Center Family Office (Southwest View), 1898

Baus caption: Shaker Office at Center Family, Lee Rd. 1898

Baus caption: Shaker Office at Center Family, Lee Rd. 1898

Name/Title

Center Family Office (Southwest View), 1898

Entry/Object ID

082.1931 Bau.15

Tags

19th Century, North Union Shakers, Warrensville Township, 1890s, Boulevard Neighborhood, Shaker Heights, Architecture

Description

Plate 15 from from Shakers & Kirtland by Louis Baus showing a southwest view of the Center Family office on Lee Road. Baus description: "The office stood on the east side of Lee Rd. on the elevation just south of the present South Park Blvd. It was 24 x 36 ft. when built about 1827 or 1827, and in 1849 a two story kitchen was added 15 x 36 ft. Business was transacted by the trustees and elders and no doubt made the office their home as well. The building was torn down in the middle 1900 when the land was allotted. View shows southwest sides."

Photograph Details

Subject Place

Township

Warrensville Township

County

Cuyahoga County

State/Province

Ohio

Country

United States

Category

Photographs
Archives

Acquisition

Notes

Gift of Eugene L. Baus, 1974

Made/Created

Date made

1898

Location

Location

Room

Elizabeth Nord Library & Archives

Building

Shaker Historical Society

Date

September 20, 2025

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

North Union Shaker Village, Louis Baus

Related Publications

Publication

Shakers of Ohio, Shakers & Kirtland

Notes

Image used on page 129 of MacLean's Shakers of Ohio