PRUTTON, CARL F. (30 July 1898-15 July 1970), chemical engineer and educator, was born in Cleveland to Daniel and Julia Seelbach Prutton. He attended Purdue University (1915-16) before serving in Mexico with the Natl. Guard., graduated from Case School of Applied Science (See: CWRU) in 1920, and joined the school's faculty as an instructor in chemistry.
The PUBLIC AUDITORIUM was opened in 1922, the fourth building completed in the MALL area. At the time, it was the largest such convention hall in the country. The auditorium was an important factor in bringing the REPUBLICAN NATL.
PUBLIC HEALTH. The underlying responsibility of the CLEVELAND BOARD OF HEALTH, to promote a healthy environment and improved quality of life through community action, has not changed since the first board was constituted in 1832.
PUBLIC HOUSING. As early as the 1810s, visitors to Cleveland commented on the wretched housing conditions. After the CIVIL WAR, as thousands of European immigrants were attracted to the growing city by opportunities for work, Cleveland's slums grew along with its population.
PUBLIC HOUSING CORP. See PUBLIC HOUSING.
PUBLIC SAFETY. When Cleveland received its first city charter in 1836, it had only about 6,000 people, and its leaders did not see any great need for elaborate instruments to preserve public safety. In general, Cleveland, like its neighbors Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago, and Milwaukee, followed the lead of eastern cities such as Philadelphia in matters of governmental structure and services offered.
PUBLIC SQUARE marks the center of the City of Cleveland. The "Original Plan of the Town and Village of Cleaveland," prepared in 1796 by the CONNECTICUT LAND CO., called for a 9.5-acre public square bisected by 2 wide streets, Superior and Ontario.
PUCKETT, NEWBELL NILES (8 July 1898-21 Feb. 1967), educator, sociologist, and folklorist, was born in Columbus, Miss., to Willis Newbell and Matilda (Boyd) Puckett. He received his B.S. (1918) from Mississippi College at Clinton, and his Ph.B. (1920), A.M. (1921), and Ph.D. (1925) from Yale University.
PUEHRINGER, FERDINAND (2 Nov. 1841-15 Sept. 1930), impresario, conductor, composer, and teacher, came to America in 1863 from Vilma, Austria after having studied music with Franz Von Suppe. He became a professor of music at Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio, and came to Cleveland in 1872.
The PUERTO RICAN FRIENDLY DAY PARADE OF GREATER CLEVELAND first began in 1969.
PURITAS SPRINGS PARK, a popular west side amusement resort for 60 years, was built in 1898 by John E. Gooding of Painesville. It was located on the north side of Puritas Rd., overlooking the Rocky River Valley.
PURNELL, EDWARD WARD, M.D. (21 Feb. 1928-8 Oct. 1993) was a physician, surgeon, researcher, and director of Ophthalmology at CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY School of Medicine and UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND. During the 1960s and 1970s Dr.
PUTNAM, MILDRED OLIVE ANDREWS (19 June 1890/92-13 April 1984) and PETER ANDREWS PUTNAM (1925-1987) were art benefactors and philanthropists who funded numerous notable causes, including three projects in Sandusky, Ashtabula and Franklin and Pickaway Counties, Ohio, and who left a $37 million bequest in their wills to the Nature Conservancy, the largest non-profit land preservation group in the world.
PYKE, BERNICE SECREST (22 Mar. 1880-10 May 1964), the first woman ever elected a delegate to a national political convention and the first woman to serve in a Cleveland mayor's cabinet, was born Bernice Secrest in Frankfort, Ross County, Ohio. After high school graduation in Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1898, she attended Ohio Wesleyan University and received her A.B. degree from Smith College in 1902.
QUAYLE, THOMAS (9 May 1811-31 Jan. 1895), with his partner, John S. Martin, an important Cleveland shipbuilder, and Democratic city councilman, was born on the Isle of Man where he learned ship carpentry. Coming to the U.S. with his parents in 1827, he became an apprentice ship carpenter and entered into his first shipbuilding partnership in 1847 with John Cody.
QUINCY SAVINGS & LOAN. See CLEVELAND COMMUNITY SAVINGS CO.
QUINTRELL, MARY CORINNE (8 Jan. 1839-18 July 1918) was an educator in Cleveland public schools who introduced the phonic method of teaching reading, and a founder of the CLEVELAND SOROSIS SOCIETY.
RABB, JOSEPH EDWARD (26 March 1914 - 28 Dec. 1996) created a romantic persona as an exponent of gypsy music. The son of Joseph and Esther Szücs Rabb was born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and brought to Cleveland as an infant. Raised in Cleveland's Hungarian community (see HUNGARIANS), he was a graduate of John Adams High School.
RABBI ALAN S. GREEN/FRANCES GREEN RELIGIOUS SCHOOL. See TEMPLE EMANU EL.
RADDATZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH (25 Feb. 1880-29 July 1940) printing executive and Shakespeare scholar, was born in Cleveland, the son of Herman and Mary Ann (Peters) Raddatz. After graduating from ST. IGNATIUS HIGH SCHOOL, he attended St. Ignatius College (see JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY), receiving an A.B.
RADIO. In Cleveland, the development of radio went through 3 distinct phases: an initial, largely experimental period that gradually became commercialized; a second when radio flourished as a commercial medium; and the third following WORLD WAR II, when radio strove to cope with television and increasing competition within its own industry.
RAGGED SCHOOL. See CLEVELAND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL AND CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY.
The RAILROAD STRIKE OF 1877, part of a nationwide series of strikes that began on the BALTIMORE AND OHIO line and spread westward to competing lines, erupted in Cleveland when brakemen and firemen at the COLLINWOOD RAILROAD YARDS of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern (see
RAILROADS. While water traffic on both Lake Erie and the OHIO & ERIE CANAL did much to develop Cleveland, it took the appearance of the railroad to make the community's industrial takeoff a reality. From the 1860s to the 1960s, railroads served as the principal transporter of goods and people to and from the Forest City.
A RAILWAY HOSPITAL (1856-59) opened when Cleveland railroads cooperatively rented an abandoned water-cure (see HYDROTHERAPY) establishment on Lake St. and converted it into a hospital for company employees injured in accidents. Some private patients were admitted, usually gynecological cases. Dr. Seth R.
The RAINEY INSTITUTE, founded in 1904 as a settlement house, encourages self-confidence and self-discipline among HOUGH-area residents through music, dance and other arts programs. Eleanor B.
RAINEY, SHERLIE HEREFORD (3 Feb. 1939-7 Aug. 1992), mayor of WOODMERE (1985-89), was the first African-American woman to hold a mayoral position in Cuyahoga County. In 1991 she received the highest number of votes in the Woodmere Village Council race.
RALEIGH, NEIL J. (7 Sep 1930 - 11 Sep 2020) was a community volunteer who helped in 1978 to spearhead the St. Patrick Restoration Society, with the goal of preserving the 1871 church structure of ST.
RAMMELKAMP, CHARLES HENRY, JR. (24 May 1911-5 Dec. 1981), scientist and teaching physician who discovered that streptococcus bacteria causes rheumatic fever, was born in Jacksonville, Ill. to Charles Henry and Jeanette Capps Rammelkamp. He graduated from Illinois College with an A.B. (1933) and from the University of Chicago with an M.D. (1937). He was an assistant in medicine at Washington University in St.
The RANDALL PARK MALL was one of the world's largest enclosed shopping malls when it opened in 1976. It was built by the Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. of Youngstown, a major developer of shopping centers.
RANDALL PARK RACE TRACK was a noted horse track for runners and trotters for 60 years. With its neighbor, THISTLEDOWN RACE TRACK, Randall Park provided the village of NORTH RANDALL with its major industry.
RANKIN, ALFRED M. (19 July 1913-23 Jan. 1994), a corporate and estate lawyer by profession, was best known for his extensive commitments to community service, and especially for his work on behalf of the CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA.
RANNEY, RUFUS P. (30 Oct. 1813-6 Dec. 1891), lawyer and jurist, was born in Blandford, Mass., to Rufus and Dollie (Blair) Ranney. He moved to Freedom, Portage County, Ohio in 1824, and enrolled in Nelson Academy and later Western Reserve College (see CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY), but was unable to finish because of lack of means.
RANSOM, CAROLINE L. ORMES (1838-18 Feb. 1910) was a portrait painter born in Newark, Ohio, daugther of John and Elizabeth Ransom. She began her art education in New York, taught by A. B. Durand, Thos. Hicks, and Donald Huntington in landscapes, figure painting, and portraits. She then studied 2 years with Wilhelm von Kaulkoch in Munich. Ransom returned to America in 1860, setting up a studio in Cleveland.
RAPER, JOHN W. "JACK" (20 Feb. 1870-12 Dec. 1950), journalist, was born in McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio, son of John T. and Sarah Frances (Wolfe) Raper. He was raised in Chillicothe, where his father edited the Scioto Gazette. He began newspaper work at 19 and worked in several cities before joining the CLEVELAND PRESS in 1899.
RAPID RECOVERY PROGRAM. See CLEAN-LAND, OHIO.
RAPPE, LOUIS AMADEUS (2 Feb. 1801-8 Sept. 1877), first bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland, was born in Audrehem, France, to Eloi and Marie-Antoinette Noel Rappe. He studied at the college of Boulogne-sur-Mer and seminary at Arras, and was ordained in 1829. Rappe was a parish priest before becoming chaplain of the Ursuline nuns at Boulogne-sur-Mer, where he met Cincinnati bishop John B.
The 1965 RAT PROTEST was a demonstration held by the Citizens Committee for an Adequate Cleveland Community Action Program (CCACCAP), an interracial anti-poverty group of welfare rights activists. The organization marched downtown on 13 August 1965.
RATNER, LEONARD (1896-30 Dec. 1974), businessman, Jewish community leader, and philanthropist, was born Leiser Ratowczer in Bialystok, Poland, son of Moses and Pauline (Isonsted) Ratner. He received a Jewish education and entered the weaving trade. He immigrated to the U.S.
RATNER, MAX (26 Dec. 1907-31 May 1995), a business executive, Jewish community leader, and philanthropist was born Meyer Ratowczer, the son of Moishe and Pesha (Koppelman) Ratowczer in Bialystok, Russia (now Poland). He attended German- and Hebrew-sponsored schools in Bialystok. In 1920 he and his family, emigrated to America, following the lead of his brother Charles.
RAUCH & LANG CARRIAGE CO. See BAKER MATERIALS HANDLING CO.
RAUSCHKOLB, RUTH (ROBISHAW), M.D. (24 Nov. 1900-13 Jan.
RAWSON, BARBARA HAAS (28 Dec. 1918-21 Sept. 1990) was a prominent woman executive long active in civic and political affairs. She helped establish the Greater Cleveland Associated Foundation, which later merged with the CLEVELAND FOUNDATION. She was also the first woman appointed to the newly-created Ohio Ethics Commission.
RAWSON, LOUISE R. BARRON (31 Jan. 1843-24 June 1920) spurred the kindergarten movement in Cleveland as the third president of the CLEVELAND DAY NURSERY AND FREE KINDERGARTEN ASSOCIATION (1885-1908).
REAL ESTATE. The history of real estate development in Cleveland is the story of property owners who speculated on the economic future of the city and anticipated the effect of growth upon property values in different locations.
The REAL PROPERTY INVENTORY OF METROPOLITAN CLEVELAND (RPI) collected detailed statistics and issued reports about population trends, housing, manufacturing, retail business, and other aspects of life in the Cleveland area.