TAYLOR, DANIEL RICHARDSON (28 Mar. 1838-19 Aug. 1924), was a pioneer real estate agent, businessman, and Cleveland developer who recognized an existing relationship between community welfare and municipal development, a concept known today as "city planning".
TAYLOR, RICHARD S. (21 Sept. 1934-29 May 1993) union leader and community activist, was born in Maybeury, West Virginia, the son of Ralph and Ruby Taylor. He attended Elkhorn High School and served in the U. S. army before moving to Cleveland in the 1950s.
TAYLOR, SOPHIA ELIZABETH STRONG (5 May 1861-25 Sept. 1936) was principal owner of the WILLIAM TAYLOR & SON COMPANY department store from 1892 until her death. She was also known for her philanthropies, including St. Luke's Convalescent Home and missionary activities of the Presbyterian church.
TAYLOR, WILLIAM SON & CO. See WILLIAM TAYLOR SON & CO.
TEACHER EDUCATION. The history of teacher education in Cleveland reflects earlier national and state movements to begin normal schools, needed because of the establishment of the common school during the first half of the 19th century (1789-1860). Previously there was little or no interest in or need for teacher education. Teacher education in Cleveland can be traced to the 1830s.
The TEAMSTERS UNION, officially the Intl. Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen, & Helpers, is one of the largest and most powerful labor unions operating in Cleveland. Organized locally in 1912, Local 407 was chartered to unionize men employed as draymen and teamsters for hauling and delivery services.
TEBELAK, JOHN MICHAEL (17 Sept. 1949-2 Apr. 1985), composer of the musical Godspell, was born in Berea to John and Genevieve Tebelak. At age 9 he was active in the Berea Summer Theater. A choirboy at TRINITY CATHEDRAL, he was fascinated with the pageantry and drama of religion. At 21, he directed productions of Macbeth and Cabaret.
The TECHNICARE CORP., a leading manufacturer of medical diagnostic imaging equipment, began in July 1970 when a Massachusetts-based investment firm purchased Ohio-Nuclear, Inc., a Cleveland-area manufacturer of medical diagnostic equipment. Incorporated in Oct. 1958 by Donald W. Steel, it was known in its early years as Nuclear-Ohio, Inc.
TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH. Early Cleveland's household, agricultural, and industrial processes and devices were simply transfers or adaptations from elsewhere.
TELARC INTL., 23307 Commerce Park Rd., is a BEACHWOOD-based recording company organized in 1977 by Jack L. Renner and Robert E. Woods. Renner and Woods, both classically trained musicians, established the company to capture the growing audiophile market. The pair have continually been recognized for their quality classical music recordings.
TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONES. Cleveland's connection to the rest of the U.S. by telegraph line was a communications breakthrough essential to the city's commercial and industrial development. During critical years in the formation of the U.S. telegraph industry, pivotal officials resided in Cleveland.
TELEVISION. The first television station in Cleveland was also the first in Ohio. WEWS, Channel 5, went on the air the night of 17 Dec. 1947.
The TELLING-BELLE VERNON CO., the first dairy company in Cleveland to deliver milk in glass bottles, was created on 29 Jan. 1915 by the merger of the Telling Bros. Co. and the Belle Vernon Farms Dairy Co. Telling Bros. began as a 1-man milk route operated by Wm. E. Telling from 1891-93. In partnership with his brother, John C., he organized the Telling Bros. Ice Cream Co. in Dec. 1895 with a shop at 953 Willson Ave. (E.
TELLO, MANLY (25 Feb. 1842-4 Apr. 1905), lawyer and editor of the Catholic Universe, was born to Don John and Jane (Manly) Tello in Porto Santo, Madeira, Spain. He was educated at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass. and St. Charles Seminary in Maryland, and served in the Confederate Army until his capture by Union forces while carrying secret dispatches.
TELSHE YESHIVA grew from a small rabbinical school, opened in Cleveland in 1941, into an internationally renowned center for traditional Jewish Scholarship and learning. Established in 1875 in the town of Telsiai (also known as Telse), Lithuania, Telshe became one of the three largest yeshivot in Imperial Russia by 1900.
TEMPERANCE. Temperance reform in Cleveland—advocating abstinence from alcoholic beverages—illustrates the wide appeal and the diverse tactics of the national temperance movement from the 19th century until the passage of the PROHIBITION AMENDMENT to the U.S. Constitution in 1919.
TEMPLE EMANU EL, organized in 1947, was the third Jewish Reform congregation in Cleveland, formed almost 100 years after ANSHE CHESED and
TIFERETH ISRAEL, also known as the Temple, was established on 26 May 1850 and is Cleveland's second-oldest existing Jewish congregation.
TEMPLUM HOUSE, a nonprofit organization on Cleveland's west side, has provided shelter and community to "women and their children who live with family violence" since Oct. 1978. Sr. Loretta Rafter and Sr.
TEMPORARY HOME FOR THE FRIENDLESS. See BETHEL UNION.
TENESY, ROSE L. GERAK (19 June 1890-16 Aug. 1992), who claimed to have voted in every election since WOMEN gained the franchise in 1920, was the first woman ward leader for the CUYAHOGA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY (1920-40).
TENNIS. Tennis clubs were organized in Cleveland during the 1880s, and the first identifiable location for the sport was on the Billings' front lawn on the south side of Euclid Ave. and what is now E. 88th St. Hosting the games were Charles and Frank Billing, joined by Henry Wick, Harry Judd, Orlando Hall, and Sterling Beckwith.
TERMINAL TOWER. See CLEVELAND UNION TERMINAL and TOWER CITY CENTER.
