m18039) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 65-18 — Detective Martin J. McFadden |
| | On October 31, 1963, the actions of Cleveland Police Detective Martin J. McFadden led to a new legal standard allowing police officers in the United States to stop and frisk suspicious persons prior to committing a crime. On that day McFadden had spotted three men loitering outside a jewelry store at 1276 Euclid Avenue. Believing a robbery was about to take place, the 38-year veteran stopped the men and checked them for weapons. Two of them had guns and were charged with, and convicted of, . . . — Map (db m17952) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 17-18 — Dunham Tavern |
| | Dunham Tavern is the oldest building still standing on its original site in the City of Cleveland. Once a stagecoach stop on the old Buffalo-Cleveland-Detroit road (modern Euclid Avenue), the tavern dates from 1824. The structure was built by Rufus and Jane Pratt Dunham, who journeyed to the Western Reserve from Mansfield, Massachusetts. The Dunhams sold the tavern in 1853. However, it continued to serve the public until 1857, when it was converted to a private residence. It remained a home . . . — Map (db m11818) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Ernest R. Ball — 1878-1927 |
| | The composer of "When Irish Eyes are Smiling", "Mother Machree", "A Little Bit of Heaven" and hundreds of other songs well known today. He also wrote musical scores for Broadway shows. — Map (db m12119) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 40-18 — Frances Payne Bolton |
| | Frances Payne Bolton (1885-1977) was the first woman from Ohio to serve in the United States Congress. Elected in 1940 to complete the term of her late husband, Chester C. Bolton, Mrs. Bolton represented the 22nd District for 28 years. Her life long advocacy of nursing education is reflected in both her philanthropy and the legislation she supported. Her gift to Western Reserve University in 1923 enabled the school to set up one of the first college-based nursing programs in the country. The . . . — Map (db m11927) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 60-18 — Garrett A. Morgan |
| | Garrett Augustus Morgan was an African American businessman and prolific inventor of devices that made people's lives safer and more convenient. Born on March 4, 1877 in Claysville, the Black segregated section of Paris, Kentucky, Morgan migrated north first to Cincinnati and then Cleveland in 1895. He lived and worked in this house at 5204 Harlem Avenue. In 1906, Morgan started the G.A. Morgan Hair Refining Company to market the hair straightener he had invented. The following year he opened a . . . — Map (db m17895) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Henry A. Sherwin — 1842-1916 |
| | Founded the Sherwin-Williams Company, the world's largest paint and sulfa drug base manufacturer in 1866. The company developed reliable ready mixed paint in 1880, the paint roller in 1944 and washable latex paint in 1950. — Map (db m12095) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 47-18 — Home of Superman |
| | Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two Glenville High School students imbued with imagination and talent and passion for science fiction and comics, had dream become reality in 1932. They created Superman, the first of the superheroes ever to see print. The 1932 prototype was of a villainous superhero. Superman then became the hero who has been called the Action Ace, the Man of Steel, and the Man of Tomorrow.
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Although the success of . . . — Map (db m18238) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Honoring the Memory of O.P. and M.J. Van Sweringen |
| | Whose vision, courage, and deep appreciation of building well for tomorrow brought about the creation of Shaker Heights in 1911 and the development of Shaker Square in 1929.
