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 […]
In 1915, Oberlin graduates, Russell and Rowena Jelliffe, opened a settlement house in Cleveland located at the corner of East 38th and Central Avenue. The Jelliffe’s set out to establish a common ground where people of different races, religions, social and economic backgrounds could come together to seek and share common ventures through the arts. […]
James A. 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. In 1880, he became the Republican nominee for President and won that November. His term as President was only four months long, when on July 2, […]
Carl Stokes was mayor of Cleveland from 1967 – 1971. He was the first African-American elected to mayor in a large US city. In 1967 he ran against Seth Chase Taft, the grandson of former President Taft and won. Carl Stokes was born in 1927 in Cleveland. His family lived in the first public housing […]
February is Black History Month, therefore we will be taking a look throughout the month at famous African- American Clevelanders. We start with Jesse Owens. Born James Cleveland Owens, he moved from Alabama to Cleveland in his youth with his family as part of the Great Migration north for many African-Americans. Jesse Owens was a […]
Henry Hering (1874 – 1949) has public art throughout Cleveland, including the Guardians of Traffic on the Hope Memorial Bridge, work at Severance Hall and the Cleveland Federal Reserve. Today we look at the two statues the grace the main entrance to the Federal Reserve – Security and Integrity. Security wears a crown of oak […]
The Schofield Building is on the corner of E. 9th St and Euclid Ave at the heart of downtown Cleveland. The building was designed by architect Levi Schofield on land owned by his family. Originally built as an 14 story office building, today it is home to the Kimpton hotel as well as apartments. Next […]
