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 1890s, Winton
founded the Winton Bicycle Company: six years later, he incorporated
the Winton Motor Carriage Company. In 1903, Winton's auto plant
on Berea Road was one of the largest in the world, and he produced
the first car to cross America from coast to coast. These business
successes enabled him to build the 25-room Roseneath. In 1912,
Winton founded the Winton Gas Engine & Manufacturing Company,
which would eventually become part of General Motors Corporation.
Winton is buried in Lakeview Cemetery.
A fire in 1962 destroyed
Roseneath.
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