The land for Monroe Street Cemetery on Monroe Avenue, in Cleveland, was conveyed by Josiah Barber to William Burton, Trustee for Brooklyn Township, in January 1835, with the stipulation that it would be transferred to the new incorporated village of Brooklyn (it actually became the City of Ohio instead) to be formed later that year. The land in the township's old cemetery, located near the intersection of West 25th Street and Lorain Avenue, was needed for the burgeoning Brooklyn village development growth of the 1830s, which included Willeyville as well as Barber and Lord's newly designed village allotment. Bodies from the old cemetery were likely re-interred at Monroe Street Cemetery later that same year. This photograph of the gateway to the new cemetery was taken in 1900. | Source: Cleveland State University, Michael Schwartz Library, Special CollectionsDownload Original File
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Cleveland State University, Michael Schwartz Library, Special Collections
