THE EUCLID HEIGHTS ALLOTMENT:

A PALIMPSEST OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY SEARCH FOR REAL ESTATE VALUE IN CLEVELAND'S EAST END

This is the digital edition of a Masters Thesis, by William C. Barrow, for the History Department at Cleveland State University. It deals with the history of the various subdivisions of land in the heights overlooking University Circle in western Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and how they represented the economic relationship between the Doan's Corners (University Circle) area and downtown Cleveland.

TITLE PAGE - DEDICATION - ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABSTRACT

LIST OF FIGURES

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION

• Palimpsest Definition

CHAPTER II: ORIGINAL SURVEYS AND SUBSEQUENT DIVISIONS

• Land Boundaries and Morphological Frames
• Relationship: Cleveland, Doan's Corners and Euclid Heights
• Creation of the Cleveland Town Site
• Creation of Doan's Corners
• Economic Activity in the Corners
• Early Transportation Links to the Corners
• Settlement of the Euclid Heights Area
• Conclusion

CHAPTER III: THE 1870s AT DOAN'S CORNERS AND EUCLID HEIGHTS

• Continued Small Businesses Growth
• Improvements in Transportation
• Relationship of Transportation and Value
• Early Real Estate Development on the Heights: J.J. Low's Allotment
• More Development: Stackpole and Parker's Allotment
• Commentary
• Biography: Low, Stackpole & Parker
• Developer Improvements: Clark Street
• Planned Improvement: Euclid Heights Avenue
• Summary

CHAPTER IV: THE EUCLID HEIGHTS ALLOTMENT: PLAT OF 1892

• Patrick Calhoun
• East End growth
• Parks and the Rural Ideal
• Streetcars
• Euclid Heights: The Site

CHAPTER V: ASSEMBLING THE PARCELS

• Ernest W. Bowditch
• Euclid Heights: The Plat
• Recordation, Reservations and Restrictions
• Promotion
• Summary

CHAPTER VI: THE EUCLID HEIGHTS ALLOTMENT: PLAT OF 1896

• Transition
• The Park System
• Euclid Heights Boulevard
• The Euclid Club
• Financing
• Summary

CHAPTER VII: BANKRUPTCY AND RE-SUBDIVISIONS AFTER 1896

• Obligations from 1897 Mortgage
• The Principals
• Bankruptcy
• Re-emergence of Earlier Lines
• The Sheriff's Sale
• Outcome
• Subsequent pattern of growth in Euclid Heights
• Summary

CHAPTER VIII: CONCLUSION

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Last updated January 1, 1998