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(0)Patricia M Mote
1) Berea
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcadia
Language
English
Description
Quarrying was a major industry from roughly 1850 to 1950 in Berea, attracting large numbers of immigrants in search of work. Baldwin Institute and University (1846) and German Wallace College (1863) created an academic atmosphere, and Berea's citizens became an eclectic and resilient mix of academics, business people, and immigrants. Eventually, quarrying ended, and the downtown business district, the Triangle, was nearly destroyed by fire three times....
Author
Series
Publisher
Legendary Locals
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A diverse immigrant population flint arrival to work in Berea's sandstone quarries, plus the academic atmosphere of a liberal arts college, provided a distinct cultural heritage uncommon in American suburbia. The town has inherited a strong work ell lie and deep spiritual values from early Bereans. Consider Dr. William Pierce, first resident pastor, who gave the town "a stamp of culture." Capt. Edward Kennedy, Civil War veteran and survivor of the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In the early 1920s, five opulent theaters-the Allen, the Ohio, the State, the Palace, and the Hanna-opened on a stretch of Euclid Avenue in Cleveland. They offered legitimate theater, vaudeville, name bands and entertainers, and films for the affluent and hardworking citizens of this booming industrial city. Unfortunately, the introduction of television and the flight to the suburbs in the 1950s and 1960s turned the theaters into ghost palaces destined...