Erected October 6, 1961, by the Shaker Square Association upon the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Shaker Heights. — Map (db m17814) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — In Memory of the Teachers and Children Who Lost Their Lives in the Collinwood School Fire |
| | Teachers and Pupils who lost their lives in the Collinwood School Fire, March 4, 1908
Teachers:
Grace Fiske, Katherine Weiler
Pupils:
Ila Adams, Irene Apari, Adelbert Baldwin, Luretta Baldwin, Glenn Barber, Clayton Bell, George Blurm, Floy Bravo, Mary Burroughs, Amelia Burrow, Erma Buschman, Rose Buschman, Margaret Carayona, Nellie Carlson, George Center, Lester Center, Dale Clark, Florence Clayton, Mildred Cunningham, Irene Davis, Percy Day, Gretchen Dorn, Mary Dresick, Matilda . . . — Map (db m11933) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — In Memory of Those Whose Bodies Were Moved From Ontario Street Cemetry to Erie Street Cemetery — 1826 |
| | Name - Age - Date of Death - Grave*
Trumble - 32 - Oct. 1813 - 1st
Deming Brainard - 25 - Aug. 28, 1824 - 2nd
Unknown - - - 3rd
Horace Pitkin - 20 - Dec. 20, 1822 - 4th
Stephen Gilbert - 34 - Apr. 19, 1808 - 5th
Adolphus Spafford - 16 - Apr. 19, 1808 - 5th
Eliakim Nash - 39 - Dec. 28, 1812 - 6th
Unknown - - - 7th
William Prout - 27 - Aug. 22, 1813 - 8th
Stephen King - 32 - Mar. 6, 1813 - 9th
Amy Lewis - 44 - Jun. 10, 1813 - 10th
Julia King - 2½ - Jan. 30, 1813 - . . . — Map (db m18036) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 77-18 — James Mercer Langston Hughes |
| | One of the most recognized figures of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri on February 1, 1902 and moved to Cleveland by the time he was in high school. An avid traveler, he credited his years at Central High School for the inspiration to write and dream. The consummate Renaissance man, Hughes incorporated his love of theater, music, poetry, and literature in his writings. As an activist, he wrote about the racial politics and culture of his day. He was awarded . . . — Map (db m17648) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Jeptha Wade — 1811-1890 |
| | Financier, philanthropist, founder of the Western Union telegraph company in 1856. First president of Lake View Cemetery Association in 1869, donated land to City of Cleveland for Wade Park and co-founded the Case School of Applied Science in 1880. — Map (db m12110) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 38-18 — John D. Rockefeller, 1839-1937 / The Standard Oil Company |
| | John D. Rockefeller, 1839-1937
Born at Richford, New York, John D. Rockefeller moved to the Cleveland area with his family at age 14. He began his business career as a bookkeeper in 1855. From modest beginnings he became one of the richest men of his era by developing the world's largest oil corporation, the Standard Oil Company, which was founded here in the Flats of Cleveland. Rockefeller moved to New York City in 1884 but maintained two homes in Cleveland, returning often with his . . . — Map (db m17907) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 7-18 — John W. Heisman Birth Site |
| | Here was born (October 3, 1869) the man after whom the Heisman Football Trophy is named. The College Football Hall of Fame enshrines him as superior coach. Important pioneer game innovator. Father of: forward pass; center snap; interference on end runs; hidden ball play; double pass; dividing game into quarters; statistical score board; quarterback's "hike" or "hep" to initiate plays. — Map (db m17908) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Joseph Carabelli — 1850-1911 |
| | Sculptor, state legislator, founder of the Lake View Granite and Monumental Works in 1879. Called the "Father of Little Italy". He helped found the Alta House. While in the Ohio House of Representatives authored the bill making Columbus Day a legal holiday in 1910. — Map (db m12107) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 44-18 — Journalist Dorothy Fuldheim |
| | One of America's most admired women, pioneer television newscaster Dorothy Snell Fuldheim (1893-1989) began her career as a lecturer in the 1920s and entered broadcasting with a biographical series on WTAM radio in Cleveland. In 1947, Fuldheim joined Ohio's first commercial television station, WEWS, becoming the first woman in the United States to anchor a news show. Her later work included the long-running "One O'clock Club" live interview show and regular news commentary. During her . . . — Map (db m17897) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 57-18 — Karamu House |
| | Karamu House, Incorporated was established in 1915 as the Playhouse Settlement, one of Cleveland's many settlement houses for migrant and immigrant communities. Initiated by the Men's Club of the Second Presbyterian Church, in 1915 Oberlin College and University of Chicago social work graduates, Russell and Rowena Woodham Jellliffe were hired as the founding directors. Originally located at 2239 East 38th Street, the Playhouse Settlement offered children's theater and other social, . . . — Map (db m17771) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — L. Pearl Mitchell — Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. — Alpha Omega Chapter |
| | Elected third national president of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. First Greek letter sorority for African-American Women.
