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April 2017 Preservation News & Events
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Tell the Ohio General Assembly to Support Ohio History!
The Ohio House of Representatives is meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, April 5, to vote on the state budget. Act now to ensure that funding for Ohio's historic resources are included. Currently, the state supports history-related activities by funding the Ohio History Connection at about a $1 per Ohio resident. The Ohio History Connection:
- Works with local partners to maintain and provide public access to more than 50 historic sites and museums across Ohio;
- Maintains the State Archives where the state's founding documents, public records and genealogical resources are kept;
- Works with communities and developers to ensure the preservation of historic buildings through the State Historic Preservation Office;
- Supports the important works of social studies teachers and local historical societies statewide; and
- Creates experiences for Ohio families and tourists by maintaining historical artifacts and other museum objects at the Ohio History Center and elsewhere where more than 400,000 people visit each year.
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Coming Soon to a Theater Near You: The Celebration of Preservation Awards
The Cleveland Restoration Society and the AIA Cleveland invite you to the 2017 Celebration of Preservation. Please join us on Thursday, May 25 in the Ohio Theatre to recognize outstanding historic preservation projects from across Northeast Ohio. The awards jury has been meeting to review this year's nominations. Sponsorship and program advertisement opportunities are available now! Contact Stephanie Allen at [email protected] for details. Platinum Sponsors are Sandvick Architects, Inc. and the Sherwin-Williams Company and Silver Sponsor is Turner Construction Co.
Click here to register for the event.
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Heritage Program Info Sessions
Calling all homeowners thinking about doing home improvement or maintenance: the staff of the Heritage Home Program has scheduled a number of presentations in communities around Cuyahoga County to provide information about the program and how they have helped thousands of homeowners with projects ranging from routine repair to full-house renovation. Check the calendar below to see if there is an info session near you!
Contact the Heritage staff for more information.
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Support Ohio Heritage through the Ohio History Fund
Time is running out to make a donation on your Ohio Tax return to the Ohio History Fund. This Fund supports history projects in Ohio's communities. The Ohio History Fund was created to promote the preservation and sharing of Ohio's heritage by funding local, regional and statewide projects, programs, and events related to the broad sweep of the state's history. The more funding that the History Fund receives through tax check offs, the more grants that can be made to Ohio communities. The goal for the Ohio History Fund tax check off in 2017 is $88,000 - that's just $9 (the average tax check off donation) from 9,800 contributors, out of more than 3 million state income tax refund recipients. Please consider donating to the Ohio History Fund this year!
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Four New Nominations to the National Register
The Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board has voted to recommend the following nominations be forwarded to the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places for her consideration: 3101 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland; East Boulevard Apartment House, 2691 E.116
th St., Cleveland; Copley Township Cemetery Receiving Vault, 3772 Copley Rd., Copley; and East Liberty District No.11 School, 3492 Arlington Rd., Green. Completed in 1958, 3101 Euclid Avenue (shown here) has been recommended for nomination to the National Register for its association with the revitalization of Euclid Avenue after World War II and as Cleveland's first International Style office building of all steel I-beam and glass construction. The 22-unit East Boulevard Apartment House has been recommended for nomination to the National Register for its association with early twentieth-century planned development along the Cleveland Interurban Railroad-Rapid Transit line. Built in 1885, the Copley Township Cemetery Receiving Vault has been recommended for nomination to the National Register for its local architectural significance as a reflection of nineteenth-century rural cemetery architecture and as an example of the work of local builder J. A. Smith and stonemason Samuel Fauble. The East Liberty District No. 11 School has been recommended for nomination for its association with the history of education in the village of East Liberty and Green Township, and for its local architectural significance.
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2017 Heritage Ohio Awards Call for Nominations
Heritage Ohio is now accepting nominations for projects, events, and people who have made a difference in revitalizing a community. All nominations must be received by July 3, 2017. Nominations that do not follow the formatting provided in the form and incomplete entries will not be accepted.
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New Book by Jean Gaede
- and Signing Event Today!
Jean Gaede, friend of the Cleveland Restoration Society and a longtime Shaker Heights resident, has authored a new book entitled
Yankee Convictions: The Life and Times of Henry Turner Bailey, the Cheerful Dean. Henry Turner Bailey, Jean's grandfather, was director of the Cleveland School of Art and Educational Advisor to the Cleveland Museum of Art from 1917 to 1926. Jean will be holding a book signing in the Spirit Tree gift shop at the Shaker Historical Society today, April 4, from 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Click here for more information.
