Clark - Fulton

CLARK / FULTON

Bounded on the North by Clark Ave.

Bounded on the South by Daisy and Poe Avenues

Bounded on the West by W. 49th St. (called Delaphine Street before 1906)

Bounded on the East by W. 25th St. (called Pearl Street before 1906)

The Clark-Fulton area was originally part of Brooklyn and Newburgh Townships. German immigrants were the first to settle in the Clark-Fulton area. They arrived during the mid 1800's. They were followed by Czechs, Italians, Slovaks and Poles. These immigrants were attracted to the area to work in the nearby industries in the Flats as well as the breweries that developed along Train Avenue. Businesses grew along Pearl Street (today West 25th Street) and Clark Avenue. The Scranton Road portion of the neighborhood holds MetroHealth Medical Center, which was established at its present location in 1889 as the City Hospital. This neighborhood also contains the Jones Home. This home for children is on land donated in the late 1800's by Carlos and Anna Jones. Marvin and Daisy Avenues were named after Carlos Jones' children. The Aragon Ballroom is also located in this neighborhood as well as Ceska Sin Sokol hall at 4314 Clark Avenue. This was a meeting hall for the Czech community. Milford Place is a new apartment complex located at the former site of Milford Elementary School. The Clark-Fulton area was changed dramatically during the 1960's and 1970's by the construction of I-71 and I-90. Schools in this neighborhood are Lincoln-West at 3202 West 30th and Thomas Jefferson at 3145 West 46th. The main shopping area is Clark Avenue and W. 25th Street. Also in the neighborhood is the Clark Recreation Center at 5706 Clark and Estabrook Rec Center at 4125 Fulton. This neighborhood is also home to the Cleveland Zoo.

MAIN ETHNIC GROUPS:

Germans, Czechs, Italians, Slovaks, Poles, Latvians.

NEARBY CEMETERIES: For a Spreadsheet showing where records can be found for the cemeteries mentioned below, see this site: http://usgenwebsites.org/OHCuyahoga/Cemeteries/index.html

Riverside Cemetery - 3607 Pearl Road, 216-351-4800 http://www.riversidecemeterycleveland.org/

Lutheran Cemetery

Brooklyn Heights Cemetery

Monroe Cemetery

Scranton Cemetery

Brookmere Cemetery

Denison Cemetery

Westpark Cemetery

Fir Cemetery

Willet Cemetery

St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery

CHURCHES: Click here to see church histories and possibly pictures of the churches below

https://sites.google.com/site/faqcuyahogactyresearch/cleveland-pastors-and-their-churches/cleveland-individual-church-histories

Bethany United Church, 3388 W. 41

Bethel Church of the Nazarene, 4121 Poe

Bethel Free Will Baptist Church 3354 Fulton

Blessed Sacrament, 3381 Fulton

Byelorussian Orthodox Church, 3517 W. 25th

Christ Lutheran, 3271 W. 43

Emmanual Apostolic, 2806 Daisy

Faith United Methodist, 3510 W. 41

St. Procop, 3181 W. 41

St. Rocco, 3205 Fulton

Calvary Baptist

Tabor Evangelical Association - Daisy Ave. and W. 41

St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran

Trinity United Church of Christ - W. 25th

Fourth Reformed and Evangelical

FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Ceska Sin Sokol hall at 4314 Clark

For this neighborhood, I decided to lay it out as if you were walking up and down the streets back in the day. We will start with Clark Avenue. The numbers are the addresses of the various businesses. Most of the businesses come from the 1936 City Directory which I thought would be representative of this area in its heyday. See how many you can remember!

CLARK AVENUE - STARTING AT SCRANTON

Northwest corner of Scranton and Clark - Cleveland Public Library

Northeast corner of Scranton and Clark - Czechoslovak Baptist Church

1914 Hubert Soukup plumber

1915 Alf Dennstedt dentist

1916 Wm. Saxton tires

1917 John Marthaller barber

1917 Frances Klein beauty shop

1921 Kibbee Painting Co.

1923 Clark - Elmer Eischen Funeral Home (in 1936)

1924 Clark - Wm. Hudlett Photography

WEST 20TH INTERSECTS CLARK

2000 Clark - Hall Baking (1936) - became Becker's Bakery

2000 Clark - Star Bakery (1936)

2103 Clark - Wilhelmy & Sons Florist (1936)

2400 Clark - Knights of Pythias Hall (1936)

WEST 25TH INTERSECTS CLARK

2510 Ethel Grossman beauty shop

2512 Albert Schnackle chiropractor

2608 Neighbor Plumbing Co.

2709 Oren George physician

2801 Chas. Battles physician

2903 Geo. Wentling signs

WEST 30^TH INTERSECTS CLARK

3002 John Schmidt tailor

3005 Frank Marotta shoe repair

3007 Albert Finelli barber

3024 Wm. Steffen hardware

3026 George Miller baker

3027 John Kundtz confectioner

3028 Baum Ice Cream

3032 Clark Bar Glass & Supply Co.

3042 Wm. Eifel meats

WEST 31^ST INTERSECTS CLARK

3102 Jos. Mayer plumber

3106 Jacob Rieth wallpaper

3109 Liberty Wallpaper Co.

3114 Jennie Moeller dry goods

3121 Michael Martuch barber

3123 Clark - A&P Tea Co. Grocery (1936)

3125 Henry Dedina meats

3126 Wm. Eckel baker

3127 Peter Kulka beer

3128 Jas. Baker radios

3129 Clark - Fisher Brothers Grocery (1936)

WEST 32^ND INTERSECTS CLARK

3200 Max Biel tailor

3201 Frank Troyan meats

3201 Marie Cuffari baker

3204 Giusto Calogiro barber

3209 Michael Sparrow sewing machine repair

3213 Robert Hendless drugs

3215 Frank Fruce tailor

3218 Berry Hayden Feed Co.

3222 Betty DeTardo beauty show

WEST 33^RD INTERSECTS CLARK

3300 Edwin Barlag dry goods

3301-05 Matthew Crisafi filling station

3308 Frank Reinhart cigar manufacturer

WEST 34^TH INTERSECTS CLARK

3402 Clark - Naples Hall (1936)

3404 Alt Heidelberg Singers

3420 Anthony Meyer baker

3421 Jos. Cizek meats

3423 Frank Caso grocer

FULTON INTERSECTS CLARK

Melvin Goldstein drugs

3497 Leonard Gage optometrist

3499 Wilbur Sawyer physician

3499 Anthony Zimmer dentist

3502 Ignatz Volcanoff drugs

3503 Clark - Dietz Baby Basket Co. (1936)

3519 Clark - Nicholas Cinotti Bakery - later became Mazzone & Sons Bakery

3710 Clark - Roth Brothers Provision Co. Sausage Manufacturers

3722 Clark - Walter Wadzuk Filling Station

WEST 38TH INTERSECTS INTERSECTS CLARK

3801 Clark - Pentecostal Italian Church

3805 Clark - John Putaturo Monuments

Clark Ave. between W. 38th and W. 41st - St. Mary's Cemetery

WEST 40TH INTERSECTS INTERSECTS CLARK

4011 Clark - Cleveland Sheet Metal & Eng. Co. (1936)

4015 Clark - General Printing Co. (1936)

4025 Clark - Aetna Savings & Loan (1936)

WEST 41ST INTERSECTS CLARK

4101 Standard Drug Co.

4103 Steven Nossal meats

4104 Pennlock Oil Inc.

4105 Barbara Moran restaurant

4105 Clark - Jindra Hall (estab. 1930) Weddings and funerals were held here. It also was a bar. A fictional book called "Sorrow's Anthem" speaks of this hall.

