For Father’s Day we will take a look at Cleveland’s “Father”, Moses Cleaveland. Moses is considered to be the founder of Cleveland. No, that is not a typo on my part, that is how he spelled his name. Moses Cleaveland served in the American Revolutionary War and lived in New England. In 1795, the Treaty […]
This week I. M. Pei passed away at the age of 102. I. M. Pei was an architect who began his career in 1948 after he earned his graduate degree at Harvard. He is famous for many buildings he created such as the glass pyramid at the Louvre in Paris, the East Building of the […]
On Sunday, April 28, 2019 I had the privilege to attend a tea at Gray’s Armory in downtown and hear Dan Ruminski speak about Millionaire’s Row. The tea was the first of a series of events at Gray’s Armory as part of their Living History Program. The event was truly delightful. The tea and the […]
Cleveland is home to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame but also the Cleveland Hall of Fame located inside City Hall. Cleveland’s Hall was established in 1971 by a panel of 12 judges made up of locals from area universities, newspapers, historical societies and city council members. The Hall contains no living persons and additions […]
Today we will look at the Spirit of 76 painting that hangs in City Hall. The painting, depicts a flag bearer, drummer boy, and fifer marching across a battlefield during the American Revolution. The oil painting was created by Archibald Willard and measures 8′ x 10′. Willard was born in Bedford, Ohio in 1836 and […]
Today we are starting a series on Cleveland City Hall and we begin with the building itself. City Hall opened in 1916 in downtown. The building designed by Cleveland architect J. Milton Dyer and was part of the 1903 Group Plan. The building features Neoclassical elements and a large, beautiful rotunda. The building cost $3 […]
Flora Stone Mather (1852 – 1909) is one of Cleveland’s greatest philanthropists. She was the daughter of Amasa Stone, who made his fortune in the railroad industry. In 1881 Flora married Samuel Mather, a titan in the shipping industry. Flora Stone Mather shared her wealth generously. She was a supporter of the Legal Aid Society, […]
We are not talking about the Linda Eastman who married Paul McCartney and was in Wings. This Linda Eastman lived in Cleveland. She began working for the Cleveland Public Library in 1892. She worked her way up in the library and was promoted to vice-librarian under William Brett. She and William rolled out the “open […]
March is Women’s History Month, so throughout the month we will look at women from the Cleveland area. We begin with the “First Lady of TV News”, Dorothy Fuldheim. Dorothy moved to Cleveland in the 1920s working as a lecturer, moving into radio and eventually into television where she joined WEWS, Cleveland’s first TV station, […]
Garrett Morgan (1877 – 1963) was an inventor best known for his prototype of the traffic light. Today we will look at one of his other famous inventions, the safety hood (gas mask). Cleveland gets its drinking water from Lake Erie and in 1916 as construction was happening on one of the cribs that supplies […]
