Peninsula in Summit County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

John Eisenmann (1851-1924) / Boston Township Hall

John Eisenmann Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By J. J. Prats, April 7, 2019

1. John Eisenmann Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

John Eisenmann (1851-1924). In addition to the Boston Township Hall, well-known Cleveland architect John Eisenmann designed many prominent buildings, including the Cleveland Arcade. Eisenmann was also the first professor of civil engineering at the Case School of Applied Science and wrote Cleveland’s first building code. Eisenmann was paid $140 for his drawings for this school building, which was built for $4,000. Later in life, Eisenmann designed the state flag for Ohio, adopted in 1902. He was also a major advocate for the construction of the Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial at Put-In-Bay, opened in 1915.

Boston Township Hall. In 1887, John Eisenmann designed this stick-style building for the Peninsula Board of Education so that it could consolidate two one-room school houses. The Peninsula and the Boston Township Boards of Education merged in 1919. The brick addition, designed by architects Harpster and Bliss, was built in 1920. The trustees of Boston Township purchased this property in 1939 from the Board of Education. Union Grange #2380 occupied the first floor for nearly 50 years. The non-profit

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Boston Township Hall Committee, Inc. was formed in 1990 to work with the township trustees to restore the building.

Erected 2011 by Boston Township and the Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 43-77.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Education. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1902.

Location. 41° 14.488′ N, 81° 33.268′ W. Marker is in Peninsula, Ohio, in Summit County. Marker is on Main Street (Ohio Route 303) just east of Riverview Road (County Route 9), on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1775 Main St, Peninsula OH 44264, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Robert L. Hunker (within shouting distance of this marker); A Tight Fit (approx. ¼ mile away); Lock 29 (approx. ¼ mile away); Canal Builders (approx. ¼ mile away); Village and River Linked (approx. 0.3 miles away); Life on a Crooked River (approx. 0.3 miles away); Peninsula Village Historic District (approx. 0.3 miles away); Akron’s Building Blocks (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Peninsula.

Also see . . . Wikipedia entry for John Eisenmann. “The Cleveland

Boston Township Hall Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By J. J. Prats, April 7, 2019

2. Boston Township Hall Marker

Arcade is identified as the first indoor shopping mall in the United States. and was built by Detroit Bridge Co., run by Stephen V. Harkness. It is one of the few remaining arcades of its kind in the United States. Modeled after the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II located in Milan, the Arcade comprises two nine-story towers with a skylight, 100 feet high, made of 1,800 panes of glass spanning over 300 feet.” (Submitted on May 29, 2019.)

Additional commentary.
1. Peninsula Grange
As a child growing up in Peninsula in the 1950's I was told this building was the "old Grange Hall."

— Submitted July 28, 2020, by Robin Garrett of Marshallton, Pennsylvania.

Boston Township Hall and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By J. J. Prats, April 7, 2019

3. Boston Township Hall and Marker

Boston Township Hall, Peninsula, Ohio image. Click for full size.

Photographed By J. J. Prats, April 7, 2019

4. Boston Township Hall, Peninsula, Ohio

The Cleveland Arcade image. Click for full size.

By the Detroit Publishing Co., via the Library of Congress, circa 1915

5. The Cleveland Arcade

401 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. The first indoor shopping mall.

Ohio State Flag — The Ohio Burgee image. Click for full size.

via Wikipedia Commons

6. Ohio State Flag — The Ohio Burgee

Ohio’s swallowtail flag is the only non-rectangular U.S. state flag. Its red, white, and blue elements symbolize the state's natural features and order of admission into the Union. A prominent disc in the flag's triangular canton is suggestive of the state's name. The flag was designed in 1901 by John Eisenmann for the Pan-American Exposition and adopted in 1902.—Wikipedia

Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Dale K. Benington, August 17, 2012

7. Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on July 20, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 29, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 169 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on May 29, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 7. submitted on August 19, 2012, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.