Lakeside Trip
July 20-28, 2010
The City of Oberlin, Ohio
We got here via Willoughby, Ohio for a Beverly dental appointment at Dr Krantz's.
Then on to Oberlin, where we stayed at the Oberlin Inn.
Lunch at Black River Cafe at 15 South Main Street.
Mini walking tour of several historical sites in the area.
Included the National Historic Landmark homes of John Mercer Langston and Wilson Bruce Evans.
The college itself is also a National Historic Landmark.
Dinner at Weia Teia at 9 South Main Street, a very good fusion restaurant.
Then a walking tour of the college in the area of Tappan Square, the park in the middle of the town.
Wed July 21:
Breakfast at Black River Cafe. Cappuccino at Slow Train Cafe.
Drove by and photographed the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Weltzheimer/Johnson House on Morgan Street.
Drove through the Westwood Cemetery.
John Mercer Langston House
207 East College Street
A National Historic Landmark
Built in 1856, it was the home of John Mercer Langston who was an ardent
abolitionist and civil rights leader. An Oberlin College graduate,
he was Ohio's first Negro attorney, and served as the U.S. Minister to Haiti.
After leaving Oberlin, he served as the Republican Congressman from Virginia.
The house is a private residence and closed to the public.
Above information provided by the Lorain County Visitors Bureau.
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Wilson Bruce Evans House
33 East Vine Street
A National Historic Landmark
Wilson Bruce Evans was a cabinet maker and undertaker,
but took part in the Oberlin-Wellington Slave Rescue.
He was a brother-in-law to Lewis Sheridan Leary, one of three
who were killed in Harpers Ferry.
The house was owned by his granddaughter, Dorothy Miller,
who lived until she was 98 in Washington, D.C., she maintained
an apartment in the house for her frequent visits to Oberlin.
The house is earmarked for preservation.
Above information provided by the Lorain County Visitors Bureau.
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Oberlin College
Tappan Square
A National Historic Landmark
Founded in 1833, Oberlin Collegiate Institute developed into a socially
and politically influential college during the years immediately preceding
the Civil War. Oberlin made the education of Blacks and women a matter
of institutional policy. The admittance of four women in 1837 marked
the beginning of coeducation on the collegiate level in the United States;
free Blacks were admitted on the same basis as whites.
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Bardwell House - 181 East Lorain . . . Built in 1846, it was the home of Reverend John Bardwell and his wife Cornelia, who were both active in missionary and anti-slavery causes. Fugitives were concealed in the house in hidden rooms located under the eaves.
The Frank Lloyd Wright designed Weltzheimer/Johnson House on Morgan Street.
It's owned by the Allen Memorial Art Museum of Oberlin Coillege.
Lakeside Photos
A panorama of the Lakeside Lakefront:
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The Lakeside Craft and Art Show on the hotel lawn.
A clump of milkweed at Jasmine and the Lakefront.
Fran, Veronica and Beverly enjoying an elegant lunch
at Tea By The Sea on 2nd Street
while John and Larry were having Chilli Dogs at Netty's.
The Honky Express, from (where else?) Cleveland, Ohio
Family Night in the Park Sunday July 25 6PM.
A panorama of the Lafarge quarry:
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