Westlake is one of the many wonderful suburbs of Northeast Ohio. We went into the archives to see what it looked like back in the day, before it was the upscale suburban community that it is today. These photos are from the 1930s though the 1970s.
Town Hall, 1933Elzona Tavern, 1939Westlake Police Department, 1941Westlake Fire Pumper, 1941Buckeye State Farms, 1942Little Red Schooolhuose, 1943The Center, 1943Carnival and Fair, 1947High School Football Team, 1948Police Department, 1948The Dover Inn, 1948Westlake Hotel, 1950Eddie O’Rourke’s New Golf Course, 1951Westlake Farm & Nursery, 1952Westlake Boosters Club, 1952West Shore Lions Club Dinner, 1952Town Hall, 1953Old Town Hall, 1954New Town Hall Sign, 1954City Hall Construction, 1955Westlake PTA Babysitting, 1955G&E Foodliner, 1956Westlake Methodist Church, 1956Parking For Produce Stand, 1956Town Criers Pancake Festival, 1957Peach Orchard, 1957Lehman’s Orchards, 1958Dover Road Construction, 1958End of School Year at Hilliard Elementary School, 1958Westlake Porter Public Library Expansion, 1958TV Set For State Hospital, 1959St. Paul Lutheran School, 1959Westlake Community Cabin Dedication, 1959Westlake High School Safety Council, 1959Westlake Fire Safety, 1959New Pumper, 1960WHS Exhibition Game, 1961Westlake Sesquicentennial, 1961Westlake Kiddie Park, 1961Westlake Businessmen’s Club, 1961Welcome Wagon, 1961Westlake High School Cafeteria, 1961New Westlake High School, 1961Miss Westlake Beauty Contest, 1962Steamway Products, Inc., 1962Westlake Hotel Fire, 1962Post Office, 1962Dusty Miller’s Farm Market, 1962Bradley Supply Co., 1962Blue Marlin Swimming Pool, 1962River Bay Day Camp, 1963New High School Track and Football Field, 1964Westlake League of Women Voters, 1964New Track at Westlake High School, 1964Clague Park Swimming Pool, 1967Westlake’s First City Owned Ambulance, 1967Bassett Elementary School, 1968First Day Of School, Bassett Elementary School, 1968Westlake is Groovey Sign, 1970The Clague House, 1970Auxillary Police, 1970Lord Nelson’s Restaurant, 1971Fire Ladder, 1974Park View Federal Savings and Loan, 1979
