In 1898, the Women's Christian Temperance Union purchased this house--known as the Sheldon House--on the southwest corner of Duane Avenue (West 32nd Street) and Franklin Boulevard. It would be the organization's first west side training home for "friendless girls." This article from the February 2, 1899 edition of the Cleveland Plain Dealer announces the upcoming opening of the house. The WCTU later sold the house to German (Fairview) Hospital which used it as a nurses home. The house was later razed. | Source: Cleveland State University, Michael Schwartz Library, Special CollectionsDownload Original File
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Cleveland State University, Michael Schwartz Library, Special Collections
"First West Side Training Home" appears in: Cogswell Hall
