With an ever-growing population, the city of Lakewood found itself, in the mid-fifties, in dire need of more space for its burgeoning medical facility. The forgotten cemetery was the answer to this pressing need for more space, and the city of Lakewood finally convinced Wagar's descendents that economic progress was far more important than the preservation of historical space. The Lakewood Hospital, now part of the Cleveland Clinic, purchased the Wagar Cemetery from the city. However, the tenants of Wagar's cemetery would not remain silent: In 1957, parts of 54 human skeletons turned up during the excavation for a new hospital parking lot. | Date: 1957 | Source: Cleveland State Library Special CollectionsDownload Original File
Source
Cleveland State Library Special Collections
Date
1957
"Deceased Make Room for the Living" appears in: Wagar Cemetery
