Nicknamed "Coal Oil" because he supplemented his income in his early career by selling coal oil on the west side of Cleveland, Thomas A. Masterson, an Irish immigrant, saved the James Farnan mansion from almost certain destruction in the early twentieth century by moving it in 1917 from its original site on Detroit Avenue to the corner of West 73rd Street and Herman Avenue. | Source: Cleveland State University Library Special CollectionsDownload Original File
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