Sunday, April 11, 2021
In Shaker Heights, OH:
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| 3571 Riedham Road was the childhood home of Fred Willard |
Monday, April 12, 2021
A stop in Meadville, PA, which was founded in 1788. The city is known as the home of the modern zipper. In 1893, the Universal Fastener Company was established in Chicago with the invention of a hookless fastener that was originally used on boots. After a couple name changes and moves, the company ended up in Meadville producing a zip fastener developed from 1906 to 1914 by Gideon Sundback. In 1921, the B F Goodrich Rubber Company designed galoshes, named Zippers, that used the Sundback fastener. Soon 'zipper' came to signify the zip fastener as well. In 1937 the company was renamed
Talon Incorporated, and the demand for zippers increased as they were starting to be used on clothing. However, during WWII with a shortage of materials, Talon was never able to recover and was sold in 1960.
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310 Chestnut Street/Masonic Building
(1913 in Beaux-Arts style) |
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| 956 S Main Street/Stone United Methodist Church (1868) |
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346 Chestnut Street/United Universalist Church
(1835-1836 by George Cullum in Greek Revival style) |
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353 Chestnut Street/First Baptist Church (1904, by
J C Fulton in Romanesque Revival style) |
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| 363 Chestnut Street/John McCloskey House |
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| We are seeing more Blessing Boxes in our travels |
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| 381 Chestnut Street/Michael Bagley House |
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Michael Bagley House rear with spiral staircases
between floors (KSS) |
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| 389 Chestnut Street/Wilson Colter House (1920) |
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| Wilson Colter House detail |
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403 Chestnut Street/Judge Shippen House (1838 in
Federal style, expanded in 1875 in Second Empire style) |
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| 423 Chestnut Street/Huidekoper Land Office (c 1856) |
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| 485 Chestnut Street/McClintock Fuller House (1878) |
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Crawford County Courthouse (1867-1870, by Edwin S Hanna
and D Fuller Stewart in Georgian Revival style) |
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| 869 Diamond Park Square/Tarr Mansion (1867) |
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| 847 N Main Street/Former Meadville High School (1921) |
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916 Diamond Park Square/Judge Derickson House
(1828, in Federal style) |
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Diamond Park/Crawford County's Tribute to
Her Loyal Sons (Civil War, erected 1890) |
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100th Anniversary of the Founding of Meadville
(erected 1888) |
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| Firemen Memorial (1915) |
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| 875 Park Avenue/Central Fire Station (1914) |
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| 900 Market Street/Kepler Hotel (1890, enlarged 1923) (KSS) |
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911 Mulberry Street/Meadville Market House (1870, enlarged
1916) is the oldest in-continuous-use market structure in PA |
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260/Chestnut Street/Crawford County Trust
Company (1920) Market Street view |
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| 214 Chestnut Street/Former Shryock Store (1870) |
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| 935 Market Street/Meridian Building (1926 in Chicago style) |
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| 245 Chestnut Street/Eldred Building |
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257 Chestnut Street/Former Meadville
Woolen Mills Office (1867) |
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| Meadville Market Alley Mural (2008, by Berry Breene) |
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| 928 Park Avenue/The Park Building |
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| 275 Chestnut Street/Academy of Music (1885-