The earliest commercial development at the Chagrin-Lee intersection in Shaker Heights' Moreland neighborhood appears to have been Gillette Tavern. Census and deed records reveal that no later than by 1880 the tavern was being operated on the northeast corner of Kinsman and Lee Roads by Alonzo Gillette, the son of Alonzo and Rachel Gillette. Another source--the obituary of another child of Alonzo and Rachel Gillette-- suggested that it was first opened by Alonzo Gillette, Sr. several years before his death in 1867. The tavern appears to have been closed in the early twentieth century while the land upon which it was located was owned by the Kubach family. This photograph was taken in 1905. | Source: Shaker Heights Public Library, Local History CollectionDownload Original File
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Shaker Heights Public Library, Local History Collection
