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

Collin Wood School Fire March 4, 1908

Photographed by Craig Doda, March 8, 2026

1. Collin Wood School Fire March 4, 1908 Marker

Inscription.

Collin Wood School Fire March 4, 1908. . In memory of the teachers and children who lost their lives in the Collinwood School fire. , Teachers and pupilis who lost their lives in the Collin Wood School Fire March 4, 1908, Teachers Grace Fiske . Katherine Weiler, Pupils Ila Adams . Irene Apari . Adelbert Baldwin . Lauretta Baldwin . Glenn Barber . Clayton Bell . George Bluhm . Floy Bravo . Mary Burroughs . Amelia Burrow . Erma Buschman . Rose Buschman . Margaret Caravona . Nellie Carlson . George Centner . Dester Centner . Dale Clark . Florence Clayton . Mildred Cunningham . Irene Davis . Percy Day . Gretchen Dorn . Mary Dresick . Matilda Dresick . Catherine Duffy . Albert Eichelberger . Florence Ewald . Emma Gerbicy . Alma Gilbert . Katherine Glassmeier . Tony Golup . Ruth Gordon . Albert Gould . Raymond Gould . Earla Grant . Mary Greeshauge . Dorothy Hart . Ednat Hebeler . Helene Hefferle . Emma Hennicke . Peter Hennicke . Allen Hinsdale . Helena Hirter . Ida Hirter . Walter Hirter . Wilfred Hook . Esther Hummel . Herbert Hunter . Francis Intihar . Emma Janke . Edward Kanowski . Fannie Kapudjija . Mary Kapudjija . Edward Kehl, Richard Kelly . Walter Kelly . Annie Kernt . Karoline Kern . Rudolph Kern Jr. . John Klisuric . Henry Kujat . Lizzie Lange . Ferdinand Leibnitzer . Arline Leonard . Herbert Leonard . Louise Leonard . Harry Lodge . Clara Lowery . Florence Lowery . Josephine Mahlic . Catherine Marinshek . Edwin Markushat . Elsie Markushat . Hugh Mcilrath . Edward Miert . Tracy Miller . Gladys Mills . Jerga Morela . Leda Murphy . Rosa Nagel . Paul Neibecker . John Neubert . Olga Neubert . Russell Newsbery . John Oblak . Joe Opalek . Josephine Opalek . Edna Pahner . John Papricky . Harry Parr . Frederick Paul . Ruth Paul . Frank Perat . Mary Perat . Jennie Phillis . Victor Polomsky . John Popovic . Gretchen Puppel . Louis Quirk . Harvey Reeves . Clara Ritzi . Helen Ritzi . Fern Robinson . Wanita Robinson . Lily Rommelfanger . Emil Rostock . Lillian Rostock . Don Rush, Mary Samsa . Rose Samsa . Tony Samsa . Glenn Sanderson . Harold Sanderson . George Schaefer . Mildred Schmitt . Edward Scholl . Verna Schubert . Henry Schultzy . Mary Sega . Norman Shepherd . Morris Sheppard . Norris Sherman . Mabel Sigler . Gilbert Skelley . Madge Skelley . Pauline Skerl . Willie Smith . Elizabeth Sodoma . Erma Sodoma . Julius Sodoma . Eugene Southwell . Alvin Sprung . Rosella Stewart . Edwin Swansony . Fred Swansony . Hulda Swanson . Nils Thompson . Thomas Thompson . James Turner . Maxwell Turner . Norman Turner . Josephine Urbancic . Anna Vidmar . Sophia Vidmar . Eva Wackhaus . Ida Wackhaus . Lula Walden . Willie Weisberg . Worthington Wells . Clara Wendorff . Henry Wickert . Robbie Wickert . Annie Willick . Edgar Woodhouse . Arnold Woodrich . Meta Woodrich . John Zimmerman . Louise Zimmerman . Harry Zingelman . Lucy Zingelman . Mary Zitnik . Angela Zupan

In memory of
the teachers and children
who lost their lives in
the Collinwood School fire

Teachers and pupilis who lost their lives in the Collin Wood School Fire March 4, 1908

