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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6PK_east-family_Shaker-Heights-OH.html
This site marks the location of the main dwelling of the East or Gathering Family established for the expressed purpose of gathering souls "out of the world". Here the new converts were "proved awhile" until they convinced the elders and eldresses…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6F5_berea-union-depot_Berea-OH.html
Ohio from the time of its construction in 1876 until its closing in 1958, is an unusual, but well-designed example of Victorian Gothic Architecture. With the development of an expanding stone quarry industry in the area, Berea and its railroad fac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM67F_site-of-center-family_Shaker-Heights-OH.html
Site ofCenter FamilyNorth UnionSociety of Shakers1822-1889Shaker Meeting HouseFirst Shaker Heights Village school1912-1914Shaker Heights Village Hall1911-1931
This tablet erectedMay 16, 1964The Shaker Historical Society
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM487_federation-of-india-community-association_Cleveland-Heights-OH.html
In 1962, Asian Indian students of Case Western Reserve University started India Association of Cleveland (IAC). In 1967, IAC started a newspaper "LOTUS," regarded as the first such Asian Indian community newspapers in the United States. In 1978, I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM36B_old-district-10-schoolhouse_Middleburg-Heights-OH.html
This Little Red Schoolhouse served children from Berea, Brookpark, and Middleburg township. The first mayor and council of Middleburg Heights were elected here. During its colorful history, the schoolhouse has been a City Hall where town meetings …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM35G_berea-sandstone-quarries_Berea-OH.html
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. in the 1840s, thriving sandston…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RF_the-big-quarry_Berea-OH.html
The photograph looks north to the buildings on East Bridge Street, which constituted the northern boundary of Berea's sandstone quarries around 1895. The photographer stood approximately where you are standing.
"Gradually the water came, first …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R8_first-congregational-united-church-of-christ-of-berea_Berea-OH.html
Seven original members, who were staunch abolitionists, organized the First Congregational Church of Berea in the nearby Union School House on June 9, 1855. These members publicly articulated opposition to slavery and their desire for a church wit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R7_lyceum-square_Berea-OH.html
On this site the Lyceum Village and the Berea Seminary were established in 1837 by John Baldwin, Jame Giruth, Henry O. Sheldon, and Josiah Holbrook. Their vision was to create the first in a connected series of Lyceum Villages. The Villages were d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R5_baldwin-university_Berea-OH.html
In 1845, Baldwin Institute, one of the first schools in the area open to all students regardless of gender, race, or creed, was chartered. The wealth generated by the sandstone and grindstone industries of Berea allowed John Baldwin to found the s…