With all that’s going up, it’s hard to remember what Cleveland looked like a decade ago, let alone a century ago. From the Cleveland Memory Project and a book on the brief history of Cleveland, entitled Cleveland Illustrate and published in 1889 by H.R. Page & Co., come these pics of life in Cleveland back in the late 1800s.
City HallJewish Orphan AsylumCentral High SchoolBroadway SchoolWoodland Cemetery FountainPost OfficeChurch of the Holy NameMore Boats on Cuyahoga RiverEuclid Ave. Methodist Episcopal ChurchCuyahoga Falls BridgeEast on St. ClairSt. John’s ChurchOre DocksBroadway and OntarioLake View CemeteryCity Infirmary HospitalFountain in Wade’s ParkFirst Baptist ChurchCleveland City HospitalWater WorksBank Street, North from SuperiorBoats on the RiverCuyahoga FallsPublic SquareMore River