Initiated into Zeta Chapter at Wilberforce University.
Held membership for more than 50 years in Alpha Kappa Alpha. Affectionately known as "Miss A.K.A."
Served as the first Great Lakes Regional director and sixth president of Alpha Omega chapter. — Map (db m11931) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 13-18 — League Park |
| | League Park opened on May 1, 1891, with the legendary Cy Young pitching for the Cleveland Spiders in their win over the Cincinnati Redlegs. The park remained the home of Cleveland's professional baseball and football teams until 1946. In 1920 the Cleveland Indians' Elmer Smith hit the first grand slam home run, and Bill Wamby executed the only unassisted triple play, in World Series history. Babe Ruth hit his 500th home run over the park's short right field wall in 1929. With the park as home . . . — Map (db m17770) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Michelson-Morley Experiment |
| | Near this spot, in July 1887, Dr. Albert A. Michelson of Case and Dr. Edward W. Morley of Western Reserve University conducted the world-famous Michelson-Morley experiment, one of the outstanding scientific achievements of the 19th century and a cornerstone of modern physics. In commemoration, this tablet has been set in stone by both colleges on December 19, 1952, the 100th anniversary of Dr. Michelson's birth. — Map (db m11849) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Navy Bicentennial — 1775 - 1975 |
| | In conjunction with the 200th year of the United States Navy, the Cleveland Navy Commands commemorate the Battle of Lake Erie as the most significant naval event to ensure the northern boundary of the United States on the eastern Great Lakes. It was enacted 57 miles northwest of Cleveland near Put-In-Bay, September 10, 1813.
Lake Erie Navy Bicentennial
October 13, 1975 — Map (db m18038) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Near this site Fort Huntington was Erected |
| | Near this site Fort Huntington was erected by Captain Stanton Sholes' Company May, 1813.
On June 19, 1813, a part of the British flee appeared off the fort but was driven away by a storm and no attack made. General William Henry Harrison and staff inspected the fort July, 1813.
Erected by the National Society, United States Daugthers of 1812, Commodore Perry Chapter, Cleveland, O.
Marked on the 125th anniversary of the founding of Cleveland, A.D. 1921.
Hon. W.S. Fitzgerald, Mayor — Map (db m17869) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Ohio and Erie Canal |
| | At this site was lock 44, the north terminus of the Ohio and Erie Canal from 1829 to 1872.
Lock 44 as the outlet of the canal into the Cuyahoga River and the first stop in the transportation system which linked the Great Lakes with the Ohio River during the nineteenth century. Across Merwin Street was the canal basin where goods and passengers transferred between the canal boats and the Great Lakes ships.
The canal stretched 309 miles from this point to the Ohio River at Portsmouth and . . . — Map (db m17906) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Ohio State Bar Association — 1880-1980 |
| | On this side, then known as Case Hall, the first meeting of the Ohio State Bar Association was held July 8, 1880.
Dedicated May 21, 1980 — Map (db m17860) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Old Dunham Tavern Garden |
| |
Originally designed in 1937 by
A. Donald Gray
A. Donald Gray (1891-1939) was a prominent landscape architect practicing in Cleveland from 1920 to 1939. He maintained his office at Dunham Tavern in the 1930s and was instrumental in preserving the tavern as a museum.
