Public Square has been the heart of the city for over 200 years. Luckily for us, we have pictures of it throughout it all. Whether it’s soldiers parading during the Civil War, construction of the Terminal Tower or a JFK and MLK Jr., these photographs capture history – the history of Cleveland and the history of America.
All photos via the Cleveland Memory Project .
Southwest Quadrant, 1922
Church on Public Square, 1798 Cannon Used in Battle of Lake Erie, 1798 Public Square, 1831
Northwest Section, 1839 Southwest Section, 1839 Soldiers Marching, 1839
Public Square, 1857 Public Square, 1860s Ontario Street, 1860
Cuyahoga County Infantry Regimen, 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Body Laying In State, 1865 Abraham Lincoln’s Body on Display, 1865
Public Square, 1873 YMCA, 79 North Public Square, 1876 Public Square, 1890s
Public Square, 1890s Public Square, 1890 Public Square, 1890
Storefront, 1893 Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Unveiling, 1901 Men in Public Square, 1907
Forest City House, 1910 Public Square, 1912 Trolley Cars, 1912
Storefronts, 1916 Public Square, 1916 Forest City House, 1916
Pre-Terminal Tower Public Square, 1920 Public Square, 1922 Public Square and Ontario Street, 1922
Winter, 1922 Champlain Avenue, 1922 Station Area Excavation, 1924
Public Square, 1924 Ontario and Euclid, 1924 Union Terminal Excavation, 1924
View From Terminal Tower During Construction, 1926 Terminal Tower Construction, 1926 Terminal Tower Construction, 1926
Terminal Tower Construction, 1926 Terminal Tower Construction, 1926 Terminal Tower Construction, 1926
Terminal Tower Construction, 1926 Terminal Tower Construction, 1927 Terminal Tower Construction, 1927
Terminal Tower Construction, 1927 Terminal Tower Construction, 1927 Terminal Tower Construction, 1927
Euclid and Ontario, 1927 Southwest Quadrant, 1927 Public Square Utilities Work, 1927
Euclid Avenue Paving, 1927 Utilties Work, 1927 Public Square Sidewalks Installed, 1927
Terminal Tower Construction, 1928 Terminal Tower Construction, 1928 Almost Finished Terminal Tower, 1928
Public Square Streetcars, 1929 Old County Courthouse and Illuminating Building, 1930s May Day, 1930s
Comfort Station, 1930 Public Square Crowd, 1930 May Day Demonstration, 1930
Higbee Building Construction, 1931 May Day Demonstration, 1931 Higbee Building, 1933
Christmas Window Shopping, 1935 World War I Veteran Memorial Service, 1936 Comfort Station, 1936
Terminal Tower Christmas Lights, 1938 Snow in Public Square, 1938 Crowd Gathered, 1938
Clock Cleaned, 1939 National Guard Armistice Day, 1939 Transit Car, 1940s
Euclid Avenue, 1940s Labor Day Parade, 1940 Builidng, 1942
Navy Ammunition Igloo, 1942 Flags Raised During WWII, 1942 Transit Car, 1943
Cleveland Press Electronic Ticker, 1944 Display of New Firefighting Equipment, 1945 Crowd at Public Square, 1945
Peace Jubilee Arch, 1946 Lined Up For Airport Bus Line, 1947 Christmas Shoppers, 1948
Scoreboard for 1948 World Series, 1948 Christmas Trees, 1949 Cleveland Transit Zoo Bus, 1950s Perry Monument, 1951 Christmas Decorations, 1952 Sheep as Part of Christmas Display, 1954 Public Square, 1955 Snow-Covered Horse Statue, 1956 Christmas Decorations, 1957 Higbee Concert Accordion Band, 1958 Memorial for President John F. Kennedy, 1963 Condemned Building, 1964 View of May Company, 1964 Military Canon for Veteran’s Day, 1964 Snow-Covered Horse Statue, 1956 33 Public Square, 1965 Robert Manry Arrives, 1965 Higbee’s Department Store, 1966 Society National Bank, 1966 Mayor Stokes and a Relative, 1968 Flag Day Parade, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr., Memorial Service, 1968 Mayor Ralph J. Perk Adresses Crowd, 1972 Public Square From Bridge, 1973 Vietnam Veterans Marching, 1974 Cleveland Celebrates 179th Birthday, 1975 Party in Public Square, 1980 May Day Demonstration, 1980 III Vietnam Veterans Marching, 1974 Vietnam Veterans Marching, 1974 Teens Hanging Out, 1980
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