MILES AVE. CHURCH OF CHRIST, at 7166 Dunham Rd., WALTON HILLS, originated in 1835 at a DISCIPLES OF CHRIST meeting at Col. John Wightman's farm on Harvard Ave. near Broadway in NEWBURGH. Preachers Alexander Campbell, William Hayden, A. B. Green, and M. S.
MILES PARK was originally the public square of the village of NEWBURGH. Created when county surveyor AHAZ MERCHANT plotted the village in 1850, the park and commons at Gaylord (E. 93rd) and Walnut (Sawyer) streets were the site of a town hall in 1860.
MILETI, NICK JAMES (19 April 1931-21 August 2024) was an attorney and sports magnate in Cleveland, who founded the CLEVELAND CAVALIERS and built the
MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART. See JOINT VETERANS COMMISSION.
MILL CREEK, a tributary of the CUYAHOGA RIVER that formed part of the southern boundary of old Newburgh Twp., provided the area with the waterpower that made early NEWBURGH more prominent than Cleveland. Near the present Broadway and Warner roads, the stream dropped more than 40' and abruptly turned to form 3 falls. In 1799 Wheeler W.
MILLER, BILL “MR STRESS” (1 January 1943 – 19 May 2015), was a significant blues vocalist and harmonica player.
MILLER, DAYTON CLARENCE (13 Mar. 1866-22 Feb. 1941) was a pioneer user of x-rays. Born in STRONGSVILLE, Ohio to Charles Webster Dewey and Vienna Pomeroy Miller, he was raised in BEREA and graduated from Baldwin University (BALDWIN-WALLACE COLLEGE) in 1886.
MILLER, MILDRED (16 Dec. 1924–29 Nov. 2023) was a prominent mezzo-soprano with New York’s Metropolitan Opera Co.
MILLER, RAYMOND THOMAS (10 Jan. 1893-13 July 1966), head of the CUYAHOGA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY for over 20 years, was born in Defiance, Ohio, to Martin E. and Anne Riley Miller. He received his LL.B. degree from Notre Dame University (1914), and moved to Cleveland to practice law. In the Ohio Natl.
MILLER, RUTH RATNER (1 Dec. 1925 - 26 November 1996) was a civic leader, businesswoman, and philanthropist who was responsible for the rebuilding and renovation of TOWER CITY CENTER in the mid-1980s. Born in Cleveland to Lillian (Bernstein) and LEONARD RATNER†, she earned a B.S.
MILLIKEN, WILLIAM M. (1889-14 Mar. 1978), second director of the CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, was born in Stamford, Conn., to Thomas Kennedy and Mary S. Mathewson Milliken. He graduated from Princeton University (1911), and was assistant curator of the Dept. of Decorative Art in New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art before serving in the U.S.
MILLIS, JOHN SCHOFF. (22 Nov. 1903-1 Jan. 1988), president of WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (1949-67), strengthened its teaching of sciences and centralized university services and faculty.
MILLS, JOSHUA (1797-29 Apr. 1843), pioneer physician and mayor of Cleveland (1838-39, 1842), was born in New England. After an education in medicine, he came to Cleveland as a physician in 1827. Once established, Mills opened what was to be the most successful pharmacy in the city.
MILSTEIN, CARL (2 May 1924 - 7 Nov. 1999) was a prominent developer and self-made millionaire who built homes in Brook Park in the 1950s and later built high-rise apartment complexes. Milstein was born in Cleveland to Ida (Rosen) and Morris Milstein, who ran a poultry business. He graduated from John Adams High School and briefly attended Ohio State University.
MIMS, A. GRACE LEE (17 July 17 1930 – 3 October 2019) was an educator, a musician, and an advocate for African-American culture. She was born in Snow Hill, Alabama, to Arnold Wadsworth and Alberta Grace (Edwards) Lee. Hers was a musical family. Her father, a band director, played the cornet; her mother was a classically trained pianist. In the 1970s, A.
MINOR, NORMAN SELBY (19 July 1901-15 May 1968), noted criminal trial attorney under whom a number of Cleveland's prominent black attorneys, including Merle McCurdy and Louis and CARL STOKES, trained, was born in Oak Park, Ill., to Arthur and Rebecca Walden Minor. He came to Cleveland when he was 4.