Teachers
Grace Fiske • Katherine Weiler

Pupils
Ila Adams • Irene Apari • Adelbert Baldwin • Lauretta Baldwin • Glenn Barber • Clayton Bell • George Bluhm • Floy Bravo • Mary Burroughs • Amelia Burrow • Erma Buschman • Rose Buschman • Margaret Caravona • Nellie Carlson • George Centner • Dester Centner • Dale Clark • Florence Clayton • Mildred Cunningham • Irene Davis • Percy Day • Gretchen Dorn • Mary Dresick • Matilda Dresick • Catherine Duffy • Albert Eichelberger • Florence Ewald • Emma Gerbicy • Alma Gilbert • Katherine Glassmeier • Tony Golup • Ruth Gordon • Albert Gould • Raymond Gould • Earla Grant • Mary Greeshauge • Dorothy Hart • Ednat Hebeler • Helene Hefferle • Emma Hennicke • Peter Hennicke • Allen Hinsdale • Helena Hirter • Ida Hirter • Walter Hirter • Wilfred Hook • Esther Hummel • Herbert Hunter • Francis Intihar • Emma Janke • Edward Kanowski • Fannie Kapudjija • Mary Kapudjija • Edward Kehl

Richard Kelly • Walter Kelly • Annie Kernt • Karoline Kern • Rudolph Kern Jr. • John Klisuric • Henry Kujat • Lizzie Lange • Ferdinand Leibnitzer • Arline Leonard •

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Herbert Leonard • Louise Leonard • Harry Lodge • Clara Lowery • Florence Lowery • Josephine Mahlic • Catherine Marinshek • Edwin Markushat • Elsie Markushat • Hugh Mcilrath • Edward Miert • Tracy Miller • Gladys Mills • Jerga Morela • Leda Murphy • Rosa Nagel • Paul Neibecker • John Neubert • Olga Neubert • Russell Newsbery • John Oblak • Joe Opalek • Josephine Opalek • Edna Pahner • John Papricky • Harry Parr • Frederick Paul • Ruth Paul • Frank Perat • Mary Perat • Jennie Phillis • Victor Polomsky • John Popovic • Gretchen Puppel • Louis Quirk • Harvey Reeves • Clara Ritzi • Helen Ritzi • Fern Robinson • Wanita Robinson • Lily Rommelfanger • Emil Rostock • Lillian Rostock • Don Rush

Mary Samsa • Rose Samsa • Tony Samsa • Glenn Sanderson • Harold Sanderson • George Schaefer • Mildred Schmitt • Edward Scholl • Verna Schubert • Henry Schultzy • Mary Sega • Norman Shepherd • Morris Sheppard • Norris Sherman • Mabel Sigler • Gilbert Skelley • Madge Skelley • Pauline Skerl • Willie Smith • Elizabeth Sodoma • Erma Sodoma • Julius Sodoma • Eugene Southwell • Alvin Sprung • Rosella Stewart • Edwin Swansony • Fred Swansony • Hulda Swanson • Nils Thompson • Thomas Thompson • James Turner • Maxwell Turner • Norman Turner • Josephine Urbancic • Anna Vidmar • Sophia Vidmar • Eva Wackhaus • Ida Wackhaus • Lula Walden • Willie Weisberg • Worthington Wells • Clara Wendorff • Henry Wickert

Photographed by Craig Doda, March 8, 2026

2. Collin Wood School Fire March 4, 1908 Marker

• Robbie Wickert • Annie Willick • Edgar Woodhouse • Arnold Woodrich • Meta Woodrich • John Zimmerman • Louise Zimmerman • Harry Zingelman • Lucy Zingelman • Mary Zitnik • Angela Zupan

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Disasters • Education. A significant historical date for this entry is March 4, 1908.

Location. 41° 30.779′ N, 81° 35.892′ W. Marker is in Cleveland, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is in University Circle. It is at the intersection of Kumquat Avenue and Maple Road, on the right when traveling north on Kumquat Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 12316 Euclid Ave, Cleveland OH 44106, 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: In Memory of the Teachers and Children Who Lost Their Lives in the Collinwood School Fire (within shouting distance of this marker); Rufus Dunham (about 300 feet away); Carl B. Stokes (approx. 0.2 miles away); Ernest R. Ball (approx. ¼ mile away); L. Pearl Mitchell (approx. ¼ mile away); Joseph Carabelli (approx. ¼ mile away); Site of the Home of the Poet Harold Hart Crane (approx. 0.3 miles away); A Bench by the Road (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cleveland.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Henry A. Sherwin (was about 300 feet away,

Photographed by Craig Doda, March 8, 2026

3. Collin Wood School Fire March 4, 1908 Marker

measured in a direct line but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by Craig Doda, March 8, 2026

4. Collin Wood School Fire March 4, 1908 Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 10, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 9 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 10, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.