Van Sweringen Company photographs, ca. 1910s-1930s [graphic]

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Van Sweringen Company photographs, ca. 1910s-1930s [graphic]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/751507670

Consists of a drawing, a scrapbook, and photographic prints of varying sizes. All together, the collection consists of approximately 268 photographs.

268 photographs (0.4 linear feet)

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8126712

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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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...