Lakeside in Ottawa County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Lakeside

“The Chautauqua on Lake Erie”

— United Methodist Church Registered Historic Site No. 544 —

Lakeside Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 8, 2019

1. Lakeside Marker

Inscription.
Established in 1873, Lakeside is a pioneer of the American Chautauqua Movement, one of the greatest revival movements in United States history which flourished in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Founded by the Methodist Church, Lakeside is one of the few existing Chautauqua communities that remain and thrive today. Each summer, the late-Victorian community provides spiritual, cultural, intellectual, and recreational programs designed to nurture the mind, body, and spirit. It drawn visitors from across the country and around the world for its Chautauqua program. Lakeside is recognized on the National Register of Historic Places.

Erected 2008 by The Lakeside Association, Lakeside Heritage Society, and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 15-62.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection, and the United Methodist Church Historic Sites series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1873.

Location. 41° 32.757′ N, 82° 45.044′ W.

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Marker is in Lakeside, Ohio, in Ottawa County. It is on Maple Avenue 0.1 miles West 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. It is at the beach end of Maple Avenue, to the left of the beach pavilion, just past Hotel Lakeside. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lakeside Marblehead OH 43440, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Lake Erie Shore

and in the Toledo Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dock & Pavilion (a few steps from this marker); Tower and Cross (within shouting distance of this marker); Lakeside Pavilion (within shouting distance of this marker); Donald & Coralen Bettinger Park (within shouting distance

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 8, 2019

2. Lakeside Marker

of this marker); Danbury Township World War Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Hotel Lakeside (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Hotel Lakeside (within shouting distance of this marker); Bettinger Park Basketball Courts (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lakeside.

Regarding Lakeside. Lakeside is a gated town during the summer season. Unless you can talk a gatekeeper into a free in-and-out timed pass, you will have to pay for a day pass to enter.

Also see . . . Lakeside. Website homepage:
Excerpt:

That powerful notion—a faith-based summer resort offering both religious and secular education—was to blossom into the Chautauqua Movement. By the early 1900s, more than 300 Chautauqua-style resorts associated with various Christian and Jewish congregations had been established from New Jersey to California.

The word Chautauqua became, and is today, the generic descriptive term for resorts that blend the summer season with religion, education, cultural arts and recreation. Most Chautauqua communities
Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 8, 2019

3. Lakeside Pavilion
This view is from the historical marker.
shared similar financial arrangements combining donations with admission fees. The fee entitled the guest to most if not all the organization’s programming.

(Submitted on November 9, 2019.)

Credits. This page was last revised on August 19, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 655 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 9, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.