Restored 1994. — Map (db m17957) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Raymond J. "Chappie" Chapman — 1891-1920 |
| | Cleveland Indians shortstop killed by a ball thrown by Yankee pitcher Carl Mays at the New York Polo Grounds. He is the only major league player killed by a pitched ball. Fans paid for his monument with nickles and dimes. — Map (db m12120) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 77-18 — Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd |
| | Isaac Campbell Kidd, Sr. was born in Cleveland in 1884. He entered the United States Naval Academy in 1902 and dedicated his life to the Navy. While an ensign, he sailed around the world with the "Great White Fleet" from 1907 to 1909. During the 1920s and 1930s, he held numerous flag commands. Promoted to Rear Admiral in 1940, he was assigned as Commander, Battleship Division ONE. On December 7, 1941, Kidd was aboard the battleship USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. During the surprise . . . — Map (db m17956) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Rufus Dunham — (1792-1862) |
| | Freemason, public official, Whig Party activist. Well-known as the genial proprietor of Dunham's Tavern, a popular stagecoach stop on the Buffalo Road (Euclid Avenue) midway between Doan's Corner (East 105th Street) and Public Square. The tavern, one of the oldest buildings in Cuyahoga County still stands on its original foundation. A reminder of the early days of Cleveland. — Map (db m12106) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 76-18 — Sarah Benedict House |
| | The Sarah Benedict House is a rare survivor of the once fashionable Upper Prospect neighborhood that included "Millionaires Row" on adjacent Euclid Avenue. Sarah Rathbone Benedict had this Queen Anne-inspired house built in 1883, when she was 68, and lived here until her death in 1902. She was active in the social, religious, and charitable life of Cleveland. Sarah Benedict was the widow of George A. Benedict, editor of the Cleveland Daily Herald. The house was given to the Cleveland . . . — Map (db m11821) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Shaker Gate Post — Period 1830 |
| | This is one of several stone gate posts which stood before the buildings of the Middle Family of Shakers near what is now Shaker Boulevard and Lee Road. The post was found under an old cherry tree at that site.
Placed in Shaker Square October 22, 1947, in commemoration of the 125th anniversary of the North Union Society of Shakers
1822-1947 — Map (db m17818) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Shaker Gristmill Site |
| | In 1844 the Shakers of North Union, Ohio, built a five-story gristmill on the north side of the Doan Brook Ravine adjacent to this marker. Water from the dam at the west end of the Lower Shaker Lake powered the mill. For many years it served the needs of farmers in this area. In 1886 the mill was sold to Charles Reader of Cleveland who destroyed it with dynamite as part of an Independence Day celebration that year.
This plaque was installed by the Shaker Historical Society, Sunday, May 4, 1997 — Map (db m11826) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Shaker Mill Stone — Period 1837 |
| | Found at the site of the Shaker saw mill foundations on Coventry Road adjacent to Shaker Lake. The saw mill, destroyed by fire, was converted to grain milling in 1886 using this stone from the original Shaker grist mill.
Placed in Shaker Square October 22, 1847 In commemoration of the 125th anniversary of the North Union Society of Shakers 1822 - 1947 — Map (db m11848) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Shaker Square |
| | Shaker Square, the nation's second oldest planned shopping center was originally developed by the Van Sweringen brothers and opened for business in October, 1929. Currently owned and operated by Shaker Square Ltd., this center was patterned after Amalienborg Square in Copenhagen. The arrangement of 12 Georgian-style buildings, together with trees, hedgerows and grassed areas, makes Shaker Square one of the most attractive and architecturally distinguished shopping areas anywhere in the country. . . . — Map (db m17822) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Site of the Home of the Poet Harold Hart Crane — 1899 - 1932 |
| | [The marker is primarily pictorial in nature, with an image of the house Crane lived in carved into the stone]
1709 E. 115 St., Cleveland, O — Map (db m11845) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 1-18 — The Arcade — An Historic Landmark in Architecture — Built 1890 |
| | Designed by John M. Eisemann and George H. Smith as a big city mercantile center. The five-story galleries connect the ten story towers facing the city's two main thoroughfares. Of unique architectural design and of daring construction, its exterior is Romanesque Revival, a popular Victorian style from 1875-1900. — Map (db m17857) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 72-18 — The Burnham Mall — The Group Plan of 1903 |
