CAUGHEY, DR. JOHN LYON, JR. (30 May 1904- 4 September 2001) was dean emeritus of student affairs and professor emeritus of medicine at CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY and an innovator in medical education who placed an emphasis on compassionate patient care. Born to John L., Sr.
The CAXTON BUILDING, erected in 1901-03, is one of the finest expressions of the tall steel-framed office building in Cleveland. The president of the Caxton Bldg. Co. was AMBROSE SWASEY, a promoter of the benefits of engineering to mankind.
CELEBREZZE, ANTHONY J. (4 Sept. 1910 - 29 Oct. 1998) served the public for 45 years as Ohio state senator, mayor of Cleveland, Cabinet member in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and federal judge. He was born in Anzi, Italy, to Dorothry (Marcoguiseppe) and Rocco (Cilibrizzi), a shepherd who moved his family to Cleveland after securing work on the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad as a track laborer.
CELEBREZZE, FRANK D. (May 12, 1899-August 21, 1953), assistant county prosecutor, parks director, safety director, and municipal court judge, was born in Cleveland, son of Rocco V. and Dorothy (Marcogiuseppe) Celebrezze (Cilibrizzi). The family returned to Italy in 1908 to find employment and Frank attended Italian schools. After they returned to Cleveland in 1912, Frank enrolled in Brownell School.
CELESTE, FRANK PALM (24 March 1907-9 Nov. 1988) was a real estate developer, housing expert and mayor of Lakewood from 1956-1964.
CEMETERIES, although meant for the dead, exist for the living, as artifacts of settlement effected by circumstances, custom, and style. Cuyahoga County's cemeteries, after 2 centuries, show variety. The more than 135 tallied recently include existing sites, cared for and abandoned, those relocated, and those only remembered.
The CENTER FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS, among the earliest federated charities in the United States, organized in Cleveland on January 7, 1913 as the Federation for Charity & Philanthropy.
The CENTER FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, created in 1970, has promoted the well-being of Greater Clevelanders through programs which have emphasized strengthening individuals and families. The voluntary, nonprofit agency has offered family and youth counseling, homemaker services for the ill, and CHILD CARE for children of working or ill mothers.
The CENTER FOR HEALTH AFFAIRS-GREATER CLEVELAND HOSPITAL ASSN. is an organization of Cleveland hospitals and health-care facilities which "develops and implements programs that assist members to provide quality service expeditiously and cost effectively." It was the first such hospital organization in the country to maintain a staff and meet regularly.
CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES See CENTER FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN.
CENTER FOR JEWISH EDUCATION. See JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND.
The CENTER FOR PASTORAL LEADERSHIP of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland was established in 1991. Situated on Euclid Ave. in Wickliffe, OH, the center is home to 4 of the diocese's ministerial formation programs. The center is located on property that once was the country estate of Cleveland steel magnate, Price McKinney.
The CENTER FOR THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE was formed as Women Together in August 1979 to provide emergency shelter and counseling for battered women.
CENTERIOR ENERGY CORP. See CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO.
CENTRAL is a Cleveland neighborhood located roughly between Euclid Avenue to the north, Woodland Avenue to the south, and between East 71th to the east and East 22th to the west. The neighborhood is named after Central Avenue (once Garden) that runs through its center.
CENTRAL ARMORY was erected in 1893 at Lakeside Ave. and Miami St. (now E. 6th St. opposite the present city hall. Built by the county to house units of the National Guard, it was also used for public events.
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL was established on 13 July 1846, ten years after Cleveland was incorporated and 15 years before the CIVIL WAR began. Central High was the first public high school in Cleveland and the first free public high school west of the Allegheny
CENTRAL MARKET, one of Cleveland's oldest markets, dates from Oct. 1856 when CLEVELAND CITY COUNCIL approved a market site at the intersection of Ontario, Woodland, and Broadway. The following year the council moved the Michigan St. Market there and built a markethouse completed by the city on 14 Sept. 1867.
CENTRAL PETROLEUM COMPANY (CEN-PE-CO) has done business in Cleveland since 1911. As one of the oldest and largest independent oil compounders in the U.S., company owners Paul Webster and Dave Stevenson have manufactured high quality industrial lubricants under their exclusive brand name from both their executive offices in Cleveland and Iowa City for over one hundred years. The company’s third generation owner, Paul T.
The CENTRAL VIADUCT, built between 1887-88, was a high-level bridge that linked the east and west sides of Cleveland. It stood where the Innerbelt Bridge (I-90) is now located. In Mar. 1879 Councilman Jas. M.