4108 Clark - Meat Dealers Supply Co. (1936)

4111 Ignatius Maniscalco deli

4112 Edward Feldman dry goods

4124 Adler Fuel Atomizer Co.

4124 Clark - Claus Furniture Co. (1936)

4201 Sirucek & Son Hardware

4203 Jos. Bachna Photography

4204 Clark - Clark Avenue Chapel (1936)

4207 Clark - Old Log Cabin Club

4208 Edward Womack Dentist

4210 Philip Campus Barber

4210 Clark - Spoerke Billiards

WEST 43RD INTERSECTS CLARK

4303 Paul Rusinko Ice Cream

4305 Clark - Zak Bros. Shoes (1936)

4313 Arnold Weissberg Grocer

4314 Clark - Ceska Sin Sokol Hall (A Czech hall built 1890)

4316 Clark - Cleveland Fire Dept. Engine Co. #20

4319 Jos. Kratochvil tailor

4320 Stephen Dianiska auto repair

4321 Paul Rasinko meats

4322 John Walek filling Station

4323 Clark - A&P Tea Co. Grocery

WEST 44TH INTERSECTS CLARK

4400 Clark - Meier & Sons Appliance Co. (1936)

4401 Clark - Peoples Savings & Loan (1936)

4405 Wm. Meinhardt fruits

4409 John Thomay shoe repair

4413 George Maraschky baker

4416 George Kovalchik barber

4418 Rudolph Schubert billiards

4419 Jos. Vacha dry goods

4501 Clark - J.C. Stepanek & Son Furniture and Funeral Home (1936)

4502 Clark - Old Pals Club

4515 Clark - Goodwill Industries

4521 Mary Zikes Drugs

4521 John Zickes Physician

WEST 46TH INTERSECTS CLARK

4618 Clark - Cleveland Public Library

4621 Klementina Picek baker

4624 The Dairette ice cream

4629 Jos. Zucker dry goods

WEST 47^TH INTERSECTS CLARK

4700 John Lazorko grocer

4701 Melvin Meether furniture

4711 Helenrose Kucera Beauty Shop

4715 Clark - Franklin Drug Co. (1936)

4718 Paul Dyr Barber

WEST 48TH INTERSECTS CLARK

4801 Jos. Pojman insurance

4810 Wm. Wooler restaurant

4811 Carl Homak meats

4811 Home Sausage Co.

4812 Wm. Retzer physician

4814 Albert Gregg dentist

4907 Cleveland Trust Building

WEST 57^TH INTERSECTS CLARK

5706 Clark - Clark Bathhouse (today the Clark Recreation Center.) The Clark Bathhouse was built in 1910. Bathhouses existed in Cleveland between 1900 and 1950. There were two types of bathhouses, those found at bathing beaches such as Euclid Beach, Edgewater Park and Gordon Park, and those that were built out of concern for Cleveland's poor people. They were built in working-class neighborhoods so that poor people had a place to go to bathe. With the beginning of indoor plumbing in the 1920s, which became commonplace in most homes, the need for bathhouses soon diminished. Between 1930 and 1950, the bathhouses were changed into recreational facilities. The Clark Bathhouse had separate entrances for men and women. Once it became Clark Recreation Center, it had a gym, as well as a pool where swimming lessons were offered. http://csudigitalhumanities.org/exhibits/items/show/3184

(current photo here: http://www.nhlink.net/neighborhoodtour/clark-fulton/ntour.htm)

FULTON ROAD BEGINNING AT CLARK AVENUE

3102 Vito Capotorto barber

3104 Michael Anguiliano tailor

3106 Guy Pollice shoe repair

3108 Blanche Yaresch beauty shop

3112 Dunk Donut Shop

3164 Johnny's on Fulton

TRENT AVENUE INTERSECTS FULTON

3166 John Faenza beer

3167 Accurate Stamp & Mfg. Co.

3167 Artex Knitting Mills

3167 Richard Pascoe brush mfr.

3167 DeLuxe Check Printers

3167 Rebel & Frank lamp shades

3167 Wittliff Furniture Brace Co.

3167 Weber Electric Works

3167 Becka Electric Co.

3167 Erick Dyeing Co.

3167 Fulton Machine Tool Co.

3167 Wardwell Mfg. Co. saw sharpening

3167 Cleveland Foods Inc. meats

THEURER AVENUE INTERSECTS FULTON

3172 Peter Mazzeo billiards

3176 Geo Palazzo dry goods

3180 Anthony Clanfarani grocer

3187 Patrick Frumzillo grocer

3190 Anthony Firara fish

G.A. Sauer Soap Factory at the corner of Fulton and Theurer's Court in 1903.