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News from the Sarah Benedict House
The Cleveland Restoration Society welcomes Yasmin Ruiz to our Heritage Home Program staff. She will be providing support to the program staff, assisting with homeowner inquiries, scheduling site visits, referring contractors, and processing mailings. She will also go on-site to provide direct assistance to homeowners. Yasmin graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a MS in Historic Preservation. While attending school she worked for the City of Ypsilanti as a Historic District Assistant and she has been a Museum Educator at Hale Farm and Village. We are so pleased that she has joined us! Welcome, Yasmin!
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CRS Event Update
Thanks for your understanding as we needed to reschedule our
SNOOP! of the Standard Building from April 1 to April 29 due to building construction.
Anyone previously registered for the April 1 date is already registered for the April 29 tour. When registration was reopened after the date change, we added to the capacity. The tour is now sold out. Please contact Stephanie Allen if you have any questions at
[email protected].
Registration is open for our May 3 program
Monuments Men: The Cleveland Connection
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offered in collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art. This program will highlight CMA staff members who participated in the discovery and rescue of art stockpiled by the Nazis during WWII and briefly explore the issues surrounding the ownership of art objects. As a special bonus, Louis Rorimer, son of Monuments Man James Rorimer, will be on hand to answer questions. Following the program get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the Cleveland Museum of Art's videoconferencing studio with Director of Teaching and Learning Dale Hilton. See how the CMA extends its reach to schools, libraries and groups of life-long learners throughout the country and internationally with this award-winning initiative. The program, from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., is free and open to the public.
Click here to register.
Register now for the annual
Celebration of Preservation awards program on May 25 at the stunning Ohio Theatre in Playhouse Square!
Click here.
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Endangered Antiquities Exhibit
On display now through the end of the year at the Cleveland Public Library is a special collection entitled "Endangered Antiquities." Special collections will exhibit rare and historical volumes pertaining to cultural sites and treasures that have been destroyed due to conflict and development. Archaeological sites that are markers of civilization are in constant danger of being damaged; such as the recent causalities of the ancient monuments of Nimrud and Palmyra. Learn about the past, present and what you can do for the future to preserve our human heritage. The exhibit is on display in the Special Collections John G. White Corridor, 3rd Floor.
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The Ohio History Connection has announced its 2017 Building Doctor Clinic schedule for 2017. The OHC offers several free clinic events throughout the state as a service to communities and homeowners. The "doctors" work in teams, teaching owners how to recognize and solve some of the most common sources of problems in maintaining older buildings and how to make informed decisions about repairs and improvements. Each Building Doctor clinic begins with a free seminar on topics like peeling paint and failing plaster, wet basements, deteriorating masonry, windows, wood issues, and bringing buildings built before 1955 up to date without sacrificing historic integrity. Their Northeast Ohio clinic will be held in North Canton this year on May 18-19.
Click here for more information.
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Calendar
Now - December 31
Exhibit: "Endangered Antiquities"
Main Library, Special Collections John G. White Corridor, 3rd Floor
325 Superior Ave., Cleveland
Cleveland Public Library
April 4
"Yankee Convictions by Jean Gaede" Book Signing
Spirit Tree Gift Shop, 316740 South Park Blvd., Shaker Heights
2:00 - 4:00 p.m., RSVP 216-921-1201, $
Shaker Historical Society
April 5
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Orange Public Library,
31975 Chagrin Blvd., Pepper Pike
6:30 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
April 6
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Olmsted Falls Community Center, 26100 Bagley Rd., Olmsted Falls
6:30 p.m., FREE
H
eritage Home Program
April 7
RooReads Concert
Hower House Museum, 60 Fir Hill, Akron
Friends of the Hower House
The University of Akron School of Music
April
12
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Brooklyn City Hall, 7727 Memphis Ave., Brooklyn
6:30 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
April 12
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Cleveland Heights Community Center, 1 Monticello Blvd., Cleveland Heights
6:30 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
April 12
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Cuyahoga Heights Village Hall Auditorium,
4863 E 71st St., Cuyahoga Heights
6:30 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
April 13
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Mayfield Branch Library, 500 SOM Center Rd., Mayfield Village
6:00 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
April 17
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Chagrin Public Library,
100 E Orange St., Chagrin Falls