The CENTRAL VIADUCT STREETCAR ACCIDENT occurred on the dark, foggy night of 16 November 1895. CLEVELAND CITY RAILWAY CO. streetcar No.
The CENTRAN CORP. was one of the state's leading bank holding companies, with Central Natl. Bank as its principal affiliate. Central Natl., organized by JEREMIAH J.
CENTRO CULTURAL HISPANO DE CLEVELAND, INC. (HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER OF CLEVELAND), located in the Cleveland YMCA branch at 3200 Franklin Blvd., is a non-profit corporation whose mission is to preserve and develop the Hispanic Culture in Greater Cleveland through the arts.
CERMAK, ALBINA (4 Apr. 1904-22 Dec. 1978) was a lifelong Republican and the first woman to run for mayor of Cleveland. Born in Cleveland to Frank J. and Rose Cermak, she dropped out of nursing school to become bookkeeper-secretary-buyer in the family Cermak Dry Goods Co. In 1933 she became a bookkeeper for the city public utilities department; within 2 years, she was supervisor.
CERRI, NICOLA (30 Mar. 1875-4 Nov. 1954) widely known physician and Italian consul in Cleveland, was born in Avezzano, Italy, the son of Antonio and Mariannina (Jetti) Cerri. After graduating from Victor Emanuel College at Naples in 1892, he attended the University of Rome, receiving his medical degree in 1898 and practiced in Rome for a year.
CERUTI, JOSEPH (7 May 1912-26 Nov. 1993) was a renowned architect who designed numerous apartment buildings, homes, industrial complexes, libraries, schools and public housing projects (King-Kennedy) and a founding member who served 45 years on Cleveland's Fine Arts Advisory Committee (Design Review Committee).
CHADSEY, MILDRED (6 June 1884-3 Apr. 1940), prominent in local reform work, came to Cleveland in 1912 after graduating from the University of Chicago as the city's first housing commissioner, which included the duties of sanitary inspector. She used her authority and uniformed sanitary police to force landlords to repair plumbing, clean buildings, and provide fire protection.
CHADWICK, CASSIE L. (1857-10 Oct. 1907), Cleveland's most famous con artist whose trial drew world-wide attention, was born Elizabeth Bigley in Eastwood, Ontario, Canada. At 22 she was arrested in Woodstock, Ontario, for forgery, escaping conviction on grounds of insanity. In 1882, Bigley married Dr. Wallace S. Springsteen of Cleveland, but after 11 days was thrown out when her background was revealed.
CHAGRIN FALLS, incorporated as a village on 12 Mar. 1844, is a residential community located in Cuyahoga County at the "High Falls" of the Chagrin River; it occupies approx. 2.2 sq. mi., of which 57.5 acres are taken up by the river.
The CHAGRIN FALLS HISTORICAL SOCIETY was established in 1946 to preserve documents and artifacts relating to the history of CHAGRIN FALLS VILLAGE. Until 1965 the organization's collections were stored in the village hall and in the homes of its members. In that year the society acquired the Shute Memorial Bldg. at 21 Walnut St. through the bequest of Laura Shute.
CHAGRIN FALLS TOWNSHIP was created by the Board of Commissioners of Cuyahoga County in March 1845, a year after CHAGRIN FALLS VILLAGE was incorporated, on receipt of a petition from the inhabitants of the area. It is not one of the original townships of the WESTERN RESERVE.
The CHAGRIN HARDWARE COMPANY, originally known as Nettleton’s, was founded in January 1857 by Daniel Nettleton on Main Street in CHAGRIN FALLS, just north of the CHAGRIN RIVER. The original building was a three-story brick building, with the store on the first two floors and a Masonic Lodge on the third floor.
CHAGRIN HIGHLANDS is a 630-acre multiuse property in the vicinity of Harvard and Richmond Roads near I-271, 12 miles southeast of Cleveland.
The CHAGRIN RIVER has its headwaters above Bass Lake, near Chardon, in Geauga County. It rises at an elevation of 1,335' (above sea level), flows a distance of 47.9 mi., and empties into Lake Erie at Eastlake, in Lake County, at an elevation of 571'. The river flows in a southwesterly direction from its source to a place approx. 1 mi.
The CHAGRIN VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB, 4700 SOM Ctr. Rd., MORELAND HILLS, is a private, invitational organization. On 5 Apr. 1921, the Chagrin Valley Country Club Co. opened a 9-hole golf course built on part of the Mapes farm located east of SOM Ctr. Rd. Under the leadership of Harry D. Sims, the Chagrin Valley Country Club Co. was reorganized and incorporated on 27 Jan. 1925.
