Erie Street Cemetery today is located in the heart of downtown Cleveland, across the street from Progressive Field, the home of the Cleveland Indians baseball team. But when it was created back in 1826 it was just outside the boundary of the city. Over the next several posts, we are going to take a look […]
Our sixth and final building in our Public Square series is the Society for Savings Building. The 10 story building was built in 1890 and was the first modern high rise in Cleveland and Ohio. The outer walls of the building are made of red sandstone from Michigan and load bearing & self-supporting. The interior […]
Fifth in our Public Square series is 200 Public Square know as the Huntington Bank Building, the BP Building or the Standard Oil Building. It has been all three. Originally Standard Oil announced they were going to build a skyscraper on Public Square and began construction in 1982. By the time the building opened in […]
Our fourth Public Square post is appropriate for this Memorial Day Weekend – The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument. The monument was dedicated on July 4, 1894. The Soldiers and Sailors Monument was built to honor the 9,000 Cuyahoga County residents who fought in the Civil War, of which about 1,000 died. The monument is open […]
Third in our Public Square series – Terminal Tower, Cleveland’s most iconic building! The original plan for the building called for it to be 19 stories but M.J. and O.P. Van Sweringen, the Cleveland brothers who built the complex, decided on the 52 story version we see today instead. The building opened to tenants in 1928 […]
This is the second post in our series on buildings around Public Square. Today we are looking at the old Post Office, Customs House and Court House Building. The building was the first building to be built as part of the Group Plan of 1903. It opened in 1910. The building was designed by Arnold […]
Today we start a series on the buildings of Public Square in downtown Cleveland. First up, is the oldest building still on Public Square, the Old Stone Church. We can trace the beginnings of worship on the site back to 1820, when Cleveland’s population was only in the hundreds. The original First Presbyterian Church was […]
So which of these famous people are have Cleveland connections? Tom Hanks, Halle Berry or Drew Carey The answer is all three! Tom Hanks got his big break performing at the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Playhouse Square. He made his professional debut as “Grumio” in Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. He also stared […]
This week is the royal wedding of Prince Harry to Megan Markle. But did you know of Cleveland’s royal wedding connection? Megan’s great grandparents, Netty Arnold and James Arnold lived and worked in Cleveland. Netty, her great grandmother, was an elevator lift operator at the Hotel St. Regis back in the early 1900’s. James, her […]
Tours of Cleveland, LLC is very excited to have joined The Keep It Local Project this week. Their goal is to connect local businesses with local people in Cleveland. Their vision is to “create awareness of the local business community, support community development and keep Cleveland unique and thriving”. To learn more about Keep It Local, visit their […]
