Downtown in Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Carl B. Stokes

Public Utilities Building

— Rededicated November 3, 1995 —

Carl B. Stokes Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 18, 2021

1. Carl B. Stokes Marker

Inscription.
The City of Cleveland rededicated this building on the Third Day of November, 1995, as the Carl B. Stokes Public Utilities Building.

Mayor Stokes, the first African-American mayor of a major American city, served the city from 1967 to 1971. This period witnessed the inception of the resurrection and rebuilding of the city’s public utilities infrastructure. The development of this building conceived during the Stokes Administration, served as a significant catalyst for this rebuilding.

Michael R. White
Mayor of Cleveland

Jay Westbrook
Council President

Erected 1995 by The City of Cleveland.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Charity & Public Work. A significant historical date for this entry is November 3, 1995.

Location. 41° 30.423′ N, 81° 41.343′ W. Marker is in Cleveland, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is in Downtown. Marker can be reached from the intersection of Lakeside Avenue East and East 12th Street, on the right when traveling west. Marker is mounted at eye-level, just to the right of the building entrance, facing Lakeside Avenue East. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1201 Lakeside Avenue East, Cleveland OH 44114, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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distance of this marker. October 23, 1956 (within shouting distance of this marker); Seltzer Way (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Dennis Donahue (approx. 0.2 miles away); Casimir Pulaski (approx. ¼ mile away); Carl Burton Stokes (1927-1996) / Cleveland's Mayor Stokes (approx. ¼ mile away); Arch C. Klumph (approx. ¼ mile away); Cleveland City Hall Centennial (approx. ¼ mile away); Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cleveland.

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Also see . . . Carl B. Stokes. Carl B. Stokes became the first African-American mayor of a major U.S. city when he was elected mayor of Cleveland in November 1967. He later became a news anchorman, judge, and a United States Ambassador. He was born in Cleveland to Charles Stokes, a laundry worker who died when Carl was two years old, and Louise (Stone) Stokes, a cleaning woman who then raised Carl and his brother Louis in Cleveland's first federally funded housing project for the poor, Outhwaite. (Submitted on September 20, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Carl B. Stokes Public Utilities Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 18, 2021

2. Carl B. Stokes Public Utilities Building

Marker visible to the right of the entrance.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 19, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 362 times since then and 82 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 19, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.