| | In August 1903, architects Daniel H. Burnham, John M. Carrére, and Arnold W. Brunner presented Mayor Tom L. Johnson and the City of Cleveland a plan that epitomized the City Beautiful Movement in America. The Group Plan envisioned a grand landscaped mall surrounded by public buildings in the Beaux-Arts style. The plan would create a monumental civic center, influence the design of buildings throughout the city, and lay the foundation for a city planning commission. The first of its kind in the . . . — Map (db m17954) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 87-18 — The Cozad-Bates House / Anti-Slavery and Abolition |
| | The Cozad-Bates House is one of the oldest remaining structures in Cleveland's University Circle. The original section, built circa 1853, is the only pre-Civil War residential structure left in the neighborhood. Built by Samuel and Jane Cozad's son, Andrew Cozad, the first section used locally made brick to form a simple two-story, one-room-deep, vernacular English-I house. The family owned a large portion of the land which is now occupied by University Circle. Justus Cozad, Andrew's son, . . . — Map (db m11850) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — The History of Hough (1799-1979) |
| | Oliver and Eliza Hough settled in the area now known as Hough in 1799. Upon their death in 1866, the land was rendered to the residents of the community has has been heretofore known as the Hough area.
Unknowingly to the Hough's that spirit of giving has set a precedence in the entire Hough area. Oliver and Eliza Hough were indeed spirited people as evidenced in the fact that they gave all they had to the people. The spirit involved in their giving has lingered over the neighborhood awaiting . . . — Map (db m18043) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 79-18 — The Ohio AFL-CIO |
| | Following the national merger of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1955, more than 2,000 labor delegates representing one million union members convened at the Cleveland Public Auditorium for the founding convention of the Ohio AFL-CIO in 1958. This leading labor organization achieved significant advances in the quality of life and security for working Ohioans during the second half of the twentieth century in areas of civil rights, . . . — Map (db m17953) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 66-18 — The Old Stone Church |
| | Religious worship began on this site in 1820 as a Plan of the Union Sunday School with ministers recruited by the Connecticut Home Missionary Society. Its first stone church, officially known as the First Presbyterian Church of Cleveland, was built and dedicated on February 26, 1834, but as the congregation grew, a second stone church was constructed and finished on August 12, 1855. Built of Berea Sandstone, it stands now as the oldest building on Public Square. Ravaged by fires in 1857 and . . . — Map (db m17864) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — The Yellow House |
| |
Built 1876 By the Lemuel S. Hart family
Original site 757 Ansel Avenue
donated by
The Banks-Baldwin Law Publishing Co.
Oldest legal publisher in America, founded 1804
Firm headquarters
1943-1995
Moved to current Learning Garden site in 1998
To serve as Cleveland Botanical Garden's Youth Education Center
through the generous efforts of Walter H. Drane, Craig W. Fraser, Montgomery L. Frazier, P. Jeffrey Lucier — Map (db m17979) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 70-18 — Union and League of Romanian Societies / United Romanian Societies Carpatina of Cleveland |
| | Union and League
of Romanian Societies
The Union and League of Romanian Societies, Incorporated was formed in 1928 from a unification of two separate fraternal organizations, the Union and the League. The Union, founded on July 4, 1906, was originally organized for the purpose of promoting the general welfare of its members through life insurance policies obtained through individual societies located in the United States and Canada. The societies of the Union and League offer social . . . — Map (db m18100) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 19-18 — University Circle |
| | Named for the streetcar turnaround once located at Euclid Avenue and East 107th Street, University Circle is a 600-acre district that is home to many of Cleveland's major cultural, educational, medical, and service institutions. The area was first settled in 1799 by tavernkeeper Nathaniel Doan and became known as Doan's Corners. In 1882, Western Reserve College moved here from Hudson, followed in 1885 by the Case School of Applied Science from downtown Cleveland. These two colleges federated in . . . — Map (db m18158) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Unknown Early Settlers |
| | Originally buried in Cleveland's first cemetery whose remains now rest in this lot.
