The Observation Deck

Dear Lakewood Preservationist

The Mathew Hall house is in imminent danger. The Lakewood Historical Society and Hall family descendents can fund the moving and renovation of the house. However, the only suitable new location for the home includes a small, back corner of Edward’s Park. Please urge the city administration and city council to allow the home to be placed on this land. Contact them today!



Mayor Thomas George

Lakewood City Hall

12650 Detroit
Lakewood , OH 44107

216 529-6600

mayor@lakewoodoh.net



City Council:

All mailing addresses at Lakewood City Hall , 12650 Detroit



President Robert Seelie, Ward 3

216 521-1139

robert.seelie@lakewoodoh.net



Kevin Butler, Ward 1

221-7953

kmb@jeromelaw.com



Ryan Patrick Demro, Ward 2

228-8092

ryandemro@hotmail.com



Mary Louise Madigan, Ward 4

228-9578

mary.madigan@lakewoodoh.net



Nickie J. Antonio

221-4421

nickie.antonio@lakewoodoh.net



Michael Dever

221-6737

Michael.dever@lakewoodoh.net



Edward FitzGerald

521-0916

edfitzgerald1@yahoo.com







Mazie M. Adams

Executive Director

Lakewood Historical Society

14710 Lake Avenue

Lakewood , OH 44107

216 221-7343

lakewoodhistory@bge.net

For a picture of the Hall House in danger see my photoblog.
Just click on the square in the top right hand corner of the home page and look for my photoblog!

Please help us save the historical home from Lakewood's early days!

Please contact the Mayor and members of Council by email at the addresses in the above post.

Rhonda Loje
President
Lakewoood Historical Society

Help Save The Historic Hall House

One of Lakewood’s few remaining early settler homes is slated to be demolished for a parking lot. The Lakewood Historical Society is working to preserve this historic gem by moving it to a new location.

Joseph and Sarah Hall arrived in Rockport Township (Lakewood) in the 1830s with five small children and another on the way. As adults, these Hall children owned property later developed into Hall, Ethel, Edward, Arthur, Mathews, McClure, Maile and Lauderdale Avenues. The Hall family came to Lakewood in its earliest years and contributed to its growth from a small hamlet into a thriving streetcar suburb.

Son Mathew owned land west of Cranford, extending north from Detroit Avenue. In 1870, he built his first home, which still stands at 16906 Detroit Avenue. The simple frame house has three original rooms downstairs, a low bedroom upstairs, wide plank floors and upright beams in the basement made from the trunks of young cedar trees with the bark still attached. Most recently, the building was home to Teacups in Time. The Mathew Hall house is one of the few early homes left in the city and is a surviving link to our community’s past. You can learn more about the Hall family at www.lakewoodhistory.org/artifacts/

The current owner is willing to donate the house; however, it must be moved. Descendants of Mathew Hall are willing to renovate the property as a private residence. The only feasible location for the house would require a small portion in the northeast corner of Edwards Park, part of the original Mathew Hall estate.

You can help by contacting members of the City of Lakewood administration and council to encourage them to find a solution for the historic Hall house (contact information on back). Lakewood’s history and architecture make our community special. Please help us save this important link to our past.

Mayor Thomas George

216 529-6600

mayor@lakewoodoh.net

President Robert Seelie, Ward 3

216 521-1139

robert.seelie@lakewoodoh.net

Kevin Butler, Ward 1

221-7953

kmb@jeromelaw.com

Ryan Patrick Demro, Ward 2

228-8092

ryandemro@hotmail.com

Mary Louise Madigan, Ward 4

228-9578

mary.madigan@lakewoodoh.net

Nickie J. Antonio

221-4421

nickie.antonio@lakewoodoh.net

Michael Dever

221-6737

Michael.dever@lakewoodoh.net

Edward FitzGerald

521-0916

edfitzgerald1@yahoo.com

All mailing addresses at Lakewood City Hall, 12650 Detroit

When is it slated to be demolished? I see there is a backhoe or something in the yard chomping at the bit.

Doug

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