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

Berea District Seven School

Photographed by Christopher Light, November 3, 2007

1. Berea District Seven School Marker

Inscription. A find example of the district school building common to Ohio int he early years of the twentieth century. This two-room, red-brick schoolhouse was completed in 1913. Accommodating elementary school children in east Berea and adjacent areas of Middleburg Township, the Berea “Little Red Schoolhouse” replaced an original wood-frame, one-room school built in the late nineteenth century on this same site. No longer active as a school, the building was used by the Berea Fine Arts Club from 1933 to 1980, and subsequently by the Berea Jaycess for meetings and community projects. This historic structure has been carefully restored and opened to public gatherings by the Berea Little Red Schoolhouse Foundation, inc. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Erected 1999 by Berea Fine Arts Club, Berea Jaycees, Rotary Club of Berea, Berea Little Red Schoolhouse Foundation, Inc., The Ohio Hisotrical Society. (Marker Number 18-18.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection,

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and the Rotary International series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1913.

Location. 41° 22.349′ N, 81° 50.472′ W. Marker is in Berea, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is on East Bagley Road ¼ mile east of Eastland Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Berea OH 44017, 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.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in 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: Solar Fountain (approx. 0.4 miles away); Carl G. Schluer / Margaret Murray Schluer, 1939 (approx. half a mile away); Harry E. Wells '28 (approx. half a mile away); The Reverend William Nast, D.D. (approx. half a mile away); Dr. Delbert M. Beswick, 1931 (approx. half a mile

Photographed by Christopher Light, November 3, 2007

2. Berea District Seven School Marker

away); Dr. Arthur V. Wilker '06 (approx. half a mile away); John F. Ernsthausen (approx. half a mile away); Dr. Elisha Scott Loomis (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Berea.

Photographed by Christopher Light, November 3, 2007

3. Berea District Seven School Marker

National Historic Register Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Christopher Light, November 3, 2007

4. National Historic Register Plaque

Photographed by Christopher Light, November 3, 2007

5. Berea District Seven School Marker

The Berea Fine Arts Club - Founded 1933 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Christopher Light, November 3, 2007

6. The Berea Fine Arts Club - Founded 1933

Note this is a Berea Sandstone, grinding stone. Berea became famous for it's grindstones and building stones. See the other Berea Historical Markers for more information.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 13, 2007, by Christopher Light of Valparaiso, Indiana. This page has been viewed 2,221 times since then and 387 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 13, 2007, by Christopher Light of Valparaiso, Indiana. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.