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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7MM_sarah-benedict-house_Cleveland-OH.html
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, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7MJ_dunham-tavern_Cleveland-OH.html
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 Rufu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7FT_bain-park-cabin_Fairview-Park-OH.html
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. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7FS_rockport-cemetery-of-pioneer-days_Fairview-Park-OH.html
[Main Marker]:Here rest early settlers of this area of old Rockport Township, soldiers of the American Revolution and of four succeeding wars. Dates of first burials have been lost to memory in their antiquity.
[Top of two nearby secondary mark…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7FR_parker-ranch_North-Olmsted-OH.html
Adele Von Ohl Parker was a daredevil stunt rider once starring in Buffalo Bill's shows. Stranded during the Depression, she started a riding school; her flamboyance captivated her young riders. The 34-building ranch was the scene of many rodeos an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7FQ_butternut-ridge-cemetery-1835_North-Olmsted-OH.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7FP_jack-miner_Westlake-OH.html
Jack Miner, noted conservationist and naturalist, was born at this site on April 10, 1865. Miner, who moved to Ontario, Canada, in 1878, achieved worldwide recognition for his pioneering studies of waterfowl migration. His work with migrating bird…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7FO_the-weston-house-sandstone-houses_Westlake-OH.html
The Weston HouseThis rare sandstone house was built for Austin (c. 1788-1848) and Roxanna (Sears) Lilly (c. 1793-1868). They came to Dover Township (now Westlake) in 1832 from Ashfield, Massachusetts, an area from which many Dover settlers origina…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6PN_jacob-russell_Shaker-Heights-OH.html
Revolutionary SoldierJacob RussellBorn 1746 Windsor, Conn. - Died 1821 Warrensville, OhioEnlisted May 12. Discharged October 11, 1775. 8th Company, Connecticut Continental Regiment, 1775.
In 1812 he settledin the Township of WarrensvilleNow Sh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6PL_horseshoe-lake_Shaker-Heights-OH.html
In 1822, Ralph Russell, a Connecticut pioneer who had settled in Warrensville Township ten years earlier, founded the North Union Shaker Community. The Shakers created Horseshoe Lake in 1852 when they built a dam across Doan Brook and harnessed it…