Public reburial October 12, 1939 by Western Reserve Early Settlers Association. — Map (db m17899) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — Upbeat |
| | From 1964 to 1971, the WEWS studios were home to Upbeat, one of America's premier music television shows.
From the first TV appearance of Simon & Garfunkel , to the last by Otis Redding, virtually every major rock, soul, jazz, country and pop artist performed on Upbeat with producer, Herman Spero and host, Don Webster.
Dedicated April 13, 2000 — Map (db m17898) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland — 89-18 — Woodland Cemetery |
| | [side A] Howard Daniels, who lived from 1815-1863, was a noted architect and landscape gardener. Over the course of his life, he designed six Ohio and New York cemeteries, including Woodland that began in 1852 when he laid out 20 of its 60 acres into fashionable "rural cemetery" style. Later acreage in the cemetery adapted his curvilinear design. "As beautifully prepared for a burial place as fancy and taste could desire," Woodland was dedicated on June 14, 1853, and became Cleveland's . . . — Map (db m21002) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland Heights — 68-18 — Federation of India Community Association |
| | In 1962, Asian Indian students of Case Western Reserve University started India Association of Cleveland (IAC). In 1967, IAC started a newspaper "LOTUS," regarded as the first such Asian Indian community newspapers in the United States. In 1978, IAC started a community center to be owned and managed by a new organization: India Community Center (ICC), the first such facility established by Asian Indians in Ohio. In 1980, IAC and ICC merged and formed the Federation of India Community . . . — Map (db m6946) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Cleveland Heights — The Arthur G. McKee House — Built 1920 |
| | Designed by Boston architect Charles Greco, this Colonial Revival-style house was commissioned by Mr. McKee after no suitable lots could be obtained on Cleveland's famed Millionaires' Row. Mr. McKee gained international fame and personal wealth by revolutionizing the steel industry with a much more efficient way of smelting iron ore. His other inventions inclued the world's first air conditioned greenhouse. He was also the founder of McKee's Jungle Gardens, which was one of Florida's top . . . — Map (db m17917) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Fairview Park — 24-18 — Bain Park Cabin |
| | Envisioned by Fairview Village Mayor, David R. Bain, this community center was originally completed in 1937 as a project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a Depression-era work relief program initiated by the Federal Government in 1935. A fire destroyed the original log cabin on December 14, 1937, just four days before the planned dedication. With the support of the community, Mayor Bain turned again to the WPA for funding and labor to rebuild the structure. This cabin, constructed of . . . — Map (db m11549) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Fairview Park — Rockport Cemetery of Pioneer Days - Now Fairview Park Cemetery |
| | [Main Marker]:
Here rest early settlers of this area of old Rockport Township, soldiers of the American Revolution and of four succeeding wars. Dates of first burials have been lost to memory in their antiquity.
[Top of two nearby secondary markers]:
Designated Historical Landmark
City of Fairview Park
Ordinance No. 80-62
May 31, 1982
[Bottom of two nearby secondary markers]:
In Grateful Memory of Jared A. Farrand, Robert B. Fife, Josiah Kellog, and Robert . . . — Map (db m11548) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Lakewood — Nicholson Homestead — 1835 |
| | Lakewood's oldest frame house.
