"History Walks" in conjunction with LIVE WELL LAKEWOOD initiative
Live Well Lakewood held a community health fair in January at Garfield Middle School. The mission of Live Well Lakewood is to provide information, programs and resources that promote healthy, active living in Lakewood. In support of its goal to elevate the healthy habits of every workplace and every family residing in Lakewood, the program seeks to bring together every Lakewood community organization to focus on a city-wide public health strategy. In keeping with this objective, The Lakewood Historical Society presents Lakewood Walks, a series of history/health walks. |
 Host
Your Event at the Nicholson House
- accommodates
up to 70 guests
- four
exquisite parlors
- listed
on the National Register for Historic Places
- off-premise
catering available
- knowledgeable
and helpful staff
- reasonable
rates
Lakewood's
oldest house can bring classic elegance to your family or group
party, political event or business function. Restored to its Victorian
splendor by the Lakewood Historical Society, the Nicholson House
is a wonderful setting for your event. More... |
Preservation Award
The Cleveland Restoration Society and AIA Cleveland, a Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, recognize exemplary preservation projects that have made a significant, positive impact on Northeast Ohio.
This year the City of Lakewood,
Lakewood Historical Society and Downtown Lakewood (a program of LakewoodAlive) were honored with a Creative & Effective
Preservation Advocacy
Award.
Read the Lakewood Observer article here. See presentation slides of the award winners here [pdf]. |
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Gift Giving:
Put the Oldest Stone House on your shopping itinerary. Shop online
at www.lakewoodhistorymuseumstore.com
We are your source for special Lakewood
books like Lakewood by Thea Becker, Lakewood:
The First 100 Years by Jim and Susan Borchert, and Lakewood
Lore by Dan Chabek. We also have pottery, calendars, note cards,
OSH ornaments and the Lakewood afghan
Vintage Notecards
We've used twenty images from vintage postcards with scenes of Lakewood
and surrounding area to create notecards available in the Museum
Store for just $8 per pack. Each set includes 10 distinct postcard
images of Lakewood, Lake Erie and Rocky River in full color.
Know someone new in town? How about something to welcome them home to Lakewood! |
LAKEWOOD HISTORY PROJECT
Each term teacher Dina Bluemel's students in Grant School's 2/3
Discovery Class work with Executive Director Mazie Adams to research
a Lakewood history topic using primary and secondary sources. Students
take notes, organize information, create timelines, and produce
a documentary movie.
This year's project was a documentary of the Detroit-Warren intersection, the Heart of Lakewood. Students studied maps, read books, conducted oral history interviews, selected historic photos and went on walking tours to research information for their script.
Previous
years' projects:
Cowan Pottery, which
started right here in Lakewood.
 The
Templar Automobile: A Superfine Small Car, which was built in
Lakewood in the early 1900s.
Birdtown:
Lakewood's Oldest Neighborhood.
AASLH AWARD: The Lakewood Historical Society and Grant Elementary School were recipients of a 2008 Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) Leadership in History Awards for the Lakewood History Project. See the news release [pdf] and the project summary [pdf]. |
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