TERRY V. OHIO was a landmark decision in the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court ruled that under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution, a police officer may stop a suspect on the street and frisk him or her without probable cause to arrest, if the police officer has a reasonable suspicion that the person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime and has a reasonable belief
The TETIEVER AHAVATH ACHIM ANSHE SFARD congregation (1909-59), incorporated in Sept. 1910, was founded out of the Tetiever Social & Benevolent Society. Around 1900 a small group of Russian Jews from Tetiev established the Tetiever Verein, later known as the Tetiever Social & Benevolent Society.
TETIEVER SOCIAL & BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. See TETIEVER AHAVATH ACHIM ANSHE SFARD.
TETIEVER VEREIN. See TETIEVER AHAVATH ACHIM ANSHE SFARD.
TEYRAL, JOHN W. (10 June 1912 - 17 Feb. 1999) was one of Cleveland's most acclaimed artists who exhibited in galleries across the country. He was born in Yaroslav, Russia to Mary (Kalleta) and Alexander Teyral. The family moved to Cleveland when Teyral was one. Growing up on the near west side, he took to art as a young boy.
THAYER, LYMAN C. (11 June 1821-23 Dec. 1863), attorney and volunteer cavalry officer, was born in Berkshire, Mass., son of Daniel and Mary Thayer. He was admitted to the bar in 1845, and became a well-known attorney in Boston. Moving to Cleveland in 1853, he formed a partnership in law with Geo. H. Wyman, with whom he was affiliated until 1856, when he formed a partnership with David Kellogg Cartter.
THAYER, RICHARD N. (5 June 1907-27 March 1992), leading engineer in the development of fluorescent lighting, was born in Pittsburgh the son of Horace and Abbie Lincoln Thayer. He attended high school in Scranton, Pa. and graduated from the University of PIttsburgh in 1928. After graduation, he came to Cleveland to work for General Electric Lamp Division at NELA PARK.
THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE REFORM OF OHIO ABORTION LAWS, headquartered in Cleveland Heights, was founded in 1967 and chaired by Richard A. Schwartz, MD. Schwartz was a psychiatrist at the Cleveland Clinic, who used psychiatry and women’s mental health as an argument in favor of abortion.
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CLEVELAND HISTORY is a collaborated effort between CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, THE WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, and the northeastern Ohio community.
THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY was founded in 1897 by Jerome Monroe Smucker in Orville, Ohio. Smucker’s is a manufacturer of jam, peanut butter, beverages, shortening, ice cream toppings, oils, and other products.
THE LIVING ROOM was founded in 1989 as a function of the LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER CLEVELAND, and served as a drop-in center for AIDS counseling and educati
The PONI-TAILS, (1956 - 1960) were an all-female American pop band that was active from 1956 until 1960. Its members included Toni Cistone, Patti McCabe, Karen Topinka and LaVerne Novak. The Poni-Tails are best known for their top 10 hit song “Born Too Late” released in 1958.
THE RASPBERRIES (1970 - 1975 and 2004 - 2007) were an influential American pop and boy band active from 1970 until 1975 then active again between 2004 through 2009.
The Raspberries formed in the early 1970s when Eric Carmen and Jim Bonfanti envisioned a band that would emulate music legends of the 1960s such as The Beatles and The Who.
THE TUDOR HOUSE is a three-story mansion located at 34001 Cedar Rd. in GATES MILLS which was built in 1924 for Industrialist, FRANCIS EDISON DRURY and his family.
THEATER. In a frontier situation, where the settlers must be self-sufficient, entertainment is usually a home-grown product. So it was in the village of Cleveland early in the 19th century, when amateur theater manifested itself. Playreadings and amateur performances, mostly in the schools, appear in the record with sufficient frequency to suggest that considerably more of the activity went unrecorded.
THEATRICAL GRILL was a memorable dining and entertainment venue located on SHORT VINCENT.
The THEODOR KUNDTZ CO. was a diversified manufacturing business specializing in wood products. Founded by Hungarian immigrant THEODOR KUNDTZ, the company operated as a sole proprietorship from 1878 until it was incorporated in 1915. The White Sewing Machine Co.
THIEME, AUGUST (1823-15 Dec. 1879) edited Cleveland's principal German-language newspaper, the Waechter am Erie (see WAECHTER UND ANZEIGER) for more than a quarter of a century. Born in Saxony, he received a doctorate from a German university and participated in the abortive Revolution of 1848 as a member of a rump parliament in Stuttgart.
THIRD FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSN. OF CLEVELAND, one of the largest savings and loans in Cleveland, has been a stable lending institution with headquarters in the Broadway area since 1938. Founded by BEN S. STEFANSKI with $50,000 in capital, Third Federal opened on 7 May 1938 at 6875 Broadway in Cleveland's Polish community.
The THIRD POLICE PRECINCT, better known as the "Roaring Third," was situated in the older neighborhood northeast of PUBLIC SQUARE at the turn of the century. As the commercial and residential activity of the city moved farther out, this inner-city area became the center of the city's gambling, drinking, and prostitution district. By 1900 gambling houses operated along Superior Ave.
Explore This Date in Cleveland History by clicking on each date below to see an Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry associated with the event that occured on that day.
THISTLEDOWN RACE TRACK (est. 1925) was the area's major horse running track in 1995. Built by John H. McMillen on land owned by Wilson B. Chisholm in the Village of NORTH RANDALL, Thistledown opened for 1 racing season beginning 20 July 1925; however, legal complications and management quarrels led to its closing in 1926. In 1928 Edward B.
THOMAS H. WHITE CHARITABLE TRUST. See THOMAS H. WHITE FOUNDATION.
The THOMAS H. WHITE FOUNDATION was founded as the THOMAS H. WHITE CHARITABLE TRUST in 1913 by sewing machine manufacturer THOS. HOWARD WHITE.