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Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection Historical Markers
Markers of the more than 1,800 Ohio Historical Markers Program administered by the Ohio Historical Society, now called The Ohio History Connection, and formerly known as the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society.
By Mike Wintermantel, November 20, 2011
The Pottery Capital of America Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| | For nearly a century, East Liverpool dominated the United States pottery industry. Drawn to easily accessible clay deposits and ready river transportation, British-born potter James Bennett established the first commercial pottery here in 1841. His . . . — — Map (db m49711) HM |
| On Echo Dell Road (Local Route 929) north of Bell School Road (Local Route 1131), on the left when traveling north. |
| | "Thomas J. Malone Bridge"
This covered bridge stood in the 1870s over Middle Run, on State Route 154, between Lisbon and Elkton, Elkrun Township. It was converted to a storage shed and moved twice by the Elkrun Township Trustees. Mr. . . . — — Map (db m44754) HM |
| On Bacon Avenue (Ohio Route 46) 0.2 miles west of Everett Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Side A
This circa 1840s log house, which now serves as a museum and home to the East Palestine Historical Society, was originally located at the corner of West Main and Walnut Streets. Some of its most notable and earliest residents were Dr. . . . — — Map (db m111189) HM |
| On Ohio Route 154 east of Scroggs Road (Local Route 795). |
| | This covered bridge, over Middle Run, Elkrun Township, Columbiana County, is the shortest covered bridge in the United States still standing on a once-used public highway, having a clear span of 19 feet and 3 inches. It is an example, rarely found . . . — — Map (db m370) HM |
| On Gavers Road at Railroad Street, on the left when traveling east on Gavers Road. |
| | About a mile south in St. Paul's Cemetery, the Reverend Father Edward J. Fenwick, "Pioneer Apostle of Ohio," organized the first Catholic parish in northern Ohio. The first mass was celebrated in the log house of Daniel McCallister. A century and a . . . — — Map (db m66536) HM |
| On Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) 0.7 miles east of Haessly Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Southeast of this point are the Big and Little tunnels. They were links in the 73-mile Sandy and Beaver Canal which connected the Ohio River with the Ohio and Erie Canal. Shifts of Irish laborers worked night and day with hand drills and blasting . . . — — Map (db m66538) HM |
| On Main Street at Butcher Road, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Believed to have been constructed in 1866, this facility is one of the largest of its kind in the nation. The complex of 200 ovens was erected by the Leetonia Iron and Coal Company, later known as the Cherry Valley Iron Works, to supply fuel for . . . — — Map (db m66540) HM |
| Near West Garfield Road (County Route 8) 0.3 miles east of Seacrist Road (County Route 45). |
| | Maple-Dell was the home of John Butler, a Quaker who expressed his religious faith by working for humanitarian causes. An early Goshen Township teacher, Butler opened his home to orphans, the homeless, and runaway slaves, and devoted 20 years of his . . . — — Map (db m78944) HM |
| On Eagleton Road 0.1 miles south of Teegarden Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
Side A:Teegarden-Centennial Covered Bridge
The Teegarden-Centennial Covered Bridge, constructed primarily of white oak is of Multiple King Post design spanning 67 feet. It was built nearly 100 years after the birth of the nation. . . . — — Map (db m66539) HM |
| On Franklin Avenue (Ohio Route 344) at Summitt Street, on the right when traveling west on Franklin Avenue. |
| | Unserheim, meaning "Our Home" in German, is the name of this ante-bellum Queen Anne style home, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. From 1857-1878, it was home to Daniel Howell Hise, a Quaker and ardent . . . — — Map (db m65429) HM |
| On Ohio Route 83, on the left when traveling north. |
| | 1764. Lt.Col. Henry Bouquet with 1500 British regulars and American Militia penetrated the Ohio wilderness to crush Chief Pontiac’s Indian conspiracy.
