In the 1890s, as Cleveland's industrial growth and population boomed, the Euclid Avenue corridor in the city's downtown area began its transformation into a commercial district. Perhaps in response to this commercialization of what had been a residential neighborhood in his boyhood, Levi Scofield decided in 1897 to move out of downtown. He purchased six plus acres of land near Quincy Avenue and Woodland Hills Road on the city's southeast side, located on a bluff overlooking the Fairmount Reservoir. This section of the 1898 Cleveland Atlas depicts the mansion which he built there in that same year, and its proximity to the Reservoir. Levi Scofield resided in this neighborhood until his death in 1917. | Creator: Cleveland Public Library, Digital Map CollectionDownload Original File
