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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Cuyahoga County, Ohio
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| On Calhoun Road at Lake Road (U.S. 6), on the left when traveling south on Calhoun Road. |
| | Joseph Calhoon 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 Calhoon house, called Rose Hill, was built in 1818 and . . . — — Map (db m134283) HM |
| On Dover Center Road at Bryson Lane, on the left when traveling south on Dover Center Road. |
| | Joseph Calhoon 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 Calhoon house, called Rose Hill, was built in 1818 and . . . — — Map (db m134288) HM |
| On Lake Road (U.S. 6) east of Bayview Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Elizabeth Tyron Sadler started the Methodist Episcopal
Church in North Dover Township in June 1827, on land
owned by her father-in-law Christopher Sadler. Charter
members were the Rev. Eliphalet and Mrs. Margaret
Johnson and their daughter . . . — — Map (db m134266) HM |
| On Lake Road (U.S. 6) west of Pinewood Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Laid out in 1814, Lakeside Cemetery became the first
public burying ground in Dover Township, an area
that now includes Bay Village, Westlake, and the
northern portion of North Olmsted. Reuben Osborn
1778-1860) arrived in Dover on October 10, . . . — — Map (db m134277) HM |
| | A monument in the memory of David Berger stands as both a reminder of violence, and a hope that man will one day overcome violence. The Olympic emblem of five inter-locking rings has been broken to symbolize the stopping of the ’72 games, but there . . . — — Map (db m61648) HM |
| On Broadway Avenue (Ohio Route 14) at North Park Street, on the right when traveling east on Broadway Avenue. |
| | The town of Bedford was settled in 1837. Early residents, Hezekiah and Clarissa Dunham donated the land that serves as Bedford Public Square. The Dunhams built one of the area's first homes in 1852, which stands at 729 Broadway with the letters H & . . . — — Map (db m137162) HM |
| Near Northfield Road (Ohio Route 8) at Applegate Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On May 28, 1961, the Kol Israel Foundation, a
Cleveland organization of Holocaust survivors,
dedicated this monument in remembrance of the
attempted genocide against the Jewish people by
Nazi Germany during World War II. The monument
is . . . — — Map (db m137158) HM |
| On Adams Street at Waverly Street, on the right when traveling south on Adams Street. |
| |
Known as the “village Cemetery,” this was Berea’s main burial
ground from 1834 to the 1880s. However, in 1886, the Cleveland
Stone Co. purchased quarries adjacent to the cemetery, where
Coe Lake is today. Quarrying had already . . . — — Map (db m134166) HM |
| On Front Street (Ohio Route 237) 0.2 miles north of Bagley Road (Ohio Route 237). |
| | In 1845, Baldwin Institute, one of the first schools in the area open to all students regardless of gender, race, or creed, was chartered. The wealth generated by the sandstone and grindstone industries of Berea allowed John Baldwin to found the . . . — — Map (db m3536) HM |
| On East Bagley Road 0.2 miles east of Eastland Road. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m3532) HM |
| | For more than ninety years, this area was the heart and soul of Berea's sandstone quarries. In the early 1830s, John Baldwin discovered that the area's sandstone deposits made superb grindstones and building stones. in the 1840s, thriving sandstone . . . — — Map (db m5516) HM |
| On Depot Street west of Front Street (Ohio Route 237), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Ohio from the time of its construction in 1876 until its closing in 1958, is an unusual, but well-designed example of Victorian Gothic Architecture. With the development of an expanding stone quarry industry in the area, Berea and its railroad . . . — — Map (db m997) HM |
| On Seminary Street at Church Street on Seminary Street. |
| | Seven original members, who were staunch abolitionists, organized the First Congregational Church of Berea in the nearby Union School House on June 9, 1855. These members publicly articulated opposition to slavery and their desire for a church with . . . — — Map (db m3539) HM |
| On Seminary Street 0.2 miles north of Church Street. |
| | On this site the Lyceum Village and the Berea Seminary were established in 1837 by John Baldwin, Jame Giruth, Henry O. Sheldon, and Josiah Holbrook. Their vision was to create the first in a connected series of Lyceum Villages. The Villages were . . . — — Map (db m3538) HM |
| On East Bagley Road at Seminary Street, on the right when traveling east on East Bagley Road. |
| | This “little gem of a stone church,” built and
dedicated in 1893, is constructed of locally quarried,
rusticated Berea sandstone blocks. A Celtic cross at
the top of the west wall represented the areas of
Great Britain from which . . . — — Map (db m134169) HM |
| | The photograph looks north to the buildings on East Bridge Street, which constituted the northern boundary of Berea’s sandstone quarries around 1895. The photographer stood approximately where you are standing.
“Gradually the water came, . . . — — Map (db m3548) HM |
| On Karen Drive 0.1 miles north of Rocky River Drive. |
| | The ARK in Berea is the first structure in Cuyahoga County to incorporate sustainable building concepts from the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. Hand built in 1994 as a work of art by environmental artists David and Renate Jakupca, it is a . . . — — Map (db m23221) HM |
| On East Bridge Street, in the median. |
| | The Triangle, one of the most historic places in Berea, has been the center of the city’s civic life since the mid-19th century. Just beneath lie the solid layers of the famous Berea Sandstone that brought prosperity to Berea durign its early years. . . . — — Map (db m53428) HM |
| On West Snowville Road west of Brecksville Road (Ohio Route 21), on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Aloha Corporation is the world’s longest continuously operating family-focused payroll service provider. It was founded in 1967 by computer programmer Chet Ahola, known at the time as a “computer” (not a machine, but a person who . . . — — Map (db m137183) HM |
| On Broadview Road (Ohio Route 176) at Boston Road, on the right when traveling north on Broadview Road. |
| | In 1811, Colonel John Breck sent Seth Paine to survey a new
township of the Western Reserve. Travelling from Massachusetts,
the Paine family journeyed by wagon pulled by a team of oxen,
a trip that took them forty-two days. For his . . . — — Map (db m137187) HM |
| Near Valley Parkway near Cedar Point Road, on the left. |
| | The John J. Donnelly Rocky River nature center is designated to commemorate the distinguished service of the honorable John J. Donnelly to Cleveland Metro parks. During his 17-year tenure (1991-2008) as Senior Probate Judge of Cuyahoga County, Judge . . . — — Map (db m31738) HM |
| | The Chagrin River was named for Francois Seguin, a Frenchman who traded with Native Americans in Northeast Ohio circa 1742. The "High Falls" of the Chagrin River primarily attracted settlers from New England (circa 1833) seeking a location with . . . — — Map (db m103458) HM |
| | In July 25, 1965, near 10,000 spectators traveled to the Cleveland Metroparks Polo Field to witness the first-ever North American horse show jumping grand prix — the Cleveland Grand Prix. The event gave birth to the multi- million-dollar sport . . . — — Map (db m103457) HM |
| On East 14th Street at Euclid Avenue (U.S. 20), on the left when traveling north on East 14th Street. |
| | 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1844-1921) visited Cleveland on His historic journeys to Europe and North America to proclaim the message of His Father, Bahá'u'liáh, Prophet-Founder of the Bahá'í Faith. Together they suffered 40 years of imprisonment and exile, which . . . — — Map (db m17950) HM |
| Near Euclid Avenue (U.S. 20). |
| | Sponsored Cleveland performances by the world's best musicians beginning in 1901. Founded the Musical Arts Association in 1915 and the Cleveland Orchestra in 1918. — — Map (db m12109) HM |
| | Automobile entrepeneur. He founded the Winton Motor Carriage Company which sold the first standard model American-made gasoline powered automobile in 1898. It had 2 cylinders and 10 horse power and sold for $1,000. He produced the first American . . . — — Map (db m11930) HM |
| On Merwin Avenue at West Street, on the right when traveling south on Merwin Avenue. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m17904) HM |
| On Kinsman Road (U.S. 422) at East 146th Street, on the right when traveling east on Kinsman Road. |
| | Andrew J. Rickoff,
Educator, Administrator, Innovator.
The Cleveland Public School Board recognized one of its first superintendents by naming one of its elementary schools in his honor. Andrew Jackson Rickoff (1824-1899) was born in New . . . — — Map (db m137061) HM |
| On East 9th Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | June 6, 1869
June 3, 1951
1911 - Founding member, Cleveland Rotary Club
1913 - President, Cleveland Rotary Club
1914-15 - Director, International Assn. of Rotary Clubs
1916-17 - 6th President, Rotary International
A business, civic, . . . — — Map (db m18037) HM |
| Near Euclid Avenue (U.S. 20). |
| | Briton, industrialist and philanthropist who came to Cleveland in 1848. Formed the Cleveland Provision Company in 1875, Cleveland's largest meat packer. Pioneered meat shipping using refrigerated cars. Built the Rose Building, E. 9th and Prospect, . . . — — Map (db m12116) HM |
| On East 9th Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | When radio station WJW disc jockey Alan Freed (1921-1965) used the term "rock and roll" to describe the uptempo black rhythm and blues records he played beginning in 1951, he named a new genre of popular music that appealed to audiences on both . . . — — Map (db m17955) HM |
| On Broadway Avenue (Ohio Route 43) at East 55th Street on Broadway Avenue. |
| | North and South Broadway were originally part of Newburgh Township, organized in 1814 as one of the earliest settlements in Cuyahoga County. The contruction of the Ohio & Erie Canal and later railroads led to industrial and commercial growth, . . . — — Map (db m21073) HM |
| Near John Nagy Boulevard east of Ridge Road. |
| | For more than 120 years, the natural amphitheater of Brookside
Stadium has been a place of recreation for visitors to enjoy
community events, festivals, and even a concert by John Philip
Sousa. Engineered by William Stinchcomb, chief architect of . . . — — Map (db m136900) HM |
| | Twentieth President of the United States. Born November 18, 1831 Died September 19, 1881. — — Map (db m92892) HM |
| On University Road at West 10th Street, on the right when traveling east on University Road. |
| | Opened in July 1862, the 35 1/2-acre site here in Brooklyn Township's University Heights served as the largest Civil War army camp of rendezvous, organization, and training in northeast Ohio. It was bordered by Hershel (now West 5th) and University . . . — — Map (db m17949) HM |
| Near Euclid Avenue (U.S. 20). |
| | First African American mayor of a major metropolitan area from 1967-1971 after serving in the Ohio House for six years. Elected municipal judge in 1983, appointed U.S. ambassador to the Republic of the Seychelles in 1994, first black anchor to . . . — — Map (db m12108) HM |
| | Formed by erosion of Cleveland shale and cascading 48 feet, making it the tallest waterfall in the county, the Cataract Falls of Mill Creek powered the gristmill and sawmill built by William Wheeler Williams and Major Wyatt in 1799. The mills, . . . — — Map (db m21071) HM |
| | Charles Waddell Chesnutt was born in Cleveland on June 30, 1858 and died November 15, 1932. He has been called "The pioneer of the color line" and was an author, crusader for racial and social justice, humanitarian, and forerunner of the Harlem . . . — — Map (db m17649) HM |
| |
Distinguished Indian chief
Brave in war ... valiant in peace
Algonquin Nation ... Osaukee Tribe
Bear Clan
Born Saukeenuk, IA, 1810
Died Cleveland, 1844
After the Black Hawk War where Joc-O-Sot received the wound that finally caused . . . — — Map (db m17900) HM |
| On Bolivar Road near Prospect Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Cleveland Grays were organized by statute in 1837 as an independent volunteer militia company. The Grays were the first company to leave Cleveland for service during the Civil War. In April 1861, they were designated Company E, 1st Ohio . . . — — Map (db m17902) HM |
| On Euclid Avenue (U.S. 20) at East 14th Street, on the right when traveling east on Euclid Avenue. |
| | The Theater District, bound by Chester Avenue, Prospect Avenue, East 18th, East 9th and East 12th Streets, came into being at the turn of the 20th century, when Cleveland emerged as a thriving metropolis. Built between 1890-1928, the area hosted a . . . — — Map (db m17951) HM |
| On Prospect Road at Prospect Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Prospect Road. |
| | Colonel Charles Young, cavalryman, military intelligence officer, Huachuca commander, and paragon of honor.
An American Legend
Charles Young was the third black graduate of the United States Military Academy, class of 1889. Young enjoyed a . . . — — Map (db m17236) HM |
| On Lakeside Avenue near West 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Oliver Hazard Perry was only 27 when named commander of the Lake Erie Fleet. His combination of determination and tactical brilliance won him acclaim at home and the lasting respect of the British. "More than any other battle of the time," wrote . . . — — Map (db m17868) HM |
| On Ontario Street (U.S. 422) at Euclid Avenue (U.S. 20), on the right when traveling north on Ontario Street. |
| | This monument, dedicated July 4, 1894, honors Cuyahoga County men and women, who performed military and patriotic duties during the Civil War (1861-1865). William J. Gleason (1846-1905), army veteran and local businessman, proposed its creation in . . . — — Map (db m17862) HM |
| Near West Lakeside Avenue near West 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Dear General, We have met the enemy and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
British Naval cannon captured by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's fleet during the Battle of Lake Erie at Put In Bay, Ohio, September 10th . . . — — Map (db m18039) HM |
| On Huron Road at Euclid Avenue (U.S. 20), on the right when traveling east on Huron Road. |
| | On October 31, 1963, the actions of Cleveland Police Detective Martin J. McFadden led to a new legal standard allowing police officers in the United States to stop and frisk suspicious persons prior to committing a crime. On that day McFadden had . . . — — Map (db m17952) HM |
| On Euclid Avenue (U.S. 20) near East 69th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Dunham Tavern is the oldest building still standing on its original site in the City of Cleveland. Once a stagecoach stop on the old Buffalo-Cleveland-Detroit road (modern Euclid Avenue), the tavern dates from 1824. The structure was built by Rufus . . . — — Map (db m11818) HM |
| | Side A
In 1826, when Cleveland's first cemetery closed, Cleveland village trustees paid Leonard Case Sr. one dollar for eight acres of land and dedicated it as the Erie Street Cemetery. Built on what became prime property, the cemetery . . . — — Map (db m102722) HM |
| On Euclid Avenue (U.S. 20). |
| | The composer of "When Irish Eyes are Smiling", "Mother Machree", "A Little Bit of Heaven" and hundreds of other songs well known today. He also wrote musical scores for Broadway shows. — — Map (db m12119) HM |
| On Martin Luther King Junior Drive south of Saint Casimir Way, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In 1962, Asian Indian students of Case Western Reserve University started India Association of Cleveland (IAC). In 1967, IAC started a newspaper "LOTUS," regarded as the first such Asian Indian community newspapers in the United States. In 1978, IAC . . . — — Map (db m6946) HM |
| On Adelbert Road at Euclid Avenue (U.S. 20), on the right when traveling north on Adelbert Road. |
| | Side A
The home of Horatio Cyrus and Martha Cozad Ford
stood near this corner. According to interviews
conducted in the 1890s, it was a stop on the
Underground Railroad. Of New England background,
Horatio brought a set of ideals that made . . . — — Map (db m140135) HM |
| | Frances Payne Bolton (1885-1977) was the first woman from Ohio to serve in the United States Congress. Elected in 1940 to complete the term of her late husband, Chester C. Bolton, Mrs. Bolton represented the 22nd District for 28 years. Her life long . . . — — Map (db m11927) HM |
| On East 55th Street near Harlem Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing. |
| | Garrett Augustus Morgan was an African American businessman and prolific inventor of devices that made people's lives safer and more convenient. Born on March 4, 1877 in Claysville, the Black segregated section of Paris, Kentucky, Morgan migrated . . . — — Map (db m17895) HM |
| Near Euclid Avenue (U.S. 20). |
| | Founded the Sherwin-Williams Company, the world's largest paint and sulfa drug base manufacturer in 1866. The company developed reliable ready mixed paint in 1880, the paint roller in 1944 and washable latex paint in 1950. — — Map (db m12095) HM |
| On St. Clair Avenue at East 105th Street on St. Clair Avenue. |
| | Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two Glenville High School students imbued with imagination and talent and passion for science fiction and comics, had dream become reality in 1932. They created Superman, the first of the superheroes ever to see print. . . . — — Map (db m18238) HM |
| On Shaker Square near North Moreland Boulevard, on the right. |
| | Whose vision, courage, and deep appreciation of building well for tomorrow brought about the creation of Shaker Heights in 1911 and the development of Shaker Square in 1929.
Erected October 6, 1961, by the Shaker Square Association upon the . . . — — Map (db m17814) HM |
| Near Euclid Avenue (U.S. 20). |
| | Teachers and Pupils who lost their lives in the Collinwood School Fire, March 4, 1908
Teachers:
Grace Fiske, Katherine Weiler
Pupils:
Ila Adams, Irene Apari, Adelbert Baldwin, Luretta Baldwin, Glenn Barber, Clayton Bell, George Blurm, Floy . . . — — Map (db m60759) HM |
| | Name - Age - Date of Death - Grave*
Trumble - 32 - Oct. 1813 - 1st
Deming Brainard - 25 - Aug. 28, 1824 - 2nd
Unknown - - - 3rd
Horace Pitkin - 20 - Dec. 20, 1822 - 4th
Stephen Gilbert - 34 - Apr. 19, 1808 - 5th
Adolphus Spafford - 16 - . . . — — Map (db m18036) HM |
| Near Abbey Avenue just west of West 14th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | (left column:)
The first Cleveland settlers initially settled near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River in the present-day Flats, but moved to higher ground to the current site of Downtown Cleveland due to flooding and weather conditions . . . — — Map (db m147878) HM |
| On Merwin Avenue north of Center Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This memorial commemorates the passing of 150 years since the misery known as “The Great Hunger,” a carnage visited upon the Irish nation diminishing her population by millions. As a result of imposed political and economic structures, . . . — — Map (db m136975) HM |
| On Superior Avenue (U.S. 6) at East Boulevard, on the right when traveling east on Superior Avenue. |
| | One of the most recognized figures of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri on February 1, 1902 and moved to Cleveland by the time he was in high school. An avid traveler, he credited his years at Central High School . . . — — Map (db m17648) HM |
| Near Euclid Avenue (U.S. 20). |
| | Financier, philanthropist, founder of the Western Union telegraph company in 1856. First president of Lake View Cemetery Association in 1869, donated land to City of Cleveland for Wade Park and co-founded the Case School of Applied Science in 1880. — — Map (db m12110) HM |
| On Kinsman Road (U.S. 422) at East 147th Street, on the right when traveling east on Kinsman Road. |
| | Jim Brown,
Hall of Fame Athlete, Actor, Activist, Entrepreneur, Motivator. As a professional football player Jim Brown has been called the “G.O.A.T.,” The Greatest of All Time. He was born James Nathaniel Brown February 17, 1936 in . . . — — Map (db m137059) HM |
| | John D. Rockefeller, 1839-1937.
Born at Richford, New York, John D. Rockefeller moved to the Cleveland area with his family at age 14. He began his business career as a bookkeeper in 1855. From modest beginnings he became one of the richest . . . — — Map (db m17907) HM |
| Near West 3rd Street at West Lakeside Drive. |
| | Born in Cleveland, Ohio, 1923.
Son of Irish immigrants, one of six children. Known as “John T,” he and his wife Virginia had six children. Graduated St. Ignatius H.S., John Carroll University and Case Western Reserve University . . . — — Map (db m137034) HM |
| On Bridge Avenue at West 29th Place, on the right when traveling east on Bridge Avenue. |
| | Here was born (October 3, 1869) the man after whom the Heisman Football Trophy is named. The College Football Hall of Fame enshrines him as superior coach. Important pioneer game innovator. Father of: forward pass; center snap; interference on end . . . — — Map (db m17908) HM |
| Near Euclid Avenue (U.S. 20). |
| | Sculptor, state legislator, founder of the Lake View Granite and Monumental Works in 1879. Called the "Father of Little Italy". He helped found the Alta House. While in the Ohio House of Representatives authored the bill making Columbus Day a legal . . . — — Map (db m12107) HM |
| On Euclid Avenue (U.S. 20), on the right when traveling west. |
| | One of America's most admired women, pioneer television newscaster Dorothy Snell Fuldheim (1893-1989) began her career as a lecturer in the 1920s and entered broadcasting with a biographical series on WTAM radio in Cleveland. In 1947, Fuldheim . . . — — Map (db m17897) HM |
| On Quincy Avenue near East 89th Street. |
| | Karamu House, Incorporated was established in 1915 as the Playhouse Settlement, one of Cleveland's many settlement houses for migrant and immigrant communities. Initiated by the Men's Club of the Second Presbyterian Church, in 1915 Oberlin College . . . — — Map (db m17771) HM |
| | Elected third national president of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. First Greek letter sorority for African-American Women.
Initiated into Zeta Chapter at Wilberforce University.
Held membership for more than 50 years in Alpha Kappa Alpha. . . . — — Map (db m11931) HM |
| On Lexington Avenue at East 66th Street, on the right when traveling west on Lexington Avenue. |
| | League Park opened on May 1, 1891, with the legendary Cy Young pitching for the Cleveland Spiders in their win over the Cincinnati Redlegs. The park remained the home of Cleveland's professional baseball and football teams until 1946. In 1920 the . . . — — Map (db m17770) HM |
| On West 29th Street south of Detroit Avenue (Alternate Ohio Route 6), on the right when traveling south. |
| | This block of W 29th Street was home to Cleveland’s vibrant LGBT
community and central to the development of the modern LGBT civil rights movement.
In 1988, the Striebinger Building, at 1418 W. 29th,
housed Cleveland’s Lesbian-Gay Community . . . — — Map (db m136926) HM |
| On West 25th Street (U.S. 42) at Lorain Avenue, on the right when traveling south on West 25th Street. |
| | Market Square, home to the Pearl Street Market, was located on the corner of Pearl and Lorain Streets (now West 25th St. and Lorain Ave.) in what was then known as the City of Ohio. The land that Market Square occupies was donated by local . . . — — Map (db m136944) HM |
| | Near this spot, in July 1887, Dr. Albert A. Michelson of Case and Dr. Edward W. Morley of Western Reserve University conducted the world-famous Michelson-Morley experiment, one of the outstanding scientific achievements of the 19th century and a . . . — — Map (db m11849) HM |
| Near the foot of Merwin Avenue north of Center Street. |
| | In July 1796, the first survey party for the Connecticut Land Company, led by General Moses Cleaveland (1754–1806), landed on the shore of Lake Erie near present-day Ashtabula to lay out the lands of the Connecticut Western Reserve. On July 22 . . . — — Map (db m136951) HM |
| On Lakeside Avenue east of West 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In conjunction with the 200th year of the United States Navy, the Cleveland Navy Commands commemorate the Battle of Lake Erie as the most significant naval event to ensure the northern boundary of the United States on the eastern Great Lakes. It was . . . — — Map (db m18038) HM |
| On Lakeside Avenue near West 3rd Street. |
| | Near this site Fort Huntington was erected by Captain Stanton Sholes' Company May, 1813.
On June 19, 1813, a part of the British flee appeared off the fort but was driven away by a storm and no attack made. General William Henry Harrison and staff . . . — — Map (db m17869) HM |
| On Merwin Avenue at West Street, on the right when traveling south on Merwin Avenue. |
| | At this site was lock 44, the north terminus of the Ohio and Erie Canal from 1829 to 1872.
Lock 44 as the outlet of the canal into the Cuyahoga River and the first stop in the transportation system which linked the Great Lakes with the Ohio River . . . — — Map (db m17906) HM |
| On Monroe Avenue at West 32nd Street, on the left when traveling west on Monroe Avenue. |
| | Ohio City was originally part of Brooklyn Township, which was
founded by Richard Lord and Josiah Barber in 1818. The township
population increased rapidly with the completion of the Ohio Canal
in 1832. The “City of Ohio” became an . . . — — Map (db m136930) HM |
| On Superior Avenue (U.S. 6) at East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west on Superior Avenue. |
| | On this side, then known as Case Hall, the first meeting of the Ohio State Bar Association was held July 8, 1880.
Dedicated May 21, 1980 — — Map (db m17860) HM |
| Near Euclid Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m17957) HM |
| On Puritas Avenue at West 194th Street, on the left when traveling west on Puritas Avenue. |
| |
Puritas Mineral Spring Company bottled and sold mineral water from
the natural springs in the area. In 1894, the Cleveland and Berea
Street Railway bought Puritas Springs and expanded the area into
a picnic grove with a dance hall and pavilion . . . — — Map (db m136820) HM |
| On Euclid Avenue (U.S. 20). |
| | Cleveland Indians shortstop killed by a ball thrown by Yankee pitcher Carl Mays at the New York Polo Grounds. He is the only major league player killed by a pitched ball. Fans paid for his monument with nickles and dimes. — — Map (db m12120) HM |
| On East 9th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Isaac Campbell Kidd, Sr. was born in Cleveland in 1884. He entered the United States Naval Academy in 1902 and dedicated his life to the Navy. While an ensign, he sailed around the world with the "Great White Fleet" from 1907 to 1909. During the . . . — — Map (db m17956) HM |
| Near Euclid Avenue (U.S. 20). |
| | Freemason, public official, Whig Party activist. Well-known as the genial proprietor of Dunham's Tavern, a popular stagecoach stop on the Buffalo Road (Euclid Avenue) midway between Doan's Corner (East 105th Street) and Public Square. The tavern, . . . — — Map (db m12106) HM |
| On Lorain AVenue (Ohio Route 10) at West 30th Street, on the left when traveling east on Lorain AVenue. |
| | In 1886, Bishop Richard Gilmour (1824-1891) of the Roman Catholic
diocese of Cleveland requested that the Jesuit superior of Buffalo
establish a high school on Cleveland’s west side. The Jesuits, an
order of the Roman Catholic Church founded by . . . — — Map (db m136938) HM |
| On Prospect Avenue west of East 40th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The Sarah Benedict House is a rare survivor of the once fashionable Upper Prospect neighborhood that included "Millionaires Row" on adjacent Euclid Avenue. Sarah Rathbone Benedict had this Queen Anne-inspired house built in 1883, when she was 68, . . . — — Map (db m11821) HM |
| On South Moreland Boulevard at Shaker Square, in the median on South Moreland Boulevard. |
| | This is one of several stone gate posts which stood before the buildings of the Middle Family of Shakers near what is now Shaker Boulevard and Lee Road. The post was found under an old cherry tree at that site.
Placed in Shaker Square October 22, . . . — — Map (db m17818) HM |
| On Fairhill Road near East 127th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1844 the Shakers of North Union, Ohio, built a five-story gristmill on the north side of the Doan Brook Ravine adjacent to this marker. Water from the dam at the west end of the Lower Shaker Lake powered the mill. For many years it served the . . . — — Map (db m11826) HM |
| On North Moreland Boulevard near Shaker Boulevard (Ohio Route 87), in the median. |
| | Found at the site of the Shaker saw mill foundations on Coventry Road adjacent to Shaker Lake. The saw mill, destroyed by fire, was converted to grain milling in 1886 using this stone from the original Shaker grist mill.
Placed in Shaker Square . . . — — Map (db m11848) HM |
| On Shaker Square, on the left. |
| | Shaker Square, the nation's second oldest planned shopping center was originally developed by the Van Sweringen brothers and opened for business in October, 1929. Currently owned and operated by Shaker Square Ltd., this center was patterned after . . . — — Map (db m17822) HM |
| On East 115th Street south of Bellflower Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | [The marker is primarily pictorial in nature, with an image of the house Crane lived in carved into the stone]
1709 E. 115 St., Cleveland, O — — Map (db m11845) HM |
| On Church Avenue at West 26th Street, on the right when traveling west on Church Avenue. |
| | Side A
Called “Station Hope” by many freedom seekers on the
Underground Railroad, St. John’s was one of their final stops.
Though aiding freedom seekers was a crime and often could
not be described in public documents, Sheila T. . . . — — Map (db m140134) HM |
| On West Lakeside Avenue at West 2nd Street, on the left when traveling east on West Lakeside Avenue. |
| | This nation’s landmark case on the U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures began in Cuyahoga County. In 1967, for the first time in history, African-Americans both argued and heard a case at the . . . — — Map (db m137036) HM |
| Near Superior Avenue (U.S. 6), on the right. |
| | Designed by John M. Eisemann and George H. Smith as a big city mercantile center. The five-story galleries connect the ten story towers facing the city's two main thoroughfares. Of unique architectural design and of daring construction, its exterior . . . — — Map (db m17857) HM |
| On Lakeside Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In August 1903, architects Daniel H. Burnham, John M. Carrére, and Arnold W. Brunner presented Mayor Tom L. Johnson and the City of Cleveland a plan that epitomized the City Beautiful Movement in America. The Group Plan envisioned a grand landscaped . . . — — Map (db m17954) HM |
| On Abbey Avenue west of West 14th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | (left:) The Van Sweringen brothers' development of the Cleveland Union Terminal and its crown, Terminal Tower, focused rail traffic to a hub in downtown Cleveland.
This development is evidence of the importance of rail . . . — — Map (db m156648) HM |
| On Mayfield Road (U.S. 322) at East 115th Street, on the right when traveling east on Mayfield Road. |
| | The Cozad-Bates House is one of the oldest remaining structures in Cleveland's University Circle. The original section, built circa 1853, is the only pre-Civil War residential structure left in the neighborhood. Built by Samuel and Jane Cozad's son, . . . — — Map (db m11850) HM |
| On Hough Avenue at East 79th Street on Hough Avenue. |
| | Oliver and Eliza Hough settled in the area now known as Hough in 1799. Upon their death in 1866, the land was rendered to the residents of the community has has been heretofore known as the Hough area.
Unknowingly to the Hough's that spirit of . . . — — Map (db m18043) HM |
| On Lakeside Avenue at East 6th Street on Lakeside Avenue. |
| | Following the national merger of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1955, more than 2,000 labor delegates representing one million union members convened at the Cleveland Public Auditorium . . . — — Map (db m17953) HM |
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