The CHAGRIN VALLEY HUNT CLUB, located in GATES MILLS, began in Sept. 1908 at a gathering at Tannenbaum Farm, the Waite Hill home of CHAS. A.
CHALIFOUX, ALICE (January 22, 1908 - July 31, 2008) was princicpal harpist with the Cleveland Orchestra from 1931-1974 and for many years was the Orchestra's only female member. Her performing style has been credited with elevating the harp out of its tradition as a quiet, background instrument. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Alice was the youngest of four children of Oliver Chalifoux and Alice Halle Chalifoux.
CHALOUPKA, ALOYSIUS W. (2 July 1886-May 1961), attorney, served as assistant prosecutor for Cuyahoga County (1919-20). Chaloupka was born in Czechoslovakia to Joseph and Anna Pleticha Chaloupka and came to Cleveland as a child. He attended St. Prokop's Parochial School and St. Ignatius College. In 1917 he received a law degree from the Cleveland Law School and began his law practice.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. See GREATER CLEVELAND GROWTH ASSN.
The CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING stood opposite the northeast corner of Public Square from 1898-1955. The president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1897 was Worcester B. Warner, and the building committee consisted of representative Cleveland businessmen. Anticipating the design and erection of several new public buildings in the area that would become the Mall, the committee intended that the Chamber of Commerce Bldg.
The CHAMBER OF COMMERCE-CITY PLAN COMMITTEE of Cleveland was an influential body, assuming "quasi-public commission" status. In 1899 this special committee began to investigate harmonizing the architectural styles of several proposed public buildings to be located in downtown Cleveland. Within 4 years it spearheaded legislation for and implementation of the Group Plan (see the MALL).
CHAMBERLAIN, SELAH (4 May 1812-27 Dec. 1890), a railroad developer involved in the iron industry and banking, was born in Brattleboro, Vt., to Selah and Abigail (Burnett) Chamberlain. He moved to Boston at 21 where he obtained business training as an apprentice in a grocery store.
CHAMBERS, WILLIAM F. (January 21, 1932 - May 31, 2004) was a community leader and operator of the family-owned Chambers Funeral Homes, Inc for almost 50 years. He was the oldest of four born to William F. Chambers, Sr (an Irish immigrant and founder of the Chambers Funeral Home in West Park) and Agnes (Chambers) Chambers.
CHAMPA, FRANK A. (2 Sept. 1908-24 Mar. 1993) was an area musician and accordionist who is enshrined in the Polka Hall of Fame in EUCLID. As a tavern owner, Champa helped to promote the Slovenian Hour which has played on various radio stations around Cleveland since 1961.
The CHANDLER & RUDD CO., specializing in fine foods and delicacies, has for many years been one of Cleveland's most distinctive grocery stores. The firm started as a grocery store in 1864 as the Jones-Potter Co. Wm. Rudd, one of the first employees, and Geo.
CHANDLER, NEVILLE (NEV) ALBERT JR. (2 Oct. 1946-7 Aug. 1994) possessed one of the most familiar voices in Cleveland broadcasting during his career as a radio and television sportscaster. He was born in LAKEWOOD, the son of Neville and Dorothy Chandler.
The CHANDLER-CLEVELAND MOTORS CORP. was established in 1926 by consolidating the Chandler Motor Car and Cleveland Automobile companies, both of which were founded by Frederick C. Chandler (12 July 1874-18 Feb. 1945). A native Clevelander, Chandler worked for the Cleveland Bicycle Co. of Henry A. Lozier, which began to make boats and later automobiles. In Jan.
CHAPIN, HERMAN M. (29 July 1823-24 May 1879), a businessman interested in libraries, was born in Walpole, N.H., to Nathaniel and Fanny Bowen Brown Chapin. He came to Cleveland in 1848 as a partner in the wholesale grocery warehouse of Chas. Bradburn & Co.
CHAPMAN, EDMUND HAUPT (14 Aug. 1906-14 Oct. 1975) was a professor of Art History and chairman of the department of Art & Architecture at CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (1946-1972), and author of Cleveland: Village to Metropolis.
CHAPMAN, RAYMOND JOHNSON "RAY" (15 Jan. 1891-17 Aug. 1920), a CLEVELAND INDIAN between 1912-20, was the last major-league player to die as a result of being hit by a pitched baseball. Born in Beaver Dam, Ky. but growing up in Herrin, Ill, during 1910-1911 he played baseball with Springfield and Davenport in the Three III League.