Name/Title
South Park Boulevard at Upper Lake Mill Dam, 1900Entry/Object ID
082.1931 Bau.72Tags
North Union Shakers, Warrensville Township, 19th Century, Shaker Heights, 1900s, Boulevard NeighborhoodDescription
Plate 72 from from Shakers & Kirtland by Louis Baus supposedly showing South Park Boulevard at the mill dam of Upper Lake (Horseshoe Lake). Image has a halftone pattern when zoomed in, indicating photo is reproduction of a newspaper image. Photo was used in June 16, 1904 Cleveland Leader article "Around the Lakes of Shaker Heights" and captioned "Road connecting North and South Boulevards between the lakes." Road pictured is more likely South Park crossing Doan Brook near the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes.
Baus description: "Going farther west we continue to the boulevard at the foot of the upper pond. Though a fine thoroughfare now, the cattle and harvest fields are now only a vision of the past."Photograph Details
Subject Place
Township
Warrensville TownshipCounty
Cuyahoga CountyState/Province
OhioCountry
United StatesAcquisition
Notes
Gift of Eugene L. Baus, 1974Location
Location
Room
Elizabeth Nord Library & ArchivesBuilding
Shaker Historical SocietyDate
September 20, 2025Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
North Union Shaker Village, Louis BausRelated Publications
Publication
Shakers and Kirtland