Center Family Broom Shop (Northeast View), 1898

Baus caption: Looking from northeast. Center Family and Broom shop. 1898

Baus caption: Looking from northeast. Center Family and Broom shop. 1898

Name/Title

Center Family Broom Shop (Northeast View), 1898

Entry/Object ID

082.1931 Bau.9

Tags

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

Description

Plate 9 from from Shakers & Kirtland by Louis Baus showing a northeast view of the Center Family's broom shop from the intersection of Lee Road and South Park Boulevard. Baus description: "Ten years after the Shakers left we find the old buildings in ruins. Some were occupied by tenants others left to crumble. At left the center house in the rear of which stand the cheese house, next the old broom shop and cow barn in rear. Lee Rd at the old lane, now South Park Blvd."

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 & Kirtland