Sawmill Ruins at Lower Lake, 1895
Baus caption: Ruins of saw mill at the Lower Lake in 1895
Name/Title
Sawmill Ruins at Lower Lake, 1895Entry/Object ID
082.1931 Bau.61Tags
North Union Shakers, Warrensville Township, 19th Century, Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights, 1890s, Boulevard NeighborhoodDescription
Plate 61 from from Shakers & Kirtland by Louis Baus showing the sawmill ruins at Lower Lake. Baus description: "The stone foundation still remaining between Coventry Rd. and the lower lake, now the Shaker Wild Flower Preserve, was used for supporting the old sawmill, built in 1837. The mill was of frame 21 x 34 ft. and two stories high. The upper story was the cooper shop, where tubs, pails and churns were made from pine, shipped from Michigan, from land owned by the Society. The lower floor was the saw mill proper. In 1885 a mysterious fire consumed most of the buildings of the Mill Family and the old foundation was all that remained of the saw mill." [Handwritten note in margin reads: Survey shows 32’ x 50’]Photograph Details
Subject Place
Township
Warrensville TownshipCounty
Cuyahoga CountyState/Province
OhioCountry
United StatesLake
Lower LakeCity
Shaker Heights, Cleveland HeightsCategory
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