Van Sweringen Company clipping file and financial documents. [1926-1959]

Cleveland Public Library. Business Information Bureau.

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Van Sweringen Corporation

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Van Sweringen, Mantis James, 1881-1935

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Van Sweringen Company

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Real estate development firm formed by Oris P. and Mantis J. Van Sweringen, two brothers who, in 1905, began purchasing land in what is now Shaker Heights, Ohio, 8 miles southeast of Cleveland. The land, originally part of Warrensville Twp., was settled in 1822 by the celibate North Union Shaker community, which disbanded in 1889. The Van Sweringen idea was the development of a comprehensively planned "garden city" suburb which included the maintenance of natural topography and lakes, curving ro...

Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton, 1879-1936

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