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

Erie Street Cemetery Chapel Flooring Stones

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 19, 2021

1. Erie Street Cemetery Chapel Flooring Stones Marker

Inscription. You are standing on what remains of the flooring stones of the cemetery chapel (c 1880) that stood at this location. The building was razed in 1954 when it fell into disrepair and was no longer used for its original purpose.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1880.

Location. 41° 29.865′ N, 81° 40.915′ W. Marker is in Cleveland, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is in Downtown. It can be reached from East 9th Street north of Sumner Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Marker is located within Erie Street Cemetery, near the center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2254 East 9th Street, 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

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(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: In Memoriam (here, next to this marker); Spirit of '76 (here, next to this marker); In Memory of Those Whose Bodies Were Moved From Ontario Street Cemetery to Erie Street Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Chief Joc-O-Sot (within shouting distance of this marker); Gamaliel Fenton (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Unknown Early Settlers (about 400 feet away); Lorenzo and Rebecca Carter (about 500 feet away); Cleveland Grays (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cleveland.

Erie Street Cemetery Chapel Flooring Stones image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 19, 2021

2. Erie Street Cemetery Chapel Flooring Stones

The marker is visible at top center.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 21, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 287 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 21, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.