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Links to Related Web Sites
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president at President@FHHO.org.
Municipal Resources
City of Cleveland Heights
Cleveland Height's site offers general information about the city,
including its
history and architecture
Cleveland Height-University Heights Public Library
The library has numerous resources relating to the Rockefellers
and the history of the area.
Cleveland Heights-University Heights School District
A comprehensive site featuring information on the district’s
fourteen schools and their curriculum.
Cain Park
Your summer arts park — the oldest municipally owned
outdoor amphitheater in the United States.
City of East Cleveland
This site includes information about East Cleveland today as well as
a brief history of the city.
East Cleveland Public Library
The library’s site features a digital archive of photos
involving East Cleveland’s local history, including Forest Hill Park.
East Cleveland City School District
The site includes information regarding the district’s schools.
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
RTA’s website includes information about routes, fairs
and other services.
Community Resources
Cleveland Heights-University Heights Community Web
This site features links to community forums, events and organizations.
FutureHeights
FutureHeights is dedicated to preserving and strengthening Cleveland Heights.
Heights Community Congress
The congress is committed to social justice and equality in Cleveland Heights.
Heights Observer
Serving the cities of Cleveland Heights and University Heights, the Heights Observer
supports an involved, informed citizenry by cultivating citizen journalists and neighborhood
news through its web site and a printed newspaper.
Heights Parent Center
Supporting and promoting the healthy development of families
in the belief that strong families build strong communities.
Heights Regional Chamber of Commerce
The chamber of commerce promotes local business and community interests.
Home Repair Resource Center
This non-profit organization works to maintain and strengthen housing in Cleveland Heights.
Heights Arts
Heights Arts is a community arts organization that
enriches the quality of life in Cleveland Heights by cultivating a
strong, diverse, and collaborative arts community.
Reaching Heights
Reaching Heights, the Cleveland Heights-University
Heights Public Schools Foundation, is a citizen organization that encourages
residents of Cleveland Heights and University Heights to
contribute to the success of our public schools.
Cedar Fairmount Business District
The website of the Cedar Fairmount neighborhood includes
information about the area’s unique shops and restaurants.
Cedar Lee Business District
The website of Cedar Lee — the “Main Street of Cleveland Heights.”
Coventry Village Business District
Coventry’s website includes a calendar of
events and the most recent issue of the “Coventry Times.”
University Circle
Minutes from Forest Hill, University
Circle is a world-class center of innovation in health care, education, and arts
and culture. You will find everything you need to know about this special place
at the website of University Circle Inc.
Historical Information and Organizations
Cleveland Heights Historical Society
The society’s site features a page devoted to
Forest Hill Park and includes an extensive collection of historic photos
and postcards.
The Cleveland
Restoration Society
The restoration society is
the region’s largest non-profit
preservation organization and is a local partner affiliate of the
National Trust.
The Cleveland Memory Project
The site is a searchable digital archive of Cleveland’s
history and features numerous postcards and other images
of the original Rockefeller home at Forest Hill and of Forest Hill Park.
The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
This on-line version of the book includes entries on Forest Hill,
the park, the Rockefellers, Cleveland Heights and East Cleveland.
East Cleveland Township Cemetery
This site is dedicated to the historic cemetery where many of the early residents of East Cleveland and Cleveland Heights are buried.
Historic Euclid
Golf Allotment
This site provides extensive information
and images of the Euclid Golf allotment in the Cedar-Fairmount
area of Cleveland Heights, which was developed by Barton
R. Deming on land purchased from John D. Rockefeller. Barton’s
brother, Grant W. Deming, created the original Forest Hill
development, also on land purchased from Rockefeller (roughly
bounded by Euclid Heights Boulevard and Lee, Cedar and Coventry
Roads).
The Euclid Heights Allotment
This digital edition of a master’s thesis by William C.
Barrow deals with the history of the Euclid Heights allotment
in Cleveland Heights between Cedar, Mayfield and Coventry Roads.
The Heights Rockefeller
Building
Visit this site for more information about the historic building at
the corner of Mayfield and Lee Roads.
Lake View Cemetery
The Rockefeller
monument marks the graves of John D. Rockefeller, his wife
Laura Spelman Rockefeller, his mother Eliza Davison Rockefeller
and other members of the Rockefeller family in historic Lake
View Cemetery located between Euclid Avenue and Mayfield Road.
Cleveland Cultural Gardens
The Cultural Gardens lie in Rockefeller
Park, 254 acres of tranquil green corridor running from University Circle to
Lake Erie. John D. Rockefeller donated the land for the park to Cleveland in
1896 in celebration of the city’s first centennial.
Rockefeller Park Greenhouse
Cleveland’s 1905 greenhouse in Rockefeller
Park features a botanical garden with specialty plant collections, seasonal
floral displays and theme gardens.
The Ohio Historical
Society
The society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to interpreting
and preserving the prehistory and history of Ohio.
The Rockefeller Archive Center
Part of The Rockefeller University, the archive center site includes
biographical information about select members of the Rockefeller family.
Western Reserve Historical Society
The Western Reserve Historical Society operates seven historical
properties in northeast Ohio.
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