Detroit - Shoreway in Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

The Templin-Bradley Company

Penny Packet Seeds

Photographed by J. J. Prats, June 21, 2019

1. The Templin-Bradley Company Marker

Inscription. In 1907, the Templin-Bradley Company’s Children’s Flower Mission was developed in response to the Cleveland Public Schools Horticulture Program, supplying seed packets for 1 cent each — commonly referred to as Penny Packet Seeds. This earned the company a reputation for being the nation’s largest distributor of seeds for school garden programs. Although only nine varieties of plants were offered, interest was so great that nearly 50,000 packages were sold during the first year with no expense to the public-school teachers. With great success realized in the local school gardening program, interest grew exponentially across the nation and programs began in other cities. For fifty years, the Templin-Bradley Company sold flower and vegetable seeds at low costs to student members of garden groups throughout the country, cultivating many generations of gardeners.

Erected 2015 by the Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization and The Ohio History Connection. (Marker Number 114-18.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Horticulture & Forestry. In

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addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1907.

Location. 41° 29.124′ N, 81° 43.532′ W. Marker is in Cleveland, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is in Detroit - Shoreway. It is on Detroit Avenue (Alternate U.S. 6) west of West 54th Street, on the right when traveling west. It is at the Templin-Bradley Lofts building in the Gordon Square Arts District in the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5700 Detroit Ave, Cleveland OH 44102, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the 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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies:

Photographed by J. J. Prats, June 21, 2019

2. The Templin-Bradley Company Marker

It is to the right of the mobile sculpture, “Garden Mirrors,” by Steve O’Hearn.

John W. Heisman Birth Site (approx. 0.7 miles away); LGBT Civil Rights Movement (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Clavius Science Center (approx. 0.9 miles away); St. John’s Episcopal Church (approx. one mile away); Saint Ignatius High School (approx. one mile away); Jacob Baehr 1824 – 1873/Magdalena Baehr 1834 - 1909 (approx. 1.1 miles away); Welcome to Monroe Street Cemetery (approx. 1.1 miles away); Clark Avenue Public Baths (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cleveland.

Another marker is no longer nearby. John W. Heisman Birth Site (was approx. 0.7 miles away but has been permanently removed).

The Templin-Bradley Company, now The Templin-Bradley Lofts image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, June 21, 2019

3. The Templin-Bradley Company, now The Templin-Bradley Lofts

Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 19, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 993 times since then and 51 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 19, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 3. submitted on July 20, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.