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Thursday, February 25, 2010

100 most important Cleveland Landmarks

The Terminal Tower

Cleveland State University Special Collections Librarian Bill Barrow made an important point recently - we need to identify our most important buildings before they are threatened with destruction - otherwise, we are constantly playing catch-up. To that end, I'm working on a list of the 100 most significant landmarks in the city of Cleveland. Mr. Barrow suggested the Terminal Tower and the Detroit-Superior Bridge, so I'll start from there. The following are some of my ideas as to what properties might fit on such a list.

What do you think? What would you add (or remove from) this list? What would you miss most if it was gone?

Please post your suggestions and I'll update the list as I get them.


  1. Arcade - probably the best interior space in the city
  2. Baldwin Reservoir
  3. Brookside Stadium
  4. Brown-Hoist building
  5. Anthony Carlin house
  6. Center Street Swing Bridge
  7. Cleveland City Hall
  8. Cleveland Clinic - original building
  9. Cleveland Museum of Art - both the original building and Marcel Breuer wing
  10. Cleveland Play House
  11. Cleveland Public Library - Carnegie West branch
  12. Cleveland Public Library - Main Library
  13. Cleveland Trust Building
  14. Coast Guard Station
  15. Colonial Arcade
  16. Cozad-Bates House
  17. Detroit-Superior Bridge
  18. Detroit-Superior Viaduct
  19. Dunham Tavern
  20. Rudolphus Edwards house - probably oldest house on the east side
  21. Erie Street Cemetery
  22. Fenn Tower
  23. Franklin Castle
  24. Garfield Memorial
  25. Jeremiah Gates house - oldest house in the city
  26. Gray's Armory
  27. Greyhound Station
  28. Guardian Bank Building
  29. John Heisman birthplace
  30. Hulett Ore Unloaders
  31. Huntington Bank Building
  32. Italianate house on Superior
  33. League Park
  34. Lorain-Carnegie Bridge
  35. William G. Mather steamship
  36. Luther Moses house
  37. Ohio Bell building
  38. Old Stone Church
  39. Jesse Owens house
  40. Robert Rhodes house
  41. Rockefeller Park Bridges
  42. Rockefeller Park Greenhouse
  43. Rose Building
  44. St. Colman's Church
  45. Nelson Sanford house
  46. Schellentrager House
  47. Schweinfurth House
  48. Severance Hall
  49. Shaker Square
  50. Society National Bank building
  51. Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
  52. Terminal Tower
  53. Wade Chapel
  54. West Side Market