Acknowledgements 7(2)
Introduction 9(2)
Segue: Thomas Whelpley's Cleveland, 1833
11(4)
Part I Early Homes and Settlers
Identifying the Oldest Houses: Does Your Basement Look Like This?
15(3)
Collinwood Farmhouses: The Mcllrath Residences
18(1)
Litde House, Big House: 4216 East Ninety-third Street
19(3)
Quarried on Site: The Rodolphus Edwards House
22(3)
A Pennsylvania Tavern in Garfield Heights
25(3)
Now We See It, Now We...
28(1)
Once a House, Now a Ghost in die Central Neighborhood
29(2)
Lakewood Farmhouse: The Isaac Warren Residence
31(5)
For Generations and Generations, a House in a Landscape: 4340 Turney Road, Cleveland, Ohio
36(6)
The Last Pioneer House
42(1)
Save This Greek Revival House!
43(2)
Built Before the Civil War
45(2)
Segue: Picturesque Cleveland, 1872
47(4)
Part II Business
The Dunham Tavern
51(2)
Last of Their Generation: The Two Oldest Buildings in Downtown Cleveland
53(2)
The Mechanics Block
55(2)
Condemned: The Stanley Block
57(3)
The House of a Shipbuilder
60(2)
Garfield Savings Bank
62(1)
Out of Place?
63(2)
Segue: A Portrait of the City by a Young Artist Cleveland in the 1870s
65(6)
Part III Industry
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Luster Tannery
71(3)
The Fifty-Thousand-Ton Mesta Press Matters
74(3)
Hulett Ore Unloaders in Action!
77(1)
Cars, Beer and the Law
78(3)
The Brown Hoist Building: An Industrial Landmark
81(2)
The New Cuyahoga: A Proposal to Straighten the "Crooked River"
83(1)
The Day-Glo House
84(3)
Segue: Playing Catch on the Field Where Babe Ruth Hit His 500th Home Run
87(2)
Part IV Sports
The Largest Crowd for a Baseball Game: White Autos v. Omaha Luxus
89(2)
The Pitch that Killed
91(1)
The Jesse Owens House
92(1)
The Birthplace of John W. Heisman
93(2)
Segue: Snapshot of Cleveland, 1910
95(4)
Part V Notable People
James A. Garfield Slept Here
99(1)
Breaking the Color Line: Charles W. Chesnutt
100(1)
The William Howard Brett House
101(1)
Langston Hughes: His Attic Apartment
102(2)
Designing History
104(3)
Segue: Views of Cleveland, 1927
107(4)
Part VI Notable Buildings
The Schofield Building, Undressed
111(2)
The Bare Bones of Severance Hall
113(2)
The First Cleveland Clinic Building
115(1)
Cleveland's Crystal Palace
116(2)
Streamlined
118(1)
Old House, Older House?
119(2)
Segue: Ancient Fori, Neivburg, Vanished
121(2)
Part VII Lost and Threatened
Threatened: The Euclid Avenue Church of God
123(2)
The Last Act for Johnson's Cleveland Play House
125(1)
Saving Only the Bell
126(2)
The Prince Hall Masonic Lodge on East Fifty-fifth Street
128(1)
Good Homes Make Good Neighborhoods
128(1)
Charles Schweinfurth's Modest House
129(5)
Troubling News
134(5)
Notes 139(4)
About the Author 143