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. 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.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1919.

Location. 41° 54.459′ N, 80° 46.56′ W. Marker is near Ashtabula, Ohio, in Ashtabula County. It 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,

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United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Ohio’s Lake Erie Shore

and in the Western Reserve.

It is also in the American Midwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: "Steady" Ed Headrick (within shouting distance of this marker); History of the Ashtabula Lighthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Ashtabula Harbor Commercial District (approx. 1.2 miles away); A Successful River Restoration (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Ashtabula River (approx. 1.2 miles away); Restoration & Revitalization (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Recovery (approx. 1.2 miles away); 1001 (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

<i>Beach and Pavilion, Lake Shore Park, Ashtabula, Ohio</i> image. Click for full size.

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 1,122 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 11, 2018, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 3. submitted on August 11, 2018.