Bay Village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Cahoon Memorial Park

Photographed by J. J. Prats, April 6, 2019

1. Cahoon Memorial Park Marker

Inscription. Joseph Cahoon brought his family from Vergennes, Vermont, to Dover Township in 1810, and they established themselves as the first permanent settlers in what would become Bay Village, Ohio. The Cahoon house, called Rose Hill, was built in 1818 and replaced the log cabin the family built upon their arrival. Granddaughter Ida Maria Cahoon bequeathed her family’s 115-acre homestead as the Cahoon Memorial Park to the citizens of Bay Village in 1917. In accordance with the family’s wish, Rose Hill serves the community as a museum and library. The Reuben Osborn House (1815), thought to be the oldest frame house between Cleveland and Lorain, and the Community House (1882), formerly the Cahoon barn, join Rose Hill on the grounds of the memorial park. Cahoon Memorial Park is the center of the community activity in Bay Village.

Erected 2002 by the Bay Village Historical Society and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 28-18.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Charity & Public Work. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series

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list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1810.

Location. 41° 29.319′ N, 81° 55.658′ W. Marker is in Bay Village, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is at the intersection of Cahoon Road and Lake Road (U.S. 6), on the left when traveling south on Cahoon Road. At the entrance to the museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 27715 Lake Rd, Bay Village OH 44140, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Cleveland,

on the 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bay Village Chapter, League of Women Voters / Honoring Bay Village Chapter, 75th Anniversary (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); In Memoriam (about 600 feet away);

Cahoon Memorial Park and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, April 6, 2019

2. Cahoon Memorial Park and Marker

Rose Hill is in the distance, obscured by trees, and the Community House is on the right.

They Gave Their Lives Serving Our Country in World War II (about 600 feet away); Calhoon Memorial Park (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lakeside Cemetery (approx. 0.7 miles away); In memoriam (approx. 0.7 miles away); Dover Lake Shore Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 1.2 miles away); Astronaut Robert Franklyn Overmyer (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bay Village.

More about this marker. There is a duplicate of this marker at the other side of the park on Dover Center Road. Same number, title and text. Unlike this marker, that one has two photographs embedded in the marker on either side of the title.

Cahoon Memorial Park Community House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Diane Plogger, December 26, 2021

3. Cahoon Memorial Park Community House

Credits. This page was last revised on March 3, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 25, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 530 times since then and 53 times this year. Last updated on January 30, 2024, by Kate McNeece of Fairview Park, Ohio. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 25, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 3. submitted on December 29, 2021, by Diane Plogger of North Olmsted, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

Editor’s want-list for this marker. “Portraits” of Rose Hill and the Reuben Osborn House • Can you help?