Lakewood Historical Society
Courtesy of the Junior Board & the Fieg Sewering Co. — Map (db m18042) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Lakewood — Oldest Stone House |
| |
This house of
native sandstone
was built circa 1838 by
John Honam
A Scottish Weaver
This tablet placed by
Lakewood Chapter, D.A.R. 1949 — Map (db m17918) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Middleburg Heights — 6-18 — Old District 10 Schoolhouse — 1912 |
| | This Little Red Schoolhouse served children from Berea, Brookpark, and Middleburg township. The first mayor and council of Middleburg Heights were elected here. During its colorful history, the schoolhouse has been a City Hall where town meetings were held, a speak-easy, a railroad way station, and a private residence. — Map (db m5548) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), North Olmsted — 8-18 — Butternut Ridge Cemetery 1835 |
| | Isaac Scales (1786-1821) settled on this site. At his death, he was buried in his back yard. A large rock marked his grave. The land was reclaimed by Charles Olmsted who deeded it to the Township in 1835 for a public burial ground. Early settlers and veterans, who fought in six American wars including the Revolutionary, are buried here. The crypt was built in 1879. — Map (db m11546) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), North Olmsted — 14-18 — Parker Ranch — Adele Von Ohl Parker |
| | Adele Von Ohl Parker was a daredevil stunt rider once starring in Buffalo Bill's shows. Stranded during the Depression, she started a riding school; her flamboyance captivated her young riders. The 34-building ranch was the scene of many rodeos and wild west shows. Visiting friends included Gene Autry and a circus owner whose elephants bathed in the Rocky River. This 37-year fantasy vanished forever upon her death in 1969. — Map (db m11547) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Parma — 30-18 — Crile Hospital |
| | Crile General Hospital, named for renowned Cleveland surgeon, Dr. George W. Crile, was dedicated at this site on April 21, 1944. Dr. Crile, founder of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, was a brigadier general in the U.S. Army. The $4.5 million hospital covered 153 acres and contained seven miles of corridors linking 87 buildings with 1725 beds. During World War II, hospital staff provided care to 15,000 wounded U.S. soldiers and several hundred German prisoners of war. The hospital became a . . . — Map (db m23924) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Parma — 69-18 — German Central Organization |
| | Founded in 1924 and incorporated in 1925, the German Central Organization was established to serve all people of German descent and was the central meeting place for immigrants of various ethnic groups following both world wars. During the difficult years of the Great Depression, the German Central Organization distributed money to needy German-Americans and helped thousands to find jobs by providing free employment service. Anti-German sentiment during World War II culminated in a vandal . . . — Map (db m24264) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Parma — 22-18 — The Stearns Homestead |
| | [Marker Front]:
This 48-acre farm is the last remnant of an agricultural way of life that characterized Parma Township well into the 20th century. The farmhouse, built circa 1855 by Western Reserve settler Lyman Stearns, is representative of the Greek Revival style of architecture popular in this region prior to the Civil War. The "Yankee" style barn predates the house. Suburban development following World War II engulfed virtually all of this area by the 1950s. The Stearns Homestead . . . — Map (db m23925) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Parma Heights — 49-18 — First Brick Rural Road in United States — Olde York Road |
| | Side A:
In the late nineteenth century, a movement to improve inadequate plank and dirt roads was brought on by the popularity of bicycling, the introduction of the automobile, and the need to improve travel to and from rural areas. Ohio, as a leader in the manufacture of brick paving blocks, was quick to upgrade roads. Toll roads were waning in popularity and the need for free roads was recognized. An act passed in 1892 authorized Cuyahoga County to levy a road tax. With funds levied, . . . — Map (db m23722) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Rocky River — Detroit Avenue Bridge |
| | The fourth bridge to span the Rocky River was opened from Rocky River to Lakewood in 1910. Its outstanding features were its twin unreinforced concrete arches of 280 feet, a world record at the ti. It was the first long concrete arch bridge to be built using steel truss forms, rather than wood, and the last one not to have reinforced arches. The overall length was 708 feet.
The bridge was listed as one of the most beautiful concrete bridges in America and aided the development of the lands . . . — Map (db m18041) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Shaker Heights — East Family — North Union Society of Shakers — December 3, 1837 - September 23, 1872 |
| | This site marks the location of the main dwelling of the East or Gathering Family established for the expressed purpose of gathering souls "out of the world". Here the new converts were "proved awhile" until they convinced the elders and eldresses of the sincerity and purity of their motives.
