Downtown in Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Alexis de Tocqueville
Photographed by Christopher Busta-Peck, April 12, 2009
1. Alexis de Tocqueville Marker
and author of
Democracy in America
visited this area
during his 1831-1832 tour of America
Tocqueville
C-SPAN
Placed by C-SPAN and the Cable Television Industry
while retracing the tour in 1997-1998
Erected 1998 by C-SPAN and the Cable Television Industry.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Patriots & Patriotism.
Location. 41° 29.719′ N, 81° 42.117′ W. Marker is in Cleveland, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of Merwin Avenue and West Street, on the right when traveling south on Merwin Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cleveland OH 44115, 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 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.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Irish Famine Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Ohio & Erie Canalway (about 400 feet away); A River Reborn (about 500 feet away); Celebrating 50 years of progress on the Cuyahoga River (about 500 feet away); The Canal (about 500 feet away); Moses Cleaveland Survey (about 700 feet away); Industrialists & Early Skyscrapers
this page online
Other markers no longer nearby. Ohio and Erie Canal (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been confirmed missing); John D. Rockefeller / The Standard Oil Company (was about 400 feet away but has been confirmed missing); Moses Cleavelands Capital Town (was about 500 feet away but has been confirmed missing).
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Other stops in C-SPAN's retracing of Tocqueville's journey.
Photographed by Christopher Busta-Peck, April 12, 2009
2. Marker location, by the Cuyahoga River
Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 12, 2009, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,904 times since then and 91 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 12, 2009, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio.