MINTZ, LEO (1911-4 Nov. 1976) was instrumental in the development of ROCK 'N' ROLL with Alan Freed and making Cleveland the "capital of Rock 'n' Roll." Mintz founded Record Rendezvous in 1938 at 214 Prospect Avenue and moved to 300 Prospect Ave. in 1945.
MISS MITTLEBERGER'S SCHOOL (ca. 1877-1908) was one of Cleveland's most prominent schools for young women. The school had its beginnings in Miss Augusta Mittleberger's home, where she began conducting private classes for young women. With the death of her father in 1877, Miss Mittleberger moved to larger quarters. In 1881 she was offered a house owned by JOHN D.
MITCHELL, L. PEARL (June 1883-6 Sept. 1974), civil-rights activist, was born in Wilberforce, Ohio to Amanda M. and Dr. Samuel T. Mitchell, president of Wilberforce College, from which she received a bachelor's degree.
MITCHELL, THEODORE (5 May 1835-2 March 1910) Congressional Medal of Honor recipient for service during the CIVIL WAR, was born in Tarentum, Pa. and enlisted in the 61st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in PIttsburgh 1 Aug. 1861. Private Mitchell remained with the 61st. throughout the war, participating in the final assault on Confederate troops at Petersburg, Va.
MITTAL STEEL USA is the American subsidiary of Mittal Steel Company N.V., headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, which as of 2005 was the world's largest steel producer. Mittal Steel was formed from the merger of Ispat International and the International Steel Group, Incorporated (ISG) in 2004.
MIZER, CONRAD (12 Jan. 1857-28 May 1904) was a tailor whose chief contribution to Cleveland was his promotion of summer band concerts in public parks. Mizer asked the city for $5,000 to finance a season of music, and met with resistance not only from the city, but also from ministers who wished to keep the Sabbath free from nonreligious activities.
MLAKAR, FRANK (May 15 1913-1967) a Slovenian-American author, was born in Cleveland, Ohio to SLOVENE parents. His parents had arrived separately to Cleveland in 1907, and married in 1910.
MOELLMAN, CARL FREDERICK (19 Aug. 1879-3 July 1950) combined an artistic temperament with business acumen to become one of the area's foremost lithographers. Born in Cincinnati, he was the son of Charles and Mary Frey Moellman. His father was associated with the U.S. Lithograph and Playing Card Co., headed by an uncle, John H. Frey.
MOLEY, RAYMOND (27 Sept. 1886-18 Feb. 1975), professor, presidential advisor, and director of the CLEVELAND FOUNDATION, was born in Berea, Ohio, to Felix James and Agnes Fairchild Moley. He attended Baldwin University (1902-06) and received an A.M. (1913) from Oberlin College and a Ph.D. (1918) from Columbia University in political science.
MOLYNEAUX, JOSEPH B. (1 Jan. 1840-23 Apr. 1925), volunteer Civil War officer and secretary of the Cuyahoga County Soldiers & Sailors Monument Commission, was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., son of Thomas and Margaret (Twamley) Molyneaux. He came to Cleveland before the CIVIL WAR, and became a printer.
MONCOL, ANDREW JOHN (3 Dec. 1877-16 March 1974), pastor of St. Cyril Congregational Church (1922-39), wrote and published articles in local and national Czech newspapers. An active participant in ethnic affairs among CZECHS, he was supreme trustee of the Slovak National Society of America and Canada (1910-12).
MONITOR CLEVELANDSKI could trace its origins back to Polonia w Ameryce (Poland in America, est. Jan. 1892), Cleveland's first Polish newspaper. Located on E. 65th St., the original weekly was edited by John Malkowski and included among its incorporators such Polish-American businessmen as Stanley Lewandowski, MICHAEL KNIOLA, and Matt Dluzynski.
The MONROE ST. CEMETERY has remained public under 3 jurisdictions: Brooklyn Twp., OHIO CITY, and Cleveland. Brooklyn Twp. acquired its cemetery when JOSIAH BARBER and his brother-in-law, RICHARD LORD, sold part of lot no. 69 in Jan.
MONROE, WILLIAM T. (May 18, 1926 - November 23, 2015) practiced law for sixty years, serving as the Law Director for the City of Euclid and donating legal work for 35 years to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, a Catholic diocesan missionary initiative.
MONTEFIORE HOME, dedicated in June 1882 as the Sir Moses Montefiore Kesher Shel Barzel Home for the Aged and Infirm Israelites, was founded by the Jewish fraternal order Kesher Shel Barzel. The original building, which formerly housed the Cleveland Protestant Orphan Asylum, cost $25,000 and was located at Woodland Ave. and E. 55th St.
MONTENEGRINS settled in Cleveland during three periods: the turn of the century (1890-1914), after World War II (1945-1922), and after the dissolution of Socialist Yugoslavia in 1992 (Montenegro became officially independent from the State Union of Serbia-Montenegro in 2006). Most Montenegrin immigrants who arrived in the first wave were uneducated peasants.
The MONTESSORI SCHOOLS in Cleveland offer an alternative education to children ages 3-14. Cleveland was one of the first cities in the U.S. to have a Montessori school, which is based on teaching concepts developed by Dr. Maria Montessori of Italy. In 1907 she established a school for disadvantaged (mostly poor) children in Rome, believing that they could learn more effectively through self-motivation.
MONTGOMERY REV. ANZO (13 July 1918-8 Aug. 1991) worked in Cleveland to help gain civil rights for AFRICAN AMERICANS, while serving first as pastor of the Lane Metropolitan Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (1965-78) and then as general secretary of evangelism for the denomination (1978-82). He helped register voters in Cleveland with Dr.
MONTRESOR, JOHN (22 Apr. 1736-26 June 1799), an engineer in the British Army in North America between 1754-78 and a member of Bradstreet's Expedition into the Lake Erie region, conducted the first preliminary survey of the CUYAHOGA RIVER.
MONUMENTS. What a city may think of itself is expressed, in large part, by the monuments it chooses to build. The emphasis, the mix of subject matter, the recurrence of themes establish a mood and convey a message to those who reside there and those who visit, and give a city its character.
MOONEY, MICHAEL PATRICK (22 Oct. 1866-6 Sept. 1936), an attorney known as "M. P.", served the city of Cleveland in various legal capacities and participated in the statewide charter movement.
MOORE, DAN TYLER, Jr.(1 Feb. 1908-11 Feb. 1998) drafted the Ohio Securities Act, served as a spy during WORLD WAR II, and was a prominent lecturer and writer. Moore was born in Washington D.C., where his father, Dan Tyler Moore Sr., served as a military attachi to President Theodore Roosevelt.
MOORE, EDWARD W. (1 July 1864-8 May 1928) was a Cleveland businessman with interests in regional traction companies and public utilities. The son of Philip and Abbie Moore, he was a native of Canal Dover in Tuscarawas Cty., O. He came to Cleveland in 1880 with only a common-school education and began as an office boy in the banking house of Everett, Weddell & Co.
MOORE, GEORGE ANTHONY (8 Feb. 1914 - 28 Feb. 1997) was a pioneer for African-American employment in the fields of daily metropolitan newspapers as well as in television. The Cleveland native was the son of Sylvester and Marie Moore, a laborer and domestic worker, respectively. He was enrolled at ST.
MORAN, REV. FRANCIS T. (16 Feb. 1865-19 Oct. 1929), Roman Catholic priest and civic leader, was a nationally-known writer and lecturer. He served as pastor of ST. PATRICK'S PARISH (1901-28) and rector of ST. MARY SEMINARY (1928-29). Moran was born in Valparaiso, IN, to Katherine Kelleher and Peter Moran.
The MORELAND COURTS are a range of luxury apartment buildings without peer in the city. Occupying an entire block 1,500 ft. long on Shaker Blvd., they were conceived as part of the plan that eventually became SHAKER SQUARE. Construction was begun in 1922 by JOSIAH KIRBY of the Cleveland Discount Co.
The village of MORELAND HILLS (inc. 9 Sept. 1929), is a 7.5 sq. mi. residential suburb located approx. 14 miles east of Cleveland.
The MORGAN LITHOGRAPH COMPANY was established by William J. Morgan (1838-1904) and his younger brother, George W. (1843-1905) in 1864. The Morgan brothers' parents emigrated from Wales in 1842, first settling in Pittsburgh before arriving in Cleveland in 1854. Both brothers were veterans of the Civil War, during which William served as a captain in the CLEVELAND GRAYS.