Avon Lake in Lorain County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Beach Park Station
Photographed by Craig Doda, February 28, 2026
1. Beach Park Station Marker, Side One
From the 1890s to the 1930s, Interurban railways were an important form of travel in the Midwest. Beach Park Station had an interurban carhouse, where repairs were performed and passengers boarded. The Lorain & Cleveland Railway (L&C) built the 65% by 200 foot brick station in 1897. By 1901, the L&C became part of the Lake Shore Electric Railway (LSE) and Beach Park became stop 65 on a line that ran from Cleveland to Toledo and then to Detroit. Requiring power and water, the LSE built an electric plant and water tower at Avon Lake. This infrastructure spurred the community's development and growth.
Some considered Beach Park the LSE's most impressive passenger station. The LSE owned Avon Beach Park, which offered guests a dance hall, beach, and picnic and camping grounds. Many passengers came here to take a break from the city. Sold in 1923, the park became the site of a Cleveland Electric Illumination power plant. The LSE stopped running in 1938 because it could not compete with the convenience of the automobile. The station was sold in 1940 and has since been a motel and restaurant (the Saddle Inn), a movie theater, and commercial, office, and retail space.
Erected 2018 by Beach Park Railway; The Ohio History Connection. (Marker Number 34-37.)
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Location. 41° 30.24′ N, 82° 3.004′ W. Marker is in Avon Lake, Ohio, in Lorain County. It is at the intersection of Lake Road (U.S. 6) and Electric Boulevard, on the right when traveling east on Lake Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 33479 Lake Rd, Avon Lake OH 44012, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Peter J. Miller House / Adam Miller & Family (approx. half a mile away); Significant Dates in Avon Lake History (approx. half a mile away); ALVA #B Tug Shipwreck (approx. 0.6 miles away); 103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry (approx. one mile away); Avon Lake World War II Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.7 miles away); Comrades interned in Lake Shore Cemetery (approx. 1.7 miles away); Lake Shore Cemetery (approx. 1.7 miles away); Battle of Lake Erie (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Avon Lake.
Photographed by Craig Doda, February 28, 2026
2. Beach Park Station Marker, Side Two
Photographed by Craig Doda, February 28, 2026
3. Beach Park Station Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on March 9, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 7, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 16 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 7, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