This tablet erected September 29, 1950.
The Shaker Historical Society — Map (db m10422) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Shaker Heights — 67-18 — Horseshoe Lake |
| | In 1822, Ralph Russell, a Connecticut pioneer who had settled in Warrensville Township ten years earlier, founded the North Union Shaker Community. The Shakers created Horseshoe Lake in 1852 when they built a dam across Doan Brook and harnessed its waterpower to operate a woolen mill near Lee Road and South Park Boulevard. The community disbanded in 1889; its 1,366 acres were eventually sold to a real estate syndicate from Buffalo, New York, the Shaker Heights Land Company. In 1896, this group . . . — Map (db m10423) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Shaker Heights — Jacob Russell |
| |
Revolutionary Soldier
Jacob Russell
Born 1746 Windsor, Conn. - Died 1821 Warrensville, Ohio Enlisted May 12. Discharged October 11, 1775. 8th Company, Connecticut Continental Regiment, 1775. In 1812 he settled in the Township of Warrensville Now Shaker Heights Village, Cleveland, Ohio Marked by the Western Reserve Chapter Daughters American Revolution — Map (db m10425) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Shaker Heights — Shaker Gate Posts — Period 1830 |
| | These two original gate posts mark the entrance to a field once used by the Middle Family of Shakers, who resided in this vicinity.
This tablet erected September 21, 1948, commemorating the 126th anniversary of the North Union Society of Shakers.
1822-1948 — Map (db m17824) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Shaker Heights — Site of Center Family — North Union Society of Shakers |
| | Site of Center Family North Union Society of Shakers 1822-1889 Shaker Meeting House First Shaker Heights Village school 1912-1914 Shaker Heights Village Hall 1911-1931 This tablet erected May 16, 1964 The Shaker Historical Society — Map (db m9676) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Shaker Heights — This Tablet Marks the Final Resting Place of the Shakers of the North Union Society |
| | This tablet marks the final resting place of the Shakers of the North Union Society. Their remains were moved from the Shaker burial ground on South Park Boulevard to this cemetery in 1909.
"Do all your work as though you had a thousand years to live, and as if you knew you must die tomorrow."
Ann Lee
Shaker Historical Society
September 20, 1949 — Map (db m18034) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Shaker Heights — Van Sweringen Demonstration House |
| | City of Shaker Heights Landmark
Van Sweringen Demonstration House 1924 Shaker Heights Landmark Commission 1983 — Map (db m17851) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Shaker Heights — Van Sweringen Demonstration House |
| | City of Shaker Heights Landmark
Van Sweringen Demonstration House 1924 Shaker Heights Landmark Commission 1983 — Map (db m17853) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Shaker Heights — Van Sweringen Demonstration House |
| | City of Shaker Heights Landmark
Van Sweringen Demonstration House 1924 Shaker Heights Landmark Commission 1983 — Map (db m17854) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Shaker Heights — Van Sweringen Demonstration House |
| | City of Shaker Heights Landmark
Van Sweringen Demonstration House 1924 Shaker Heights Landmark Commission 1983 — Map (db m17855) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Shaker Heights — Warrensville West Cemetery — First Burial 1811 |
| | Final resting place of
Pioneer Families
Manx Settlers
Veterans of Five Wars
North Union Shakers
Erected by the Shaker Historical Society
May 30, 1959 — Map (db m18035) |
| Ohio (Cuyahoga County), Westlake — 5-18 — Jack Miner |
| | Jack Miner, noted conservationist and naturalist, was born at this site on April 10, 1865. Miner, who moved to Ontario, Canada, in 1878, achieved worldwide recognition for his pioneering studies of waterfowl migration. His work with migrating birds led to the establishment of a bird sanctuary at Kingsville, Ontario, the publication of several books, and the formation of the Jack Miner Migratory Bird Foundation. — Map (db m11545) |
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