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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT38_coe-ridge_North-Olmsted-OH.html
In 1823, Asher and Abigail Coe migrated from Connecticut and settled here. By mid-century the Coe family operated the second largest dairy farm in Ohio. Their home was used as a post office in 1843. The Universalist Church, built in 1847 at Butter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML7V_john-j-donnelly_North-Olmsted-OH.html
The John J. Donnelly Rocky River nature center is designated to commemorate the distinguished service of the honorable John J. Donnelly to Cleveland Metro parks. During his 17-year tenure (1991-2008) as Senior Probate Judge of Cuyahoga County, Jud…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG3E_german-central-organization_Parma-OH.html
Founded in 1924 and incorporated in 1925, the German Central Organization was established to serve all people of German descent and was the central meeting place for immigrants of various ethnic groups following both world wars. During the difficu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFUU_the-stearns-homestead_Parma-OH.html
[Marker Front]:This 48-acre farm is the last remnant of an agricultural way of life that characterized Parma Township well into the 20th century. The farmhouse, built circa 1855 by Western Reserve settler Lyman Stearns, is representative of the Gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFUT_crile-hospital_Parma-OH.html
Crile General Hospital, named for renowned Cleveland surgeon, Dr. George W. Crile, was dedicated at this site on April 21, 1944. Dr. Crile, founder of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, was a brigadier general in the U.S. Army. The $4.5 million hosp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFPK_first-brick-rural-road-in-united-states_Parma-Heights-OH.html
Side A: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 lead…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFD3_the-ark_Berea-OH.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDW7_broadway-slavic-village_Cleveland-OH.html
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, incl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDW5_cataract-falls_Cleveland-OH.html
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, com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDUE_woodland-cemetery_Cleveland-OH.html
[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 acres in…