On West Lakeside Avenue at West 2nd Street, on the left when traveling east on West Lakeside Avenue. Reported missing.
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
On West 9th Street just north of West Lakeside Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
The Warehouse District of today is arguably the best physical remnant of 19th-century Cleveland. Although none of the residences built in that century remain, the early settlers’ street network is mostly intact.
In Cleveland's development . . . — — Map (db m192432) HM
On Bridge Avenue at Randall Road, on the right when traveling west on Bridge Avenue. Reported permanently removed.
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 m295774) 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 . . . — — Map (db m17862) HM
On Public Square at Onterio Street, on the right when traveling west on Public Square.
In 1862 a puppy wandered into a military training camp in Massillon, Ohio and befriended an up-and-coming officer in the 104th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Daniel Stearns. The Berea, Ohio native had already seen action in the Civil War, serving with . . . — — Map (db m296775) HM
On Woodland Avenue at East 66th Street, on the right when traveling west on Woodland Avenue.
Southwest quadrant:
Section 2 lot 7 Edward Wade (1802-1866) was born in Massachusetts and moved as a boy with his large family to Ashtabula. In 1832, he married Sarah Atkins, daughter of a prominent abolitionist, Josiah Atkins, who was . . . — — Map (db m297142) HM
On Huffman Avenue at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Huffman Avenue. Reported unreadable.
James Abram Garfield was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 10th, 1831. An 1856 graduate of Williams College, he taught classics and became President of Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (later Hiram College), Ohio. In 1859 he was elected to . . . — — Map (db m146171) HM
On Olde York Road at Pearl Road (U.S. 42), on the right when traveling south on Olde York Road.
In the late nineteenth century, a movement to improve inadequate plank and dirt roads was brought on by the popularity of bicycling, the introduction of the automobile, and the need to improve travel to and from rural areas. Ohio, as a leader in . . . — — Map (db m23722) HM
Near Kentucky Route 114 0.1 miles east of Route 404, on the right when traveling east.
The Union and Confederate forces were led by two very different men. Humphrey Marshall was a Kentucky blue blood and a representative of one of the state's leading families. James A. Garfield was a self-made man born in a log cabin on his father's . . . — — Map (db m69138) HM
On West Saint Clair Avenue at Daniel's Way (West 2nd Street), on the right when traveling east on West Saint Clair Avenue.
Daniel R. Thompson (1935-2004) was a Cleveland poet, civil rights activist, and advocate for the homeless. Thompson became known as the first ‘Poet Laureate’ for Cuyahoga County, Ohio in 1992. He presented his work at junkyards, jazz clubs, and . . . — — Map (db m182243) 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
On Monroe Avenue at West 32nd Street, on the right when traveling east on Monroe Avenue.
The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a national association of Union Civil War veterans, founded in Springfield, Il, in 1866. Ten states, including Ohio, and the District of Columbia sent representatives to the GAR's first national convention . . . — — Map (db m297908) HM
On Broadview Road at Old Rock Side Road, on the right when traveling north on Broadview Road.
It still stands-a sturdy, stone sentinel once standing watch over the settlers below-settlers swarming into the community of "Cleveland" created by the confluence of the Cuyahoga and the Lake. It still stands-a home of stone hewn from the same . . . — — Map (db m296767) HM
On West Washington Street at Mentor Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Washington Street.
Defying Expectations: 1914-1930s
Allen returned from New York to Cleveland and was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1914. She established her own law practice, which was very uncommon for women in the field during this time, and also took cases . . . — — Map (db m300111) HM
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 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 Brotherton Road east of LaFayette Road, on the right when traveling east.
Text from the Front Side of the Monument:
124th Ohio Infantry
Hazen's Brigade
Palmer's Division
21st Army Corps
Text from the Back Side of the Monument:
September 19th, 1863, this Regiment, Colonel Oliver H. . . . — — Map (db m121430) 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 Lyman Circle north of Laureldale Road, on the right when traveling north.
Florence E. Allen (1884-1966) was nicknamed “first lady of the law” for her many firsts as a woman in the legal profession. After graduating from Western Reserve College for Women, she taught at Laurel School from 1906 to 1909. She then became a . . . — — Map (db m229695) HM
On Mastick Road at Clague Road, on the right when traveling east on Mastick Road.
Side A: Joseph Peake was born in Pennsylvania in 1792 and came to Ohio in 1809 with his parents and brother. They were the first African Americans to settle permanently in the Cleveland area. He was the son of George Peake, a runaway slave from . . . — — Map (db m43348) HM
Near Silver Street at 2nd Street (County Road 20), on the right when traveling north.
The Yule brothers, William and George, are credited with first discovering promising deposits of dense, white marble in apparently limitless quantities while prospecting on Ute Indian lands in the Elk Mountains in 1874. The marble, it was said, was . . . — — Map (db m292486) HM
Berea Sandstone Quarries.
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. . . . — — Map (db m294712) HM
On Center Ridge Road (U.S. 20) east of Crocker road, on the right when traveling east.
Leverett Johnson.
Born in Connecticut in 1794, Leverett Johnson came to Dover
Township with his brother-in-law and sister Asahel and
Rebecca Johnson Porter on October 10, 1810. In 1811 at the
age of 16, he began clearing land in what is now . . . — — Map (db m134230) HM
On Detroit Road (Ohio Route 254) just west of Walden Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Theodore Elijah Burton
Born in Jefferson, Ohio, Theodore E. Burton graduated from Oberlin
College and became a prominent Cleveland attorney. He was elected
to Congress in 1888 and served from 1889-91, 1895-1909, and
1921-28. He was . . . — — Map (db m267580) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
