The Overlook of Cleveland and Cleveland Heights

by Marian J. Morton

Overview

Railroad tycoon turned real estate developer Patrick Calhoun named the premier residential boulevard of his Euclid Heights allotment the Overlook because of its location high on a bluff overlooking Case School of Applied Science, Western Reserve College, Lake Erie, and the city of Cleveland. By 1910, the boulevard was lined with the mansions of Cleveland's wealthy and powerful. Today, although traces of the Overlook's glory days remain, most of its great mansions are gone, replaced by apartment houses and the dormitories and fraternity houses of Case Western Reserve University. This is the story of that transformation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738578224
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	05/24/2010
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,133,641
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

The photographs in this book are gathered from the Western Reserve Historical Society, the archives of Case Western Reserve University and Ursuline College, the Special Collections of Cleveland State University, Nottingham Spirk Design, and other private collections. Marian J. Morton is Emeritus Professor of history at John Carroll University; this is her fifth book for Arcadia Publishing.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6

Introduction 7

1 Turn-of-the-Century Cleveland: 1880-1900 9

2 Founder and First Families: 1890-1910 23

3 Second Generation: 1910-1929 49

4 Declining Fortunes: 1929-1949 71

5 New Residents: 1950-1975 85

6 Change and Continuity: 1975-2009 101

Epilogue 121

Bibliography 126

Index 127