| "Virtual"
Postcard Exhibit |
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| Charles Owen,
founder and past president of the Cleveland
Heights Historical Society, is an avid collector
of old postcards. A small portion of his collection
(along with several selections from the collection
of the Cleveland Heights Historical Center)
are contained in the following "virtual
exhibit." Charles and his wife, Dumont,
are residents of a 1910 home on Somerton and
a 1919 Hampshire Road apartment house, both
of which they expect to be featured on postcards
sometime in the future. Click on a thumbnail
to see enlarge view of the cards below. |
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| Fairfax Road at Lamberton. |
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Howell Hinds house,
current site of
Christ Scientist Church.
(Photo
courtesy of Cleve. Hts. Historical Center
at Superior Schoolhouse) |
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Panoramic view of Rockefeller's
"Homestead" |
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| Cain Park Theatre, late
1930s |
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Landscaped grounds of
The Homestead
(the Rockefeller estate). |
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Overlook Rd., c 1915
(Photo courtesy
of Cleve. Hts. Historical Center at Superior
Schoolhouse) |
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| Often mis-identified
as an "indian fortification, this is
actually an observation tower built by Nathan
Ambler on his estate (now the Baldwin Reservoir).
Card is dated 1912. |
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NW corner of Cedar &
Overlook,
current site of the tennis courts.
House may have been part of the
old Ursuline Academy.
(Photo courtesy of Cleve. Hts. Historical
Center at Superior Schoolhouse) |
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Just south of
North Park at MLK, this path leading into
the Roxboro Ravine
no longer exists. Note the Benjamin Bourne
house at upper left (corner of North Park
and Harcourt). |
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Chin’s Pagoda
stood on Lee Rd.
just north of East Derbyshire |
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Pond and boathouse at
Forest Hill
(Postmarked August 25, 1907) c.1920. |
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Grounds around the Nathan
Ambler estate along what is now Stokes Blvd,
near MLK Blvd. c.1900 |
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John Hartness Brown
House
(East Overlook at Edgehill) |
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Corner of Baldwin and
Stokes Blvd. The house at the top is the residence
of Dr. Nathan Ambler( Postmarked June 18,
1908 ). |
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Hyde Park Avenue near
Cain Park,
c.1920 |
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| North Park Boulevard,
near Chestnut Hills |
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John Hartness Brown
House
(East Overlook at Edgehill) |
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Path down into
the Roxboro Ravine (formerly known as Ambler
Park), approximately where Bellfield meets
North Park Blvd. |
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| Boaters at Shaker Lakes
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Lounge, Alcazar hotel
Surrey and Derbyshire roads |
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Overlook and Cedar Roads.
The Howell-Hinds House is visible at left
(Postmarked June 9, 1907) |
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The Clubhouse at Euclid
Golf Club
(roughly Cedar and Norfolk)
(Postmarked June 10, 1907) |
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John D. Rockefeller’s
Forest Hill estate
(Not Postmarked) |
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Forest Hill gatehouse
(Postmarked September 4, 1908) |
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Teeing off at the Euclid
Golf Club
(North of Cedar) (Postmarked October 24, 1910) |
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This card says Euclid
Heights Boulevard
We think it’s North Park Boulevard
(Postmarked September 1, 1913) |
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Alcazar Hotel at Derbyshire
and Surrey
ca., 1920 (Not Postmarked) |
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| Garfield Monument |
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Coventry Rd. Homes
(Photo courtesy of
Cleve. Hts. Historical Center at Superior
Schoolhouse) |
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Deteriorating "indian
fort"
(actually Ambler's observation
tower) near MLK @ Stokes Blvd. |
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Untitled Document |
