Named for Nathaniel Doan, an early landowner and entrepreneur who settled in the area in the late 18th century, Doan Brook ran from present-day Shaker Heights northwestward to Lake Erie. At the time of this photo, Doan Brook had yet to be culverted as it flowed through the University Circle area and appears as the dark shadow in in the foreground. At the turn of the 20th century, the Doan's Corners district was still only a small commercial node. Within two decades it would become the city's "second downtown." The building at center (on the south side of Euclid Avenue) was then the home of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The Fairmount Court Hotel (on the north side) appears just to its right and was the future site of Fenway Hall. | Date: ca. 1900 | Source: Cleveland Public Library Photograph CollectionDownload Original File
