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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7TC_rufus-dunham_Cleveland-OH.html
Freemason, public official, Whig Party activist. Well-known as the genial proprietor of Dunham's Tavern, a popular stagecoach stop on the Buffalo Road (Euclid Avenue) midway between Doan's Corner (East 105th Street) and Public Square. The tavern, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7T2_henry-a-sherwin_Cleveland-OH.html
Founded the Sherwin-Williams Company, the world's largest paint and sulfa drug base manufacturer in 1866. The company developed reliable ready mixed paint in 1880, the paint roller in 1944 and washable latex paint in 1950.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7PB_l-pearl-mitchell_Cleveland-OH.html
Elected third national president of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. First Greek letter sorority for African-American Women.
Initiated into Zeta Chapter at Wilberforce University.
Held membership for more than 50 years in Alpha Kappa Alpha. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7PA_alexander-winton_Cleveland-Heights-OH.html
Automobile entrepeneur. He founded the Winton Motor Carriage Company which sold the first standard model American-made gasoline powered automobile in 1898. It had 2 cylinders and 10 horse power and sold for $1,000. He produced the first American d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7P7_frances-payne-bolton_Cleveland-OH.html
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 lo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7NE_the-cozad-bates-house-anti-slavery-and-abolition_Cleveland-OH.html
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 so…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7ND_michelson-morley-experiment_Cleveland-OH.html
Near this spot, in July 1887, Dr. Albert A. Michelson of Case and Dr. Edward W. Morley of Western Reserve University conducted the world-famous Michelson-Morley experiment, one of the outstanding scientific achievements of the 19th century and a c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7NC_shaker-mill-stone_Cleveland-OH.html
Found at the site of the Shaker saw mill foundations on Coventry Road adjacent to Shaker Lake. The saw mill, destroyed by fire, was converted to grain milling in 1886 using this stone from the original Shaker grist mill.
Placed in Shaker Square…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7N9_site-of-the-home-of-the-poet-harold-hart-crane_Cleveland-OH.html
[The marker is primarily pictorial in nature, with an image of the house Crane lived in carved into the stone]
1709 E. 115 St., Cleveland, O
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7MQ_shaker-gristmill-site_Cleveland-OH.html
In 1844 the Shakers of North Union, Ohio, built a five-story gristmill on the north side of the Doan Brook Ravine adjacent to this marker. Water from the dam at the west end of the Lower Shaker Lake powered the mill. For many years it served the n…