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The Hay-McKinney Mansion, part of the Cleveland History Center. The Western Reserve Historical Society (WRHS) is a historical society in Cleveland, Ohio. The society operates the Cleveland History Center, a collection of museums in University Circle. The society was founded in 1867, making it the oldest cultural institution in Northeast Ohio.
This 1905 Swiss Chalet Revival style house was built for Frederick W. Bomonti, a famous Swiss American restaurateur in Cleveland. It is an exemplar of the type of architecture favored by Swiss Americans, a large and influential immigrant group in Cleveland in the late 1800s. 19: Broadway Avenue Historic District: Broadway Avenue Historic District
0-253-31303-1. Website. case .edu /ech /. The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History is a historical reference work covering Greater Cleveland and the Northeast Ohio community. It was the first modern study of an American city published in encyclopedia format. [1] It had two print editions (1987 and 1996) before moving online, becoming the first ...
Within 25 years, the population of Jews grew to 1,200. From the late 1800s and well into the 1950s, the vast majority of Jews lived in the inner city neighborhoods of Glenville, Kinsman, and Hough. In 1920, the Jewish population grew up to 90,000. By the 1940s, many Jews lived in Glenville, Kinsman, Hough, and the then newly built Shaker ...
The written history of Cleveland began with the city's founding by General Moses Cleaveland of the Connecticut Land Company on July 22, 1796. Its central location on the southern shore of Lake Erie and the mouth of the Cuyahoga River allowed it to become a major center for Great Lakes trade in northern Ohio in the early 19th century.
Friedrich Weyerhäuser. Friedrich (Frederick) Weyerhäuser (November 21, 1834 – April 4, 1914 [1]), also spelled Weyerhaeuser, was a German-American timber mogul and founder of the Weyerhaeuser Company, which owns sawmills, paper factories, and other business enterprises as well as large areas of forested land in the northern United States.
August 30, 1974. [1] The Maltz Performing Arts Center, officially the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center, is a 1200-seat historic arts and religious venue on the campus of Case Western Reserve University, located at 1855 Ansel Road, in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. The center is contained within the Temple–Tifereth Israel ...
The Italian American Museum of Cleveland ( Italian: Museo Italo Americano di Cleveland; abbreviated as IAMCLE) is a museum in the Little Italy neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, [3] emphasizing the heritage, history, identity, and traditions of the city's Italian American community. [4] The museum was founded by veteran Cleveland judges Basil M ...