Here at the forks of the Muskingum River during October and November, Bouquet subdued the . . . — — Map (db m3286) HM |
| On Main Street at 3rd Street on Main Street. |
| | In 1764, Colonel Henry Bouquet established the site of what is now Coshocton. In 1811, the county was founded and the town incorporated as the county seat. The Coshocton County Courthouse, the third on this site, was built between 1873 and 1875 by . . . — — Map (db m298) HM |
| On Maple Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | George Washington Crile was born in 1864 at Chili, in Crawford Township, Coshocton County. Before embarking on his notable medical career, he graduated from Northwestern Ohio Normal School (now Ohio Northern University) at Ada, teaching for two . . . — — Map (db m15178) HM |
| | This cemetery, established in 1810, is the final resting place of many of the founders of Plainfield and Linton Township. Besides the early date of its founding, it is notable for the number of armed forces veterans interred here, who represent . . . — — Map (db m15275) HM |
| On County Road 495 at State Route 16, on the right when traveling west on County Road 495. |
| | Side A:
The acknowledged host of the Underground Railroad in Coshocton County was Prior Foster, a well respected African American who lodged fugitive slaves in his shanty at Harbaugh Corner. He fed, sheltered, and clothed them and then . . . — — Map (db m36227) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 36) at Plum Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street. |
| | Served in the Continental Army under the command of General Washington. Appointed as Accountant of the War Department by Washington and served under Presidents Adams, Jefferson and Madison. For his services in the Continental Army, received a land . . . — — Map (db m14872) HM |
| On Ohio Route 93 at Ohio Route 36 on State Route 93. |
| | In the early 1770s, Chief White Eyes (Koquechagachton) of the Delaware tribe founded White Eyes Town approximately two miles southeast of this marker on a plain near present day West Lafayette. A friend of the Moravian leader David Zeisberger, White . . . — — Map (db m15175) HM |
| On Ohio Route 19, on the right when traveling west. |
| | On the banks on the Olentangy River, at the
bend where the stream turns southwest, is the
legendary site of Seccaium. This 17th century
village was located on the portage to the
Sandusky River, and was recognized by
Indians as a neutral ground . . . — — Map (db m80440) HM |
| On Marion Melmore Rd (County Route 1), on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Plains lay south and west of the Sandusky
River, bounded by the Olentangy River on the
east and Tymochtee Creek on the west. The local
black prairie soils mark the extent of the
grasslands, which were uncommon in the dense
eastern forests. . . . — — Map (db m94535) HM |
| On Sandusky Avenue (Ohio Route 4) 0.2 miles north of Chatfield Center (Ohio Route 103), on the right when traveling north. |
| | For centuries this area was used by Indian
tribes as a hunting ground. Vast swamp forests
of elm, ash, beech, pin oak, and maple lay on all
sides. To the east, a large cranberry bog was
covered by water nost of the year. Indian
hunting camps on . . . — — Map (db m119771) HM |
| On North Seltzer Street at Union Street, on the right on North Seltzer Street. |
| | From 1942 until 1946, members of local churches and two railroad
auxiliaries operated a community-based free canteen for passing troops
on the platform of the Pennsylvania Railroad station. A grateful
region honored approximately 1.2 million of . . . — — Map (db m119779) HM |
| On Washington Street at Harding Way East (Ohio Route 61), on the right when traveling north on Washington Street. |
| | This Depot, dedicated on December 27, 1900, served as division headquarters for the Cleveland, Chicago, Cincinnati, and St. Louis railroad, commonly called the Big Four. Peak passenger usage occurred during and after World War I when 32 trains . . . — — Map (db m20370) HM |
| On East Main Street (Ohio Route 103) at Hill Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street. |
| | Birthplace of the commercial poultry hatchery industry — — Map (db m159646) HM |
| On West Mansfield Street (Ohio Route 103) at Kibler Street (Ohio Route 602), on the left when traveling west on West Mansfield Street. |
| | The Village of New Washington
Nicknamed "Dutchtown" for the many German families that settled in this area, New Washington was platted in 1833 by George Washington Meyers, who arrived in Cranberry Township in 1826. Prominent Austrian . . . — — Map (db m94708) HM |
| On Cox Road (County Route 176), on the left when traveling west. |
| | Long known to the Indians for the mineral spring water, this land was purchased in 1819 by Samuel Knisley. After 1880 it was developed as a resort area by Dr. Jerome Bland, who also established a cattle and horse breeding farm. In 1930 the land . . . — — Map (db m94709) HM |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| | 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 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 |
| | 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 |
| 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 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 |
| | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 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 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 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 |
| 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 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 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 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 |
| On Public Square at Ontario Street on Public Square. |
| | Religious worship began on this site in 1820 as a Plan of the Union Sunday School with ministers recruited by the Connecticut Home Missionary Society. Its first stone church, officially known as the First Presbyterian Church of Cleveland, was built . . . — — Map (db m17864) HM |
| On Detroit Avenue (Alternate U.S. 6) west of West 54th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1907, the Templin-Bradley Company’s Children’s Flower Mission was developed in response to the Cleveland Public Schools Horticulture Program, supplying seed packets for 1 cent each — commonly referred to as Penny Packet Seeds. This . . . — — Map (db m136909) 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 |
| 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 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 |
| Near Euclid Avenue (U.S. 20). |
| | 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 |
| On Woodland Avenue (Ohio Route 87), on the right when traveling east. |
| | [side A] Howard Daniels, who lived from 1815-1863, was a noted architect and landscape gardener. Over the course of his life, he designed six Ohio and New York cemeteries, including Woodland that began in 1852 when he laid out 20 of its 60 . . . — — Map (db m21002) HM |
| On Euclid Avenue (U.S. 6) east of East 196th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | By 1922, the Ambler Realty Company of Cleveland owned this site
along with 68 acres of land between Euclid Avenue and the Nickel
Plate rail line. Upon learning of the company’s plans for industrial
development, the Euclid Village Council enacted . . . — — Map (db m134117) HM |
| On West 210th Street at North Park Drive on West 210th Street. |
| | Envisioned by Fairview Village Mayor, David R. Bain, this community center was originally completed in 1937 as a project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a Depression-era work relief program initiated by the Federal Government in 1935. A . . . — — Map (db m11549) HM |
| On Old Mill Road at Epping Road, on the right when traveling east on Old Mill Road. |
| | The village of Gates Mills derives its name from
its founder, Holsey Gates, and from the importance of mills in the agricultural community.
In 1826, the year of Gates Mills’ founding, a
sawmill was constructed to increase the lumber
supply and . . . — — Map (db m137134) HM |
| On Pettibone Road east of Austin Powder Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Village of Glenwillow was developed and has survived over
the last century as a rural enclave whose character has been
shaped by the Austin Powder Company. Glenwillow began as a
company town of the Austin Powder Company, which relocated
its . . . — — Map (db m134523) HM |
| On Lake Avenue just east of Gold Coast Lane, on the right when traveling west. |
| | On this site, Alexander Winton (1860-1932), an American automobile
pioneer, built and lived in a lakefront estate named Roseneath.
Winton was born in Scotland and immigrated to the United States as
a young man, settling in Cleveland. In the early . . . — — Map (db m136894) HM |
| On Bunts Road south of Detoit Avenue (Alternate U.S. 6), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Dr. Jared Potter Kirtland was a prominent nineteenth century professor, physician, naturalist, and horticulturalist. In 1837, Kirtland purchased land in Rockport Township that stretched from Madison Avenue to Lake Erie. Kirtland used that land as a . . . — — Map (db m136827) HM |
| On Belle Avenue at Lake Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Belle Avenue. |
| | The changing use of this land, now Lakewood Park, reflects the
development of Lakewood, Ohio from a small agricultural community
to a thriving modern suburb. Early settler John Honam''s property
stretched north from Detroit Avenue to Lake Erie, . . . — — Map (db m136862) HM |
| On Madison Avenue at Newman Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Madison Avenue. |
| | On April 29, 1879, using arc carbons from the forerunner of The National Carbon Company, the City of Cleveland was illuminated by the world’s first practical electric street lamp. The National Carbon Company was established in Cleveland, Ohio in . . . — — Map (db m136896) HM |
| On Sheldon Road at Fry Road on Sheldon Road. |
| | This Little Red Schoolhouse served children from Berea, Brookpark, and Middleburg township. The first mayor and council of Middleburg Heights were elected here. During its colorful history, the schoolhouse has been a City Hall where town meetings . . . — — Map (db m5548) HM |
| On Fowles Road at Engle Road (Ohio Route 291), on the right when traveling west on Fowles Road. |
| |
Woodvale Cemetery was established in the mid-1800s in Middleburgh Township, Ohio. The oldest marked grave holds Fred G. Klink (1833–1858), whose family donated a half acre of land for burials. In 1786, Frank M. Stearns (1832-1911) suggested . . . — — Map (db m134157) HM |
| | James Abram Garfield, 20th President of the United States, was born here in 1831. His father died when he was two, but the family remained on the farm where James helped when he was not attending school. He continued to live here through his years . . . — — Map (db m118214) HM |
| On Hiram Trail just west of Som Center Road (Ohio Route 91), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Hiram House was Ohio’s first settlement house and among the
earliest in the nation, opening in October 1896 in Cleveland’s
Whiskey Island neighborhood. Representing the ideals of a late-1800s urban progressive movement, settlement houses . . . — — Map (db m137139) HM |
| On Butternut Ridge Road west of Great Northern Boulevard (Ohio Route 252). |
| | Isaac Scales (1786-1821) settled on this site. At his death, he was buried in his back yard. A large rock marked his grave. The land was reclaimed by Charles Olmsted who deeded it to the Township in 1835 for a public burial ground. Early settlers . . . — — Map (db m11546) HM |
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