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 Concord Street at Ohio Route 647, in the median on Concord Street.
Erected by the Grateful People of Mt. Pleasant in Honor of Those who Served and Died for their Country in World Wars I and II
Died during Time of War
Ezra Cattell •
Dalio Brandy •
Walter Dietrich •
Donald Francy •
Lloyd . . . — — Map (db m36347) HM
On Market Street at South Street, on the right when traveling north on Market Street.
Anti-Slavery Pioneer
"That this abomination … must be abolished is as clear as the shining of the sun at noon-day." — Benjamin Lundy, from the front page of the first issue of the Genius of Universal . . . — — Map (db m37047) HM
On Union Street (Ohio Route 647) at Market Street, on the right when traveling east on Union Street.
Benjamin Lundy Home. After witnessing the slave trade in Wheeling, Virginia, Quaker abolitionist Benjamin Lundy (1789-1839) resolved to battle the institution, first organizing the Union Humane Society in St. Clairsville in 1815. In 1821, . . . — — Map (db m36345) HM
On Market Street at South Street on Market Street.
Building the Meetinghouse
Construction of the meetinghouse began in 1814. Jacob Ong served as both architect and builder, basing the Mount Pleasant structure on other Quaker meetinghouses in the United States.
This plain . . . — — Map (db m196264) HM
On Union Street just west of Market Street, on the left when traveling west.
This historic house was the residence of abolitionist Benjamin Lundy, publisher of the antislavery paper, the Genius of Universal Emancipation. The Free Labor Store only sold goods produced by slave-free labor and is perhaps the last example in . . . — — Map (db m196278) HM
On Ohio Route 647 at Concord Street, on the right when traveling east on State Route 647.
By 1816, Mount Pleasant had earned a reputation among fugitive slaves as a town where they would be welcomed in their quest for freedom. The Quakers who lived in the village helped Mount Pleasant become a center of antislavery activity. Many . . . — — Map (db m36344) HM
On Market Street at South Street, on the right when traveling north on Market Street.
Mount Pleasant Today
Following its success in the early 1800s, Mount Pleasant was slowly bypassed as railroads, canals, and the National Road steered traffic away from the village. As a result, many buildings from Mount . . . — — Map (db m196268) HM
On Market Street at South Street on Market Street.
Mount Pleasant's Beginnings
Many Quakers stood in fierce opposition to slavery. When Congress passed an ordinance prohibiting slavery northwest of the Ohio River in 1787, Quakers throughout the country began a migration to this . . . — — Map (db m196258) HM
On Market Street at South Street, on the right when traveling north on Market Street.
Quakers and Wars During the 1900s
The 1900s saw warfare and humanitarian atrocities around the globe. Quakers were caught in the middle. During World War I, thousands of American men, including Quakers, were drafted. Quakers do . . . — — Map (db m196276) HM
On Concord Street at Union Street, in the median on Concord Street.
Erected by the grateful people of Mt. Pleasant in honor of those who served and died for their country in World Wars I and II
Died during time of war
Ezra Cattell •
Dalio Brandy •
Walter Dietrich •
Donald Francy •
Lloyd Frazier • . . . — — Map (db m196256) WM
