The Story of
Lakewood

Garfield Middle School
8th grade - Mr. Wood

Instructions:   You will be responsible for researching part of "The Story of Lakewood." For most of the following areas, you must research how your assigned area has changed since the beginning of Lakewood until the present day. Your goal is to show the gradual development of your area. You need to include as many supporting details as possible.

Areas of Research:
1. downtown Lakewood
2. transportation
3. Recreation Department
4. elementary schools
5. middle schools
6. high school
7. Lakewood Rangers
8. public services (trash, water etc.)
9. theaters
10. movies
11. other arts
12. government
13. population/immigration
14. police/crime
15. religion
16. fast food and restaurants


17. Lake Erie shoreline
18. Clifton Beach area
19. Lake Avenue
20. Clifton Boulevard
21. Gold Coast
22. Madison Avenue
23. Detroit Avenue
24. Birdtown
25. Lakewood Public Library
26. famous Lakewood citizens still alive
27. famous Lakewood citizens of the past
28. current events
29. early history
30. early buildings and architecture
31. recent construction and future plans

 

City of Lakewood. Official city site. Find information on government and services, including the state of the city and statistics.

Lakewood Public Library's City page. Includes:
A brief history of the City
 Facticity - facts and figures, e.g., population.
How an Ordinance Become a Law

City-Data.com detailed profile

Lakewood History Files - A collection of articles about the people and places of old Lakewood.

Lakewood Lore Online - reprints of articles by local historian Dan Chabek that appeared in the Lakewood Sun Post. There are articles on pioneer times, on notable residents from early days to the present time, streets, buildings, businesses and institutions. Scan the Table of Contents for articles that may have information on your area of research. You can also check the Proper Name Index for specific people and places.

Local History Project - Grant School Discovery Class research & videos on the Templar Automobile and Birdtown.

Yesterday's Lakewood: Images of Lakewood, Ohio. Photographs of Lakewood, from Cleveland State University.

Lakewood City Schools

The Lakewood Public Schools: A Compilation of Histories. Selections from various historical documents, originally compiled in print form in 1984.

News organizations: Lakewood Buzz, Lakewood Observer.

Economic development advocates: Lakewood Alive.

Businesses: GoBuyLakewood; Lakewood Chamber of Commerce.

A history of the Lakewood Public Library building and new construction.

The Lakewood Historical Society. Includes information on the Oldest Stone House and the Nicholson House. Also includes Artifacts: articles on Lakewood history from the Society newsletter.

Some background information on Lakewood churches and denominations in Lakewood.

Lakewood ProFiles. Information on some "luminary" residents.

Local History Resources. Other sources at the Main Lakewood Public Library.

Wikipedia