6:30 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
April 18
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Heritage House, 111 Water St., Chardon
6:30 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
April 19
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Ross DeJohn Community Center,
6306 Marsol Rd., Mayfield Heights
6:30 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
April 20
Heritage Home Program Info Session
University Heights City Hall,
2300 Warrensville Center Rd., University Heights
6:30 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
April 24
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Council Chambers, City Hall, 5200 Dover Center Rd., North Olmsted
6:30 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
April 24
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Bratenahl Community Center,
10300 Brighton Rd., Bratenahl
6:00 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
April 26
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Bedford City Hall, 165 Center Rd., Bedford
6:30 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
April 27
Heritage Home Program Info Session
North Royalton City Hall,
14600 State Rd., North Royalton
6:30 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
April 27
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Porter Library, 27333 Center Ridge Rd., Westlake
6:30 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
April 29
Restoration of the Schofield Building: Lecture and Tour by Jeff Smith of StudioCRM
Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, 1309 Euclid Ave., Cleveland
Western Reserve Architectural Historians
May 1
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Bay Village City Hall, 350 Dover Center Rd., Bay Village
6:30 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
May 1
Cleveland Heights House History Workshop
Heights Main Library, 2345 Lee Rd., Cleveland Heights
7:00 p.m., pre-register after April 1 for advance info on how to research your home, 216-291-4878, FREE
Cleveland Heights Landmark Commission
Cleveland Heights Historical Society
Heights Library
May 3
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Beachwood City Hall Council Chambers, 25325 Fairmount Blvd., Beachwood
6:30 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
May 3
Monuments Men: The Cleveland Connection
Cleveland Museum of Art Recital Hall
Cleveland Restoration Society
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Save the Date
May 6
Guided Tour of East Cleveland Township Cemetery
1621 E. 118th St., Cleveland
10:00 - 11:00 a.m., FREE
Cleveland Heights Landmark Commission
Cleveland Heights Historical Society
Heights Library
May 8
"The South Overlook Gang": A Book Talk
Noble Neighborhood Branch, 2800 Noble Rd., Cleveland Heights
7:00 - 9:00 p.m., FREE
Cleveland Heights Landmark Commission
Cleveland Heights Historical Society
Heights Library
May 9
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Warrensville Heights Public Library, 44115 Northfield Rd., Warrensville Heights
7:00 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
May 10
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Sarah Benedict House, 3751 Prospect Ave., Cleveland
6:00 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
May 15
Interior Painting in an Older Home
Margaret Lann & Trudy Andrzejewski, Cleveland Restoration Society
Heights Main Library, 2345 Lee Rd., Cleveland Heights
7:00 p.m., FREE
Cleveland Heights Landmark Commission
Cleveland Heights Historical Society
Heights Library
May 16
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Sarah Benedict House, 3751 Prospect Ave., Cleveland
6:00 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
May 17
Arts Day and Governor's Awards for the Arts Luncheon
Columbus Athenaeum, 32 North 4th St., Columbus
Ohio Arts Council
May 20
Cleveland Heights Rocks & Waters 2017: Walk Compton Creek
North end of Cleveland Heights Community Center parking lot, 1 Monticello Blvd, Cleveland Heights
10:00 a.m. - Noon, FREE, reservations required 216-291-4878 after April 20
Cleveland Heights Landmark Commission
Cleveland Heights Historical Society
Heights Library
May 22
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Sarah Benedict House, 3751 Prospect Ave., Cleveland
6:00 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
May 25
Celebration of Preservation
Ohio Theatre, 1511 Euclid Ave., Cleveland
5:30 - 8:00 p.m.,
reservations required, $
Cleveland Restoration Society
AIA Cleveland
May 25
"The Noble Neighborhood and Nearby, 1874-2017"
Heights Main Library, 2345 Lee Rd., Cleveland Heights
7:00 - 9:00 p.m., FREE
Cleveland Heights Landmark Commission
Cleveland Heights Historical Society
Heights Library
May 30
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Sarah Benedict House, 3751 Prospect Ave., Cleveland
6:00 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
June 6
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Sarah Benedict House, 3751 Prospect Ave., Cleveland
6:00 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
June 8
Heritage Home Program Info Session
Barlow Community Center,
41 S Oviatt St, Hudson
6:30 p.m., FREE
Heritage Home Program
June 30
Beer & Brats
Sarah Benedict House, 3751 Prospect Ave., Cleveland
5:00 - 8:00 p.m., $$
Cleveland Restoration Society
July 20
Annual Membership Meeting
Sarah Benedict House, 3751 Prospect Ave., Cleveland
9:00 - 10:00 a.m., FREE
Cleveland Restoration Society
October 26-29
17th National Conference on Planning History
Cleveland, OH
November 14-17
PastForward National Preservation Conference
Palmer House Hilton, Chicago
National Trust for Historic Preservation
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