A mile north, on the east side of this, the Jericho Road, stood one of America's first writing schools, The Cradle of Her Systems of Penmanship, Platt R. Spencer's Log Seminary. Within its crude walls he conducted summer institutes from 1853 to . . . — — Map (db m270590) HM
The automobile gave Americans the freedom to travel where and when they wanted, including to vacation spots. That changed the clientele and dynamics of the resort and created opportunity for those with mechanical skills and a knack for peddling . . . — — Map (db m175588) HM
Dedicated for
time
well served
Robert C. Salisbury
Mar. 15, 1958 - Dec. 31, 1981
Geneva's
first
City Manager
Dedicated
June 1996 — — Map (db m270603) HM
Replacing an earlier bridge that was carried away in a spring flood, the Harpersfield Covered Bridge was built in 1868 and spans the Grand River, a state-designated wild, and scenic river. This bridge, which currently carries County Road #154 . . . — — Map (db m299270) HM
Welcome To Geneva, Ohio
The first covered bridges in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia were built by private stock corporations and were toll bridges. Geneva has carried this history forward by providing a toll booth at the Nation's Shortest . . . — — Map (db m214246) HM
Miniature Golf became popular in the United States during the 1920s. GOTL's course is based upon the design used by courses that New York City's millionaires had built on the rooftops of their penthouses when miniature golf was a faddish game for . . . — — Map (db m175590) HM
The New Inn was built by Newton Mott and Gary Swan at North Spencer and the new Lake Road at the site of a former fast-food sandwich shop. Perhaps inspired by the success of the stand, Mott and Swan purchased the shop and expanded it into a hotel, . . . — — Map (db m175592) HM
E.M. "Pop” and Martha Pera renamed their “Pera's Park” amusement-ride business to "Pera's Kiddieland” in 1955. The move reflected the business potential of marketing to the baby-boom generation and the types of rides that the park offered.
Pop . . . — — Map (db m175569) HM
the short-lived Pergola Gardens and Green Lantern Restaurant stood at this location in the early 1920s. It was directly across from The New Inn and helped form the nucleus of the "New Lake Road" business district, or "Strip."
Originally . . . — — Map (db m175589) HM
The Pier Ballroom was built for E.M. "Pop” and Martha Pera in 1927. The grand ballroom was the finest of its kind between Cleveland and Buffalo. A contest was held to name the attraction, and "The Breakers” was chosen. But Martha Pera disliked the . . . — — Map (db m175584) HM
The Popcorn Ball was one of the most novel structures to grace The Strip. Community directories from the 1930s place the snack shop on the south side of Route 531, between Golf and Spencer.
Owner William O'Neil sold popcorn, soda, candy and . . . — — Map (db m175583) HM
Side A
Ransom E. Olds was born on this property on June 3, 1864. Olds co-founded the Olds Motor Vehicle Company, forerunner of the Oldsmobile Division of General Motors in Lansing, Michigan, on August 21, 1897. The curved dash model, built . . . — — Map (db m121529) HM
Hotel Shady Beach was built in 1896 by Warren and Ida Avis Putnam Spencer. Ida was the daughter of George C. and Mary "Polly” Temple Putnam, who owned the Fitch house and Grand View Farm to the west.
Arthur B. Bowers and his wife, Fannie, were . . . — — Map (db m175585) HM
In memory
of the
Boys
who saved the Union
in
1861 — 1865
Army and Navy
Richard C. Brown, Sr.
1920 - 1986
World War II
In Memorial
for all of us, to remember
all of them, the veterans,
for all times
City of . . . — — Map (db m270631) WM
Origin of Spencerian Penmanship
Evolved 'mid nature's unpruned scenes, On Erie's wild and woody shore, The rolling wave, the dancing stream, The wild-rose haunts in days of yore.
The opal, quartz and ammonite, Gleaming beneath . . . — — Map (db m270593) HM
