Near Ashtabula in Ashtabula County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Lakeshore Park Main Pavilion
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, August 10, 2018
1. Lakeshore Park Main Pavilion Marker
Inscription.
Lakeshore Park Main Pavilion. . At 440 feet in length, the Lakeshore Park Main Pavilion, now known as the Ashtabula Township Park Lakefront Pavilion, is thought to be the longest and oldest lakefront pavilion in continuous use on the Great Lakes. Built in 1919, the pavilion, with its bandstand/gazebo in the middle, is of steel frame construction, and stood unchanged for the most part except for the swept wing design roof replacement. Extensive Civilian Conservation Corps improvements were made in the park near the pavilion during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Since its founding, people from all over northeast Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia have chosen this site for family outings and company, union, and political gatherings.
At 440 feet in length, the Lakeshore Park Main Pavilion, now known as the Ashtabula Township Park Lakefront Pavilion, is thought to be the longest and oldest lakefront pavilion in continuous use on the Great Lakes. Built in 1919, the pavilion, with its bandstand/gazebo in the middle, is of steel frame construction, and stood unchanged for the most part except for the swept wing design roof replacement. Extensive Civilian Conservation Corps improvements were made in the park near the pavilion during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Since its founding, people from all over northeast Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia have chosen this site for family outings and company, union, and political gatherings.
Erected 2004 by Ashtabula Township Park Commission and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 11-4.)
Location. 41° 54.459′ N, 80° 46.56′ W. Marker is near Ashtabula, Ohio, in Ashtabula County. Marker is on Lakeshore Drive, half a mile Ohio Route 531, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9 Lakeshore Dr, Ashtabula OH 44004, United States of America. Touch for directions.
(approx. 1.2 miles away); The Ashtabula River (approx. 1.2 miles away); 1001 (approx. 1.3 miles away); 1006 (approx. 1.3 miles away); 1003 (approx. 1.3 miles away); 1005 (approx. 1.3 miles away); Point Park (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ashtabula.
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, August 10, 2018
2. Lakeshore Park Main Pavilion Marker
circa 1930
3. Beach and Pavilion, Lake Shore Park, Ashtabula, Ohio
Credits. This page was last revised on January 26, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 11, 2018, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 455 times since then and 55 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on August 11, 2018, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 3. submitted on August 11, 2018.
