“Love Letter to Cleveland” is a 58 foot mural drawn by Gary Dumm and colored by his wife, Laura Dumm. The mural had originally been installed the side of the Orange Blossom Press building in Ohio City, near the West Side Market back in 2013. But several years of Cleveland’s winters got to it and […]
On our Downtown Highlights walking tour of Cleveland we visit the mall (the green space not a shopping mall) and talk about the buildings that surround it, like the Cleveland Public Library and the old Board of Education building. We also talk about the Group Plan of 1903, which basically created most of what we […]
Today we wrap up our series on Lake View Cemetery with a look at the James A. Garfield Memorial. Garfield was the 20th President of the Untied States. He was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio in 1831. He represented Ohio in the House for nine terms. His term as President was only four months long, […]
We having been looking at Lake View Cemetery over the past couple weeks. Today we look at a collection of some of the famous Clevelanders buried at the cemetery. John D. Rockefeller – Rockefeller was of course the founder of Standard Oil, the largest corporation on the planet and the richest man on the planet […]
One of the more famous graves in Lake View Cemetery is the Haserot Angel, actually named “The Angel of Death Victorious.” The life-size bronze angel holds an extinguished torch upside-down. Her wings are outstretched and she gazes straight ahead as she sits over the graves of Francis Henry Haserot and family. The Haseort Angel’s most […]
The U.S.S. Cod Submarine will celebrate 60 years in Cleveland this Sunday, July 21, 2019 with free tours and lots of fun for the whole family. The day will include a salute to Rosie the Riveter and honor the life of Seaman, Andrew G. Johnson, the Cod’s only crewman lost during the war, with a […]
Lake View Cemetery is home to the Wade Chapel. This is a small chapel built on the grounds of Lake View and dedicated to Jeptha Wade by his grandson. Jeptha Wade was the founder of Western Union Telegraph Company and the first president of Lake View Cemetery. He donated the land in which the Cleveland […]
Monday, July 22, 2019 Cleveland will turn 223 years old. On July 22, 1796 Moses Cleaveland would arrive on the shores of the Cuyahoga River and begin his survey of the land and laying out a city that would become Cleveland. To celebrate our birthday Tours of Cleveland will offer a $5.00 discount on our […]
Continuing our look at Lake View Cemetery and its famous residents, today we “shine our light” on Charles F. Brush. In 1879, Charles Brush would invent the first arc lamp. His lamp burned as brightly as four thousand candles. This was too bright for the inside of people’s homes so he chose to look outside […]
(This is a long post and bit of a tearjerker.) The All-Star Game is here! We begin to transition from baseball to a series on Lake View Cemetery and the folks buried there. Today we begin that transition with baseball great Raymond Johnson Chapman. Chapman was a star shortstop for the Cleveland Indians from 1912 […]
