Bay Village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Calhoon Memorial Park
Photographed by J. J. Prats, April 6, 2019
1. Calhoon Memorial Park Marker
Inscription.
Calhoon Memorial Park. . Joseph Calhoon brought his family from Vergennes, Vermont, to Dover Township in 1810, and they established themselves as the first permanent settlers in what would become Bay Village, Ohio. The Calhoon house, called Rose Hill, was built in 1818 and replaced the log cabin the family built upon their arrival. Granddaughter Ida Maria Calhoon bequeathed her familys 115-acre homestead as the Calhoon Memorial Park to the citizens of Bay Village in 1917. In accordance with the familys wish, Rose Hill serves the community as a museum and library. The Reuben Osborn House (1815), thought to be the oldest frame house between Cleveland and Lorain, and the Community House (1882), formerly the Calhoon barn, join Rose Hill on the grounds of the memorial park. Calhoon Memorial Park is the center of the community activity in Bay Village.
Joseph Calhoon brought his family from Vergennes, Vermont, to Dover Township in 1810, and they established themselves as the first permanent settlers in what would become Bay Village, Ohio. The Calhoon house, called Rose Hill, was built in 1818 and replaced the log cabin the family built upon their arrival. Granddaughter Ida Maria Calhoon bequeathed her familys 115-acre homestead as the Calhoon Memorial Park to the citizens of Bay Village in 1917. In accordance with the familys wish, Rose Hill serves the community as a museum and library. The Reuben Osborn House (1815), thought to be the oldest frame house between Cleveland and Lorain, and the Community House (1882), formerly the Calhoon barn, join Rose Hill on the grounds of the memorial park. Calhoon Memorial Park is the center of the community activity in Bay Village.
Erected 2002 by the Bay Village Historical Society and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 28-18.)
series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1810.
Location. 41° 29.196′ N, 81° 55.254′ W. Marker is in Bay Village, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is at the intersection of Dover Center Road and Bryson Lane, on the left when traveling south on Dover Center Road. At the entrance to be ball fields and the swimming pool. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 400 Bryson Ln, Bay Village OH 44140, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater Cleveland, on the Lake Erie Shore, and in the Western Reserve. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
More about this marker. There is a duplicate of this marker, without the photograph insets, at the other side of the park on Calhoun Road. Same number, title and text.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 25, 2019. It was originally submitted on May 25, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 373 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on May 25, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
