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The park board began calling the structure "Squire's Castle". [3] Cleveland Metroparks removed the upper floors and filled in the basement. [4] Squire's Castle was heavily vandalized over the years, with vandals removing the leaded glass windows and stripping the interior of almost all architectural and decorative details. [4]
The genesis of the Cleveland Metropolitan Park System began with a vision by William Albert Stinchcomb in the early 20th century. [4] A self-taught engineer working as a surveyor for the City of Cleveland in 1895, Stinchcomb was appointed chief engineer of the City Parks Department by Mayor Tom Johnson in 1902, and shortly thereafter began to conceptualize an Emerald Necklace for the city. [5]
Squire's Castle, Cleveland, Ohio. It was built during the 1890s for Feargus B. Squire, one of the founders of Standard Oil, as a gatekeeper's house and caretaker's quarters for his planned country estate. His wife died and the estate was never built; even the gatekeeper's house was left as an incomplete shell. [68]
True French architecture and royal grandeur characterize this 1923 castle that can be found in perhaps the most uncharacteristic of places…Ohio.
"Squire's Castle", built about 1897 by Feargus B. Squire. Looking northeast at Cobblestone Garth in 1904. Squire's earliest known residence was at 1729 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland. This was his primary residence, and Euclid Avenue was known as "Millionaire's Row" due to the large number of mansions built there by wealthy men. In 1905, Squire ...
"Squire's Castle", built about 1897 by Feargus B. Squire. As a Gate House. Squire, Feargus B.(1850-1932) (M-1876) Louisa Christiana Braymaier(1854-1927) Executive Standard Oil Company and major investor in Steel, Chemical and other Companies Mayor of Wickliffe, Ohio: 1890 00000-00 No Main house. Only the gate house was built. Now part of North ...
See all the best moments from Jana Duggar and Stephen Wissmann’s dream wedding!. The eldest of the Duggar daughters, 34, and her husband, 31, were joined by their closest friends and family to ...
Old Brooklyn's most notable landmark, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, was created in 1907 when Cleveland's Park Board relocated the Zoo from University Circle on Cleveland's east side to Brookside Park. The 145-acre park lies entirely within Old Brooklyn and is one of the 16 nature preserve reservations of the Cleveland Metroparks system.