NEWARK AVENUE INTERSECTS FULTON

3193 Anthony Muscarella grocer

3195 Lucille Muscarella beauty shop

3196 Samuel Brucchieri beer

3205 St. Rocco's Church and School and Sisters of the Most Holy Trinity

3206 Peter First used rugs

NORTH COURT INTERSECTS FULTON

3215 Vincent Pompi grocer

HYDE AVENUE INTERSECTS FULTON

3218 Charles Lioce barber

3218 John Liece billiards

3220 Benjamin Enia grocer

3225 John Malasca Funeral Director

3228 Carl Winkler Filling Station

3233 Alex Klimkowicz Tires

3235 Stells Nezbeda confectioner

MEYER AVE. INTERSECTS FULTON

ROBERT AVENUE INTERSECTS FULTON

3271 Helen Minyo restaurant

3272 Karl Vcelka baker

3277 Jas. Janoviak beer

CARLYLE AVE. INTERSECTS FULTON

3290 Rudolph Malecha meats

3292 Charles Bosak Dairy - established 1909

3298 Kroger Grocery and Baking Co.

3303 John Lacina barber

3318 John Kothanek milk

3324 Louis Jindra funeral director

SACKETT STREET INTERSECTS FULTON

3335 Florence Mallory confectioner

3335 Albert Mallory printer

3336 Stanley Kloutsky grover

3338 Dariette Ice Cream

3343 Arthur Lau barber

3343 Marie Poltvint beauty shop

3344 Anthony Manfredi shoe repair

3344 Collins Carpet Cleaning Co.

3346 Jos. Santosuosso beer

3350 Chas. Nehonsky baker

3354 Matis Furniture Co.

3357 Val Vanecek hardware

3362 Phillip Kahane dry goods

3362 Letitia Teske beauty shop

STORER AVENUE INTERSECTS FULTON

3370 Jacob Rentschler meats

3380 Harriet Sweet beauty shop

3381 Blessed Sacrament Church

3389 Blessed Sacrament school

3394 Josephine Riha confectioner

3395 Wm. Horsch drugs

3397 Jos. Mosthof tailor

3398 A&P Tea Co. grocers

TROWBRIDGE AVENUE INTERSECTS FULTON

3417 Mildred Zarbock beauty shop

3421 George Ernest fruits

3423 Saml. Mutersbaugh barber

WOODBRIDGE AVENUE INTERSECTS FULTON

3461 Fred Glunz restaurant

MARVIN AVENUE INTERSECTS FULTON

3476 Edna McIlrath confectioner

3478 George Rentschler barber

3489 Daisy Flower Shop

DAISY AVENUE INTERSECTS FULTON

Northeast corner - current Police Station - originally greenhouses in 1903, a chicken farm in the 1940s

Southwest corner Standard Oil Co. filling station

3502 Richards & Sons movers

3505 Frank Kovar funeral director

3531 John Schuster grocer

BUSH AVENUE INTERSECTS FULTON

Northwest corner of Fulton and Bush - Dr. Risha

3534 Fisher Bros Grocery Store

3543 Elizabeth Gail beauty shop

3543 Leonard Muschna barber

3545 Lyceum Theater – The Lyceum opened in the 1930s and closed about 1978. On April 25, 1978, a pipe bomb blew a hole in the side of the Lyceum. In December of 1981 the Lyceum closed for good and The City of Cleveland purchased the property. It became the Fulton Branch of the Cleveland Public Library.

3547 Geo. Kalafat confectioner

3549 John Carlo confectioner

3551 Wess Sroub physician

3555 John Hruska restaurant

3555 John Schwetz shoes

3555 Margaret Lopez beauty shop

3559 Ladimer Pfleger hardware

ARNOLD COURT INTERSECTS FULTON

3562 Kroger Grocery & Baking Co.

3568 Anthony Paglia shoe repair

3570 Michael Vujaklija delicatessen

3574 Gem Variety Store notions

3576 Raymond Novy meats

POE AVENUE INTERSECTS FULTON

3579 Patrick McGurk filling station

3580 Eugene Jarolimek meats

3581 Adler Window Shade Co.

3582 Elmer Erlenmeyer upholstery

3590 Wm. Cilimburg electrical appliances

3595 Wilhelm Wolff barber

SMITH AVE. INTERSECTS FULTON

3596 Emanuel United Brethren Church

HODGSON INTERSECTS FULTON

3602 Albert Sullivan filling station

3609 David Jenkins filling station

3611 Jos. Stedronsky baker

3612 Louis Knittel confectioner

3616 Henry Jovich billiards

3620 Ladimer Kasper jeweler

3621 Elmer Kouba meats

3622 John Janko barber

3623 A&P Tea Co. Grocers

3624 John Lerch deli

LEADING AVENUE INTERSECTS FULTON

3627 Rose Carlo confectioner

3630 Lee Geer filling station

3633 - Joseph Hrudka restaurant

3647 John Fieg Plumbing and Sewering CO.

3651 Edward Zibell grocer

3653 Frank Antos meats

3659 Arthur Stroemple drugs

3659 Brookside Social Club

RIVERSIDE AVENUE INTERSECTS FULTON

3660 Michael Kowalcek confectioner

3662 Frank Becka tailor

3663 Frank Soucek dentist

3663 Paul Hasse physician

3668 John Dombromilsky baker

3672 Winsor Clark meats

3675 Buechler-Jaeger Sausage Co.

3677 Fisher Bros. Co. grocers

IRENE AVENUE INTERSECT FULTON

3681 Wm. Gerity florist

3687 Fabian Stampfer barber

3689 Geo. Zietlow music teacher

MAPLEDALE AVENUE INTERSECTS FULTON

3692 Mamie Blaszcza music teacher

3692 Shirley Mason dancing teacher

3695 Mapledale Food Shop

3696 Jas. Pelaia barber

3699-3701 Frances Ballacchino beer

3701 Bailey Ice & Fuel

3703 Gustav Gessler barber

3705 Ernst Junke hardware

3706 John Antel beer

3707 Concetto Cannavo shoe repair

3709 Doan Dry Cleaning

3711 Herman Steppke auto repair

3716 Carl Guinta fruits

3718 Emil Goebel meats

ARCHWOOD AVENUE INTERSECTS FULTON

3719 A&P Tea Co. grocers

3732 Victoria Ross beauty shop

3835 Ira Young filling station

Brookside Park

HOLMDEN AVENUE

J. Edward Cochran & Son Funeral Home 2327 Holmden Ave.

MEYER AVENUE

2329 Meyer - St. Matthews Lutheran School

2405 Meyer - Clover Paper Co.

Wojcik's Hardware corner of Meyer and W. 25th

2909 Meyer - Holtkamp Organ Factory - The Holtkamp Organ Company is one of America's oldest pipe organ builders. In 1855, G.F. Votteler opened a shop to make organs in Cleveland. Herman Holtkamp came from St. Mary's, Ohio to join Henry Votteler who was retiring. The company was then named Votteler Holtkamp Sparling Company. Herman’s son Walter took over in 1931 and the name of the company changed to Holtkamp Organ Company in 1951. In 1956, Walter Holtkamp Jr. joined the company. In 1987, F. Christian Holtkamp joined the company. Henry Holtkamp’s organs originally were found in Cleveland and nearby areas and then the business grew to selling organs in Pensylvania. While Walter Holtkamp Sr. was in charge the company grew and became known as one of the finest in the country. In 1995, Christian Holtkamp became President.

3002 Meyer - Helmut Meeke grocer

Meyer Pool at W. 30th and Meyer built in 1965-1966

A public school at the corner of Meyer and W. 30th - where the pool is today. Seen on Sanborn Maps in 1881.

Flag Factory

3033 Meyer - Bela Giresis confectioner

3221 Meyer - Peter Weser tailor

3235 Meyer - Columbia Refining Co. filling station.

Sinclair Gas Station at the corner of W. 33rd and Meyer.

F. Weigel Slaughter House and Sausage Factory on the southwest corner of Meyer Ave. and W. 34th in Sanborn.

SACKETT - named after Alexander Sackett (1814-1884)

Sewing and Button shop at Sackett and W. 25th

2909 Sackett - Jos. Douglas beer (1936)

2909 Sackett - Alex Zarichny Grocery (1936)

3047 Sackett - Jos. Kerka Meats (1936)

3062 Sackett - Jacob Boyaggi Jeweler (1936)

3130 Sackett - Eilert Brewing Co. (1936)

W. 31st and Sackett - Bellini's Barbershop

W. 31st and Sackett - Watch repairshop

3229 Sackett - Peter Michalenko Confectioner (1936)

W. 32nd and W. 33rd and Sackett - Brighton Pop Factory and Ice House (Sanborn 1912) (Called bottling and beverage)

W. 32nd and W. 33rd and Sackett - Turner Hall and Bar (1903 Sanborn)

3323 Sackett - Mary A. Hranka Confectioner (1936) Mary's Corner Store

3349 Sackett - Sackett School (on the south side of the street between W. 33rd and W. 34th)

SCRANTON AVENUE BEGINNING AT SEYMOUR:

2920 Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church

CASTLE INTERSECTS SCRANTON

3001 Scranton - Southeast corner – Lincoln High School (1936)

WALTON INTERSECTS SCRANTON

3038 Arthur Bozes confectioner

CLARK AVENUE INTERSECTS SCRANTON

Northwest corner Cleveland Public Library South Branch

Northeast corner Czechoslovak Baptist Church

Southwest corner St. Michael’s Catholic Church

3101 Hejna Dry Cleaning Co.

3111 A&P Tea Co. Grocery

KINKLE INTERSECTS SCRANTON

3131 Charles Assad Filling Station

3140 St. Michael’s Catholic School

PRAME INTERSECTS SCRANTON

Southwest corner – South Presbyterian Church

ALTHEN INTERSECTS SCRANTON

3183 Charles Lemischuk beer

BUHRER INTERSECTS SCRANTON

3189 George Szeles Meats

3202 Spiros Stratis baker

3211 Fred C. Hieber Funeral Director

HOLMDEN INTERSECTS SCRANTON

3239 Shell Petroleum Filling Station

BRAINARD INTERSECTS SCRANTON

Northwest corner St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church

MEYER INTERSECTS SCRANTON

3264 Andrew Scuba Grocer

CORNING INTERSECTS SCRANTON

CLOVER INTERSECTS SCRANTON

SACKETT INTERSECTS SCRANTON

VALENTINE INTERSECTS SCRANTON

3340 Sarah Behner Confectioner

3394 Thomas Thomey confectioner

3393 Cleveland City Hospital, previously known as the City Infirmary or City Hospital, and later MetroHealth. This hospital was established in 1837 and is Cleveland’s oldest hospital.

Across from City Hospital was The German Publishing House in 1886. Its address was 991 Scranton Road, but that was before the addresses and street names changed in 1906.

3396 Arthur Adam Barber

TROWBRIDGE INTERSECTS SCRANTON

3400 Standard Oil Filling Station

AIKEN INTERSECTS SCRANTON

3453 Socony Vacuum Oil Co. Filling Station

MARVIN INTERSECTS SCRANTON

EGLINDALE INTERSECTS SCRANTON

3488 Michael Sahley Grocer

3492 Wm. Riedel Meats

3493 Jean James Beauty Shop

3505 George Kanpowich Filling Station

TITUS INTERSECTS SCRANTON

VIEW INTERSECTS SCRANTON

EVELYN INTERSECTS SCRANTON

3573 Albert Ahlers Filling Station

ROBANA INTERSECTS SCRANTON

3579 A.R. Bahr Lumber Co.

3583 Jos. Yacso Lawnmower Repair

3587 Lewis Zychowski Auto Repair

WEST 25^TH STREET INTERSECTS SCRANTON

In 1896 on the east side of Scranton at the "V" of Scranton and Pearl was Holmes Shepherd Lumber, a marble works, and a bank.

WEST 25TH STREET BEGINNING AT WALTON AVENUE

3032 Valeriano Bellini Barber

3040-44 Rehburg Hardware

3054-58 Schubert Co. Department Store

3062 Abrahamsen Jeweler and Optometrist – later became Mirka’s Jewelers

3069 Cleveland Fire Dept. Hook and Ladder #5

3070 Lippy's Shoes

3081 Leader Dry Cleaning

3093 Honecker Building - Stan Baumgardner dentist and Charles McKelvey

3094 Fishers Grocery

3095 Anthony Lavdas Restaurant

Woolworth (north of Clark) had the talking blackbird Gabby

CLARK AVENUE INTERSECTS W. 25TH

3100 Honecker & Rehburg Drugs

3101 Marshall Drugs

3104 Cleveland Trust/Pearl Street Bank – Built 1929

3109 John Kerrigan restaurant

3110 James Melcher Beauty Shop

3111 Hyman Zimmer Hats and Charmont Permanent Wave Shop

3115 South Side Savings & Loan

3120 Gustav Jearos shoe repair

3120 West 25^th - Garden Theater by the bank at Clark and W. 25th – The Garden Theater opened in 1925. It was never a first-run theater, and was usually open only on the weekends. They played second or third run films or double features. There were children’s matinees on Saturday and Sunday. Most films were horrors, or Elvis Presley films, but major films were shown as well, such as “West Side Story”. Over time it became run down near the end of its life. The theater closed in 1969 and the Garden Theater was torn down soon after.

3121 Cleveland Railway substation

3124 Lincoln Savings and Loan

3128 Reliaber Fur. Co.

3129 Sam Reiter Beer

KINKLE INTERSECTS W. 25TH

3130 Nicholas Schleimer barber

BUCKLEY CT. INTERSECTS W. 25TH

BLATT CT. INTERSECTS W. 25TH

3149 Arthur C. Behnke confectioner

3153 W. 25^th – Southern Show which later became the Paris Art Theater. Originally called the Southern Theater, it opened in 1918, showing westerns and comedies. It was renamed the Paris Arts Theater Picture Show about 1967, when it began showing x-rated movies and closed in the late 1990s.

3156 Carl E. Walter notions

3157 Harry E. Hess beer

PRAME AVENUE INTERSECTS W. 25TH

Southwest corner of Pearl and Prame – carriage works in 1903

3158 Salvation Army Social Service Store

3160 Mary Kowalsky restaurant

3161 Goodyear Service Stores

3164 Giacomo Pallotta locksmith

3170 W. 25^th – Aragon Ballroom – northeast corner of W. 25^th and Althen. The Aragon Ballroom building was built circa 1905. It opened in October of 1930. Prior to that location, it was in a former roller rink at 3139 W. 25^th Street near Clark Avenue. Big names played at the Aragon – Glenn Miller, Guy Lombardo, The Andrews Sisters, to name a few. As with most dance halls, radio broadcasts occurred weekly and continued into the 1960s. The Aragon was declared a historic site by the Cleveland Landmarks Commission in 1980. It was sold in 1987. The new owner tried to revive it in 1991 but was not successful. The Aragon was Cleveland’s last surviving ballroom from the big band era.

3172 Charles C. Wentz used cars

3179 Winter Garden Amusement Co.

3186 Allen Frank billiards

3187 W. 25^th – 9^th Precinct Police Station, jail, and patrol barn – at the southeast corner of Pearl and Althen. This became Boystown in 1903, a facility to combat juvenile delinquency.

3194 Fisher Bros. grocers

3198 Earl Smith meats

3199 Geo. W. Herrman mover

3200 Geo W. Sennish used cars

3201 Erie Motor Sales

3211 Frank Peters filling station

The following businesses were in this general area but I do not have an exact address for them:

Cooley Dodge Dealer

Sinclair Gas Station

Rose’s Dress Shop

Kroger

Royal Castle

A&P

Clark Department Store

Stan’s Photography Studio

HOLMDEN AVENUE INTERSECTS W. 25TH

3212 G.B. Ehrman Co. autos

3217 Anthony Laviano shoe repair

3227 S.W. Mather funeral director

3220 German Beneficial Union

3231 Alvinas Bunner barber

3236 Arendt's Hall Jacob J. Arendt restaurant

3253 C.L. Kaufmann & Sons Co. furniture

3256 Lion Knitting Mills – This company was founded in 1912 by Louis and Harold Ensten on Power Avenue. The mill produced knitted goods for the military and the private market. They were known for their varsity sweater and for their woolen watchcaps for the U.S. Navy during World War I. Lion Knitting Mill moved to 3256 West 25^th Street in 1921. They employed the skilled immigrants living on the near west side. During World War II, almost all of its production was for the military. After the war, Lion moved to producing sweaters made of cashmere and lambswool. By 1965 they changed their products to mostly cotton sweaters, selling to Brooks Brothers, L.L. Bean, and Eddie Bauer. They also began making afghans and baby blankets as well. In the early 1980s they built a distribution center in Strongsville. It closed in 1990.

MEYER AVENUE INTERSECTS W. 25TH

3259 Jefferson Dry Cleaning

3260 Henry Helms drugs

3261 Paul Kucera used burniture

3264 Jos. DeWilde beer

3267 Michael Santusso beer

3269 May Watters ice cream

3274 A.Z. Mechl appliances

3275 Wm. N. Gimbel bowling - Wildwood Club – later became Dickey’s Lanes. There was a parking lot for this on Meyer between 25^th and Scranton.

3280 Klein Auto Body

3285 Ralph Ulrich filling station

3295 Peter Gostranchuk beer

3297 Paul Nitsche shoe repair

3305 C.L. Kaufmann & Sons Funeral Home

3308 Karl Pansler Funeral Director

3228 Jerry Fatone barber

Also in this general area were:

Comet Bar

Coppers Bar

CJ’s Restaurant

Master Music

Belkins Men’s Store

SACKETT AVENUE INTERSECTS W. 25TH

The Greek’s Drugstore – West 25^th across from Sackett - the best phosphates around!

3336 Mary Hrabak dry goods

3345 Joseph Pinzone barber

3346 Jacob Campbell auto repair

3347 Sandra Greco beauty shop

3352 Charles Vargo tailor

3353 Jas. Vantora plumber

3354 Albert Bergen Building & Supply wall paper

3366 Theo. P. Winter beauty shop

3366 John Parobek shoe repair

3369 Paul Makowski magazines

3372 Fisher Boys Egg Distributors

3372 Ludwig Herling filling station

3374-80 J. Poly & Sons printers

3382 Herman Schink tailor

3384 Wm. C. Lingg wallpaper

3388 Leland Richmond barber

3388 Marjorie Carroll beauty shop

3390 Flandermeyer & Gerland drugstore

TROWBRIDGE AVENUE INTERSECTS W. 25TH

3400 A&P Tea Co.

3401 Kroger Grocery and Baking Co.

3402 Seago 5 cent and 10 cent store

3404 Vera Terefaj beauty shop

3408 Harold Kuschmeader fruits

3416 Wm. M. George baker (George's Bakery)

3420 Frederick W. Petersen meats

3420 Humphrey & Friedhoff fruits

3421 Lumini Displays

3425 Brickman Cheese Co.

3426 John Kundtz confectioner

Northwest corner of Trowbridge and Pearl – a blacksmith in 1886.

Southwest corner of Trowbridge and Pearl – horse sheds and flour feed in 1886.

WOODBRIDGE AVENUE INTERSECTS W. 25TH

3435 Carl Carpenter restaurant

3436 Truchon & Hardy filling station

3438 Aero-Maid Baking Co.

3442 Peter Fischer barber

3443 Henry Moeller upholstery

3443 Leo Seibert Radio repair

3444 Frank Covert dancing school

3448 Peter Fischer barber

3450 Ross Greco shoe repair

3453 Harry Whittle signs

3454 John Hunter billiards

3455 Marvin-W. 25th Realty Co.

3456 Frederick Daum restaurant

3457 Wm. O. Ziemer physician

3457 Chas. S. Bobofchek dentist

3459 Willard Peden drugs

3460 Matthew J. Pollock meats

MARVIN AVENUE INTERSECTS W. 25TH

Lenny’s Car Repair - Wenzel

3465 Andrew McCue filling station

3466 Ward Tome confectioner

3468 John Buyer florist

3472 Norman Melcher meats

3474 Fisher Bros. grocery

3475 John Smolin hardware

3476 Max Hilbert baker

3477 Albert M. Carper barber

3478 Bailey Cleansers Inc.

3479 Wm. Miskar confectioner

3480 A.W. Stark Co., plumbers

3482 Mayme Soldat gift shop

3483 Steven Migasko tires

3485 Karl Haussman eggs

3487 Arnett-Boland Battery & Ignition Co.

3488 Denison Square Garage Co.

3491 Chas. Tomasello shoe repair

DAISY AVENUE INTERSECTS W. 25TH

3518 The Jones Home. It opened on December 15, 1887 as the Jones School & Home for Friendless Children. It was an orphanage and foster care home. (Today it is called Applewood Centers). Carlos Jones, the Mayor of Brooklyn Township, donated the land in the late 1800s and founded the home. The corporation was formed in 1886 along with Rutherford B. Hayes, Isaac Lamson and Samuel Sessions from Lamson & Sessions obviously. The Jones Home appears on the 1896 Sanborn Maps. It was built in 1902 and is on the Cleveland Landmark's Commission list. Other streets in the area, Marvin and Daisy, were named after Carlos Jones’ children. They began with a small cottage on West 25^th at the corner of Library Avenue and accepted nine children. However, it quickly grew, adding dormitories for up to 50 children. The large building that we see and know so well at 3518 West 25^th at Daisy Avenue opened in 1903 and became a Cleveland Landmark in 1984. Originally, it was the policy to only admit white Protestant children. Each child was given a bible when they left, and children were placed with adoptive families in rural areas only.

3525 Trinity Evangelical Church

LIBRARY AVENUE INTERSECTS W. 25TH

3539 Edwin Esper autos

3549 LeRoy West auto repair

3550 Calvary Baptist Church

3552 Lena Wenzel antiques

3553 Edw. F. Bauer radiator repair

3558 Bernard Weber poultry

3567 Ernest Christenson filling station

POE AVENUE INTERSECTS W. 25TH

In 1896 on Pearl between Poe and Dover was Giessen’s Beer Garden with a pavilion and bowling alley.

3570 Wm. Schneider beer

3576 Gustav Linsenmann filling station

3586 David Railshack barber

SCRANTON AVENUE INTERSECTS W. 25TH

3590 Charles Schwartz printer

DOVER AVENUE INTERSECTS W. 25TH

3600 Witthuhn's Flower Shop

3602 Christopher Wilhelmy Florist

3604 John Kral tailor

3607 Riverside Cemetery

WEST 30^TH – (BRIGHTON STREET BEFORE 1906)

Brooklyn Street Railroad Co. was north of Meyer on the Sanborn Maps.

Lincoln West High School, 3202 West 30th Street between Althen and Meyer. Originally, the land that Lincoln West stood on was all homes. The original Lincoln High School was on Scranton Rd. The current school on W. 30^th was built in 1970 and was a merger of the old Lincoln and West High Schools.

WEST 32^ND – (LOUIS STREET BEFORE 1906)

John Kettle Malt House on W. 32nd south of Clark on the west side of the street in 1896.

German Reformed Church on W. 32nd south of Clark on the west side of the street in 1896.

3327 W. 32nd - Joe M. Bastian beer - (Northeast corner of W. 32nd and Sackett)

3332 W. 32nd - Angelo Dallaia Restaurant - (Southwest corner of W. 32nd and Sackett)

3345 W. 32nd - James Jirik Baker (southeast corner of W. 32nd and Sackett)

Fourth Reformed Church on the Northeast corner of W. 32nd and Woodbridge.

WEST 33RD – (PLEASANT STREET BEFORE 1906)

Pleasant Street has an interesting unknown geographical history. Throughout my research, I found some interesting court cases that described the terrible pollution that occurred from too many people dumping waste into Walworth and PLEASANT RUN. Where was Pleasant Run? A search of Heritage Quest books for Walworth Run hits upon the Annals of Cleveland. There was a case against E. Knippenberg who lived on Pleasant Street. He is a relative of mine, and quite an influential man in this neighborhood. A map at the Cuyahoga County Archive shows that E.H. Knipenberg owned all the land between W. 32^nd (Louis St.) and W. 33^rd (Pleasant St.), south of Clark Avenue. Just north of there is Walworth Run. Though maps don’t show Pleasant Run, I have to assume that it is a small creek just south of Walworth Run that dumped into Walworth Run.

3121 W. 33rd - North Italian Club founded in 1927 - beautiful club with mosaic tile and shiny hardwood floors. Italian immigrants built it in 1933. Today it is the Puerto Rican social club called Club San Lorenzo. They purchased it in June of 2008. There were bocci courts in the back and a fresco in the basement. It is on the Cleveland Landmark's list. For many years, membership was only open to those with a northern Italian background - from Venezia, Giulia, Tirolo, Veneto, Lombardia, Piemonte, Liguria, Emilia, Umbria, Marche, and Toscana. Only men were allowed to be members, and in 1934, the Women's Auxiliary was created. The building was built by the members in their spare time. It was completed in 1934 and today is a historical landmark. In the 1970s, the membership dropped from 200 to 108 because of people leaving the neighborhood, and in the early 1970s the club opened membership to all Italians. By the 1990s membership was about 50.

3160-3170 West 33^rd – Northern Ohio Blanket Mills. This building was built in 1889 and lies between Paris and St. Rocco. It is on the Cleveland Landmark’s list. This building also housed The Beckman Company. In 1936, 3160 W. 33^rd was the Industrial Laundry Company. In 1936, 3166 West 33^rd was Cleveland Tool & Die Company and High Quality Mushroom Company. In 1936, 3170 W. 33^rd was Anchor Rubber Products.

Northern Ohio Woolen Mills - The F. Muhlhauser Co. This company was on W. 33rd south of Clark on both sides of the street, but north of Theurers in 1896. The address was 3160 W. 33^rd St. The Northern Ohio Woolen Mills or The Beckman Company was founded in 1880 in Cleveland. The first factory was destroyed by fire in 1888 and a new building was constructed the next year. By 1900 it claimed to be the largest horse blanket manufacturer in the world. It expanded into blankets for the new automobile industry and blankets for home use. It appears the Mill closed in 1928, with the Beckman Company continuing in other interests. Frederick Muhlhauser was the founder of the Northern Ohio Woolen Mills. He was born in Switzerland in 1841 and came to the United States at the age of seven. In 1867 he came to Cleveland and three years later established the Northern Ohio Woolen Mills. He died in Cleveland in 1893 at the age of 51. He was a member of the Cleveland Board of Education and founder of the Pearl Street Savings & Trust Co.

Beckman & Co., Northern Ohio Woolen Mill, Corner of Pleasant St. and Clark Ave.

Source: Industries of Cleveland: trade, commerce and manufactures for the year 1878.

The City of Cleveland and all Northern Ohio have reason to be proud of her manufacturing interests, and of no one concern moreso than of the Northern Ohio Woolen Mill. This now extensive mill, was started in 1871 as a regular woolen mill by E. Knippenberg; in 1872 it became Knippenberg, Beckman & Co., and in 1873 Beckman & Co. In the spring of 1875 the mill was burned down, being rebuilt on a much larger scale the same year, and made, as nearly as possible, fire-proof. In the rebuilding a special eye was had to the sole manufacture of shoddy, which constitutes the whole of their industry at the present time, being, in extent, over three times as large as any other similar manufacture in this country. They today carry a stock of $50,000, employ a capital of over a quarter of a million, and do an annual business of nearly half a million of dollars, against about $90,000 in 1873. There are five separate buildings on the premises, which, with their appurtenances, cover two and a half acres of ground. The warehouse, for raw stock, is 40 by 100 feet; the sorting rooms, where stock is being manipulated, 40 by 140 feet; the dye house and drying rooms 38 by 75 feet; two picker rooms 48 by 50 feet,; the carding rooms, 50 by 85 feet; and the engine and boiler house 50 by 60 feet. One onerous engine, of 100 horsepower with a cluster of three boilers, furnish the power necessary, and therefore 12 men, 20 boys, and 160 girls and women employed. There is each month disbursed among them the sum of $3,000, $1,000 worth of water being annually converted into steam from the boilers of this mammoth concern. One striking feature of this establishment is the perfection of its machinery; in the carding room especially there is a line of shafting 100 feet long, which is perfection itself in the steadiness and smoothness of its movement. The shoddy manufactured by this house is made from new woolen cloth clippings, from the tailor, the dressmaker, and other sources, and when the process is complete of reducing the cloth back to its native state, it is difficult to tell it from the finest quality of wool. This shoddy is used very extensively by manufacturers, a good quality being worth thirty cents per pound, and makes a very fine quality of cloth for cloaks, undershirts, felt hats, and the poorer quality for shoe and rubber lining. Their trade extends over every portion of this country. It is a partnership concern, the owners being Judge E. Hessenmueller, who is one of our oldest citizens, coming here about 1836, H. Beckman, who was born in Germany in 1835, coming to the United States at the age of 22 years, F. Muhlhauser, the general manager, secretary, and treasurer, is a native of Switzerland, where he was born in 1842, coming to this country in 1848. He lived in New York until 1866, since which time he has been a resident of our city. He has control of all departments, and has managed the affairs of the house with great skill and success.

Northern Ohio Blanket Mill

The Northern Ohio Blanket Mill was founded by Herman Beckman Sr. in 1880 on West 33^rd St. Before 1906 this street was called Pleasant Street. The company made wool horse blankets and carriage robes and at one time was the largest manufacturer of horse blankets in the nation.

The original structure was destroyed by a fire in February 1888. Four years afterwards the factory was rebuilt. The plant shut down for a short period during the nationwide financial Panic of 1893. The New York Times reported on Dec. 15, 1893 that the Northern Ohio Blanket Mill "will resume operations on Jan. 2, 1894 in all its departments, giving employment to 250 men."

After the start of the 20th century and despite the increasing number of horseless carriages motoring along the nation's streets, the horse blanket-maker expanded in 1912 toward Fulton by constructing the mills' largest building. The blanket mills went out of business in 1928.

The site was used by an industrial laundry company in the 1930s, stayed vacant in the 1940s, was home to a furniture maker in the 1950s, served as an American Greetings Co. warehouse in the 1960s and was the site of a plumbing supply company in the 1970s.

Northern Ohio Blanket Mill Eyed for Redevelopment (July 3, 2009 Sun Newspapers)

A factory that was the nation's largest maker of wool horse blankets and carriage robes could soon be redeveloped into apartments and offices. The Northern Ohio Blanket Mill, much of which was built in 1889, is located at 3160 W. 33rd St. The city's Landmarks Commission recently voted to give the site historic landmark status. That's a big step toward making the site eligible for the National Register of Historic Places as well as for state historic tax credits. The credits would be sold to help finance renovation of the buildings and grounds, which were purchased in 2008 by Green Apple Limited Liability Corp. for $300,000, according to property records from the Cuyahoga County Auditor's office. The owner of Green Apple is Derek Ng. In 2008 he also bought the adjacent Lin Omni Center, 3167 Fulton Road. In 1912, the Lin Omni was the last building built as part of the Northern Ohio Blanket Mill, said preservation consultant Steven McQuillin. He is part of a redevelopment team managed by Ng which includes developer James Sosan and architect Doug Wahl. Sosan's projects include the Metro Lofts, 3307 Scranton Road, Detroit Avenue Lofts, 2800 Detroit Ave., and the Franklin Lofts in Ohio City's former YMCA, 3200 Franklin Blvd. "It's a passion of mine," Sosan said, looking ahead to renovating the Northern Ohio Blanket Mills. "I think it will be a nice project." The brick structures, the oldest of which date to 1889, have heavy timber framing. McQuillin said those structures also have some unusual wood truss roofs. The property is zoned for semi-industrial use. The 2020 Citywide Plan proposes the site for mixed-use/live-work units, according to city documents. Considering the project is still in its early stages, Sosan said he doesn't know when renovations work may start or what the total project cost would be. However, Ng has started moving tenants out of the three connected buildings totaling 125,000 square feet on the 2-acre site in anticipation of the renovations. One tenant, Custom Metal Fabricators Inc., has been there since the 1980s. The smallest building on the site could be demolished. It was home to a piano restoration business many years ago but the vacant building may be too deteriorated to save, McQuillin said. The Northern Ohio Blanket Mill was founded by Herman Beckman Sr. in 1880 on West 33rd, then-called Pleasant Street. However the original structure was destroyed by a fire in February 1888. Four years after the factory was rebuilt, the plant shut down in the nationwide financial Panic of 1893. The New York Times reported on Dec. 15, 1893 that the Northern Ohio Blanket Mill "will resume operations on Jan. 2, 1894 in all its departments, giving employment to 250 men." After the start of the 20th century and despite the increasing number of horseless carriages motoring along the nation's streets, the horse blanket-maker expanded in 1912 toward Fulton by constructing the mills' largest building. The blanket mills went out of business in 1928, McQuillin said. The site was used by an industrial laundry company in the 1930s, stayed vacant in the 1940s, was home to a furniture maker in the 1950s, served as an American Greetings Co. warehouse in the 1960s and was the site of a plumbing supply company in the 1970s, he added. A similar collection of historic buildings exists on the east side of West 33rd. Originally built for the Northern Ohio Woolen Mills in the 1870s, it's now home to R&L Metal Spinning Co., Rollers Car Club and the Cleveland Roll Forming Co.

Martin Teufel Slaughter House on the west side of West 33rd between Roehl and Theurer in 1903.

WEST 34TH

Theurer Norton & Co. Pork Packers and pig pens between Rhodes (Fulton) and Pleasant (W. 33rd) on the south side of Theurer in 1896.

WEST 41ST (BURTON BEFORE 1906)

3181 W. 41st - St. Procop

CLARK AVENUE INTERSECTS W. 41ST

3115 Frank Kouba Auto Body Mfr.

3125 Jindrak Bros. Monuments

3181 W. 41st - St. Procop Church - Southeast corner of Trent and W. 41^st

NEWARK AVENUE INTERSECTS W. 41ST

3202 Henry Kohout Hardware

3204 David Nabas Confectioner

3206 Roy Merkle Meats

3210 Fisher Bros. Grocery

3211 Henry Schieve Milk

3212 George Mitchell Barber

ROBERT AVENUE INTERSECTS W. 41ST

3257 Berghaus Flowers

3266 Henry J. Dress Funeral Home

3289 Thomas F. Charvat Physician

CARLYLE AVENUE INTERSECTS WEST 41ST

3318 Martin Claus Optometrist

SACKETT AVENUE INTERSECTS WEST 41^ST

STORER AVENUE INTERSECTS WEST 41^ST

Southwest corner of Storer and W. 41^st – Bethany Evangelical Church

TROWBRIDGE AVENUE INTERSECTS WEST 41ST

3417 Dorothy Kozsey Beauty Shop

3438 Fisher Bros. Grocery

WOODBRIDGE AVENUE INTERSECTS WEST 41ST

3444 Gustave Lau Barber

3448 Jos. Heidinger Shoe Repair

3452 Emil Franz beer

3457 John Henderson Hardware

3468 Anton Knezinek Baker

3467 Helen Johanek Beauty Shop

MARVIN AVENUE INTERSECTS WEST 41ST

3470 Aug. E. Novy Meats

3471 Julius Berholz confectioner

3480 Walter Crouch Physician

DAISY AVENUE INTERSECTS WEST 41ST

3500 Frank Bowden Physician

3501 Carl J. Gundling filling Station

3510 Tabor Evangelical Church

3525 Lothar Franquet Filling Station

3527 Oscar Otcasek Tires

3529 Chester Roswurm Dentist

BUSH AVENUE INTERSECTS WEST 41ST

3530 Wenceslaus Sroub Physician

3530 George Ralph Dentist

3530 Edward Roy Physician

3532 Otto Gray Drugs

3538 Kozak Hall (beer)

MAPLEDALE INTERSECTS WEST 41^ST

FULTON ROAD INTERSECTS WEST 41^ST

WEST 44TH (GAUGE before 1906)

No information yet.

WEST 46TH (MILFORD BEFORE 1906)

3530 W. 46th - Milford Elementary School (now Milford Place condos/apartments

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES FROM THE PLAIN DEALER:

February 7, 1889 - A BIG FIRE. The Northern Ohio Blanket Mill Burned. Loss Estimated at $100,000. The Mill of F. Muhlhauser Narrowly Escapes. - At 3:30 a.m. an alarm of fire was rung in box 172 and in a short time the heavens off towards the South Side were brilliantly lit up by the flames from the burning buildings of the Northern Ohio blanket mill, occupying two three-story brick buildings at No. 29 Pleasant Street between Clark Avenue and the ravine. The mill was operated by Beckman, Senior & Co., and manufactured common wool and shoddy blankets. The buildings fronted 100 feet and were 200 feet deep, with a 10-foot passageway between. In them was a large quantity of machinery, a great part of it imported from England used for picking, carding, and other purposes. The fire broke out in the northwest corner of the picker room and rapidly burned through the whole establishment, being filled with very inflammable material throughout. At 5:20 the mill had completely burned to the ground, and only the bare and blackened walls remained standing. The loss in mill and machinery is estimated at $100,000, with $80,000 insurance. Seventy-five to eighty girls and women and sixty men are employed and had been working overtime, and most of them were leaving or had left the building. The mill of F. Muhlauser & Co., opposite, narrowly escaped with $500 damage. The dwelling of J. Jerousch, No. 27 Pleasant Street was burned for a loss of $800, and Mr. Senior thinks the fire started here. The house of Mrs. Balone, occupied by her daughter-in-law Mr. Vradda was partially burned, with a loss of $200. A great crowd from every direction gathered at the scene and remained until all was over. No casualties were reported.

2-8-1889 THE NORTHERN OHIO MILL FIRE – The Plain Dealer’s Estimates of Loss and Insurance Were Correct – The account of the fire in the woolen mills of Beckman, Senior & Co. in the special edition of the Plain Dealer yesterday morning was complete and accurate and there is little to add to it. When the fire department was engaged at the little blaze on Main Street, and before the engines could get to Beckman, Senior & Co.’s mill the flames had gathered great headway. Starting, as near as can be ascertained, in the picking room in the rear of the building, the flames were swept through the building by a heavy wind blowing from the west. The bales of oily wool and blankets furnished fuel to the fire, and all efforts to get it under control were fruitless. In the front of the building the wall is left standing one story high and in the rear the walls remain three stories high. The iron smokestack, over the engine room, and the tall brick chimney did not fall, while the only part of the mill that was not completely ruined is the drying room. Here considerable of the machinery can be saved. Only last Monday the firm began working day and night, being rushed with business. They had orders for blankets which would have kept the mill running full blast for nine months. The delay in filling these orders will be the greatest source of inconvenience to the firm, the actual loss being no serious embarrassment. Beckman, Senior & Co., propose to rebuild just as fast as the work can be done and hope to have another mill running before the winter is over. Last fall the insurance on the mill was only $40,000, and this was then doubled. The loss to F. Muhlhauser & Co. on their mill just across the street is between $5,000 and $7,500. It was almost a miracle that this mill escaped total destruction. The flames from the Northern Ohio blanket factory were swept directly onto the Muhlhauser mill, and it was only by the superior advantages of the company that the mill was saved. The firm assisted the fire department with their own hose and furnished about 40 men to help fight the flames. At noon, the ruins prosecuted a curious sight. The men, women and young girls who had been thrown out of employment were out in full force, peering into the interior of the building and commenting on the probably origin of the fire. In many places the timbers were yet blazing and smoke was still rising in considerable volume. Three firemen were there with two lines of hose and will remain until night. Mr. Beckman first learned of the fire at 8:30 yesterday morning.

5-4-1889 WOOLEN BUSINESS - A Prosperous Industry Here – Big Plant of the Northern Ohio Blanket Mill. Cleveland is pushing its way to the front in the business of manufacturing woolen goods. Several mills are now in operation here, although the business was hardly recognized a few years ago. The owners of the rebuilt Northern Ohio Blanket Mill on Pleasant Street, which was burned down on February 7, say that they will begin operations shortly in the best plant on the American continent. The new building is a three-story brick 70x160 feet. The building was put under roof in 27 days and operations will begin late in this month. Machinery by the carload is arriving daily and with the beginning of work four sets of cards, 40 broad looms and eight mules will be in operation. The demand for the material manufactured in Cleveland is very heavy just now, all of the mills being several months behind orders.

Berghaus Florist at W. 41st and Robert

Clark Avenue Bathhouse 1910

Clark Avenue Bathhouse

Northeast corner of W. 41st and Bush Ave.