Because the storm lacked the funnel shape characteristic of a tornado and was not in contact with both the ground and…

As the principal benefactor of the Holden Arboretum, Albert Fairchild Holden (1866-1913) was a wealthy mining executive…

In early 1910, as a result of financial problems and lawsuits which delayed completion of construction of his building,…

The Cleveland Trust Company Building’s outer pediments were designed by Karl Bitter. The ones facing Euclid Avenue…

Herman Pirchner donated a collection of public art from Alpine Village to Lorain County Community College. The colorful…

The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing is a renowned unit of Case Western Reserve University. The school opened in…

This pair of bronze Tyrolean dancers adorns a building on the campus of Lorain County Community College. Herman Pirchner…

Each year since its inception, the Heritage Home Tour has produced an official poster. This one from 1983, with the…

The Argyle, a 1,008-square-foot Sears model introduced in 1916 for a mere $881, was a Craftsman bungalow whose front…

The Ratner School, originally designed as Brith Emeth Temple by Edward Durell Stone in 1966, calls to mind the…

International Salt Company opened a salt-mining operation on Whiskey Island in 1962. As described in a Plain Dealer…

Case Hall was completed in 1865. When the Ark's frame house was torn down in 1875 to build a new federal building on the…

San Francisco landscape architect and designer Lawrence Halprin, known best for his redevelopment of Ghirardelli Square,…

The son of legendary Republican kingmaker, Marcus A. Hanna, he was active in the M. A. Hanna Co., the family's mining…

The Kimberley brothers--Alexander, Frederick and David, serve as an example of immigrants who arrived in Cleveland in…

The Cleveland Indians walk off the field after winning the 1948 World Series by defeating the Boston Braves. Chief…

Joe DeCaro is shown working at his stand in the West Side Market. DeCaro's parents, Italian immigrants, started DeCaro…

This image shows the archway built in 1930 by August Nabakowski as it looks at present. Its materials include broken…

After the pipe was installed in 1930, access to the water from the Old Spring became easier, but by the 1960s the water…

The inscription of the monument commemorates the 7 million victims of the famine. It also places special importance on…

An ethnic Slovak living in Hungary during the period of Magyarization, 13-year old John Pankuch immigrated to America…

On the 60th anniversary of the Holodomor Famine, St. Vladimir's Ukrainian Orthodox Church decided to create a monument…

Mather was the grandson of one of the founders of the Connecticut Land Company that bought and surveyed the Western…