On West 6th Street just north of West Saint Clair Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
The Warehouse District is the best example of the scale and feel of 19th century Cleveland into the early 20th century. Buildings remain from 1850 till 1920 that exemplify the economic strength of anchor industries, such as hardware and . . . — — Map (db m192486) HM
On West 6th Street at West Superior Avenue (U.S. 20), on the right when traveling south on West 6th Street.
Abraham Lincoln was a guest here on his way to his first inauguration, February 15th, 1861. In a speech made at that time, from the balcony of this house, he said:
”A devotion to the Constitution; to the union and to the laws; to the . . . — — Map (db m182247) HM
Near East 9th Street at Larry Doby Way, on the left when traveling north.
Indians HR King Jim Thome hits longest homer in ballpark history, a 511-foot bomb off Don Wengert in the second inning to center field. The homer hit the fence bordering Larry Doby Way. — — Map (db m183855) HM
On West Mall Drive south of Lakeside Avenue East, on the left when traveling south.
On October 6, 1683, thirteen German families landed in America from Krefeld, Germany, on the ship Concord. This date is regarded as the beginning of German settlement. The Concord is considered the German Mayflower. Franz Daniel Pastorius, their . . . — — Map (db m182149) HM
Near East 9th Street at Larry Doby Way, on the left when traveling north.
Tony Pena hits game-winning homer in 13th inning of Game One of the ALDS against Boston. First Indians postseason win since October 11, 1948. — — Map (db m183870) HM
Near East 9th Street at Larry Doby Way, on the left when traveling north.
The Tribe’s bizarre 12th inning win in Game Three of the ALCS features Marquis Grissom stealing home after Omar Vizquel misses a suicide squeeze bunt attempt giving Tribe the 2-1 win. — — Map (db m183888) HM
The 43-room Tudor mansion represents a fine example of stately homes in Cleveland at the turn of the century and is the last of the "Millionaire Row" homes that once lined Euclid Avenue. It was designed by Charles F. Schweinfurth, a world-renowned . . . — — Map (db m140150) HM
Originally buried in Cleveland's first cemetery whose remains now rest in this lot.
Public reburial October 12, 1939 by Western Reserve Early Settlers Association. — — Map (db m17899) HM
On West Lakeside Avenue at Ontario Street, on the right when traveling west on West Lakeside Avenue.
In recognition of the Patriotism of the People of Cuyahoga County who so generously purchased War Savings Stamps in 1918 this tablet is gratefully erected by the Ohio War Savings Committee — — Map (db m192537) HM WM
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 West 9th Street just north of West St. Clair Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
William Bingham got his start in the hardware business as a clerk for the George Worthington Company. In 1841, after five years there, he and Henry Blossom founded the W. Bingham Company, which would grow to rival Worthington as one of the . . . — — Map (db m192472) HM
Near East 9th Street at Larry Doby Way, on the left when traveling north.
Indians win first World Series game since 1948, 7-6 over Atlanta, as Eddie Murray hits game-winning single in the 11th inning of Game Three of the 1995 World Series. — — Map (db m183873) HM
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
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 Martin Luther King Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
Union and League
of Romanian Societies
The Union and League of Romanian Societies, Incorporated was formed in 1928 from a unification of two separate fraternal organizations, the Union and the League. The Union, founded on July 4, 1906, was . . . — — Map (db m18100) 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
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 Euclid Avenue (U.S. 20) near East 30th Street, on the right when traveling west.
From 1964 to 1971, the WEWS studios were home to Upbeat, one of America's premier music television shows.
From the first TV appearance of Simon & Garfunkel , to the last by Otis Redding, virtually every major rock, soul, jazz, country and pop . . . — — Map (db m17898) 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
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 m168914) 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
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 m224348) 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 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 and has been heretofore known as the Hough area.
Unknowingly to the Hough's that spirit of . . . — — Map (db m18043) HM
On Chester Avenue (U.S. 322) at East 66th Street, on the right when traveling east on Chester Avenue.
Built 1876 By the Lemuel S. Hart family
Original site 757 Ansel Avenue
donated by
The Banks-Baldwin Law Publishing Co.
Oldest legal publisher in America, founded 1804
Firm headquarters
1943-1995
Moved to current Learning Garden . . . — — Map (db m17979) HM
On Triskett Road, 0 miles east of West 144th Street, on the left when traveling east.
Here in 1963 congregants of Beth Israel-The West Temple, led by Louis Rosenblum, Herb Caron, and Rabbi Daniel Litt, founded the Cleveland Committee (later Council) on Soviet Anti-Semitism, the first American organization created to advocate for . . . — — Map (db m230146) 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 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
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
On Bridge Avenue at Randall Road, on the right when traveling west 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 m205141) 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
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 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 m229238) 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
Near Monroe Avenue at West 32nd Street, on the left when traveling west.
The grand Gothic Revival gateway arch that frames the entrance was constructed in 1874. The arch is virtually identical to the one constructed at the Erie Street Cemetery. These gateways were designed by the architect Joseph Ireland . . . — — Map (db m136936) HM
On Pearl Road (U.S. 42) at Broadview Road, on the right when traveling north on Pearl Road.
Old Brooklyn has its roots in the original Brooklyn Township, organized in 1818. The first settlers came from Connecticut in 1812. Indian trails were the basis for what became Pearl, Broadview and Schaaf Roads. Brighton Village, centered around . . . — — Map (db m182199) 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
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
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 Abbey Avenue just west of West 14th Street, on the right when traveling west.
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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 W 11th Street south of Rowley Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
One of the most infamous scenes of A Christmas Story is when poor Flick gets dared to stick his tongue to the flagpole in the school yard. After the bell rings, his classmates leave him out in the cold and snow. Fortunately for Flick his teacher . . . — — Map (db m212607) 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 Abbey Avenue west of West 14th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Central Viaduct
The location where Interstate 90 spans the Cuyahoga River Valley is currently crossed by its third generation of bridge. While each generation introduced improvements in technology and capacity, the designs drew . . . — — Map (db m156652) 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
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, . . . — — Map (db m60759) 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
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
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 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 Adelbert Road at Euclid Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Adelbert Road.
The Michelson-Morley Experiment, conducted at Western Reserve University in July 1887, provides the earliest direct evidence that would later support Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity. Albert A. Michelson, professor of physics at the Case . . . — — Map (db m229694) HM
On Wade Oval near Jeptha Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Named for the streetcar turnaround once located at Euclid Avenue and East 107th Street, University Circle is a 600-acre district that is home to many of Cleveland's major cultural, educational, medical, and service institutions. The area was first . . . — — Map (db m18158) HM
On Guardian Boulevard east of West 130th Street, on the left when traveling east.
The West Park African American community began in 1809 with the
first black settler and one of the earliest residents of the area, inventor
and farmer George Peake. With the growth of the railroad industry,
African Americans were encouraged to . . . — — Map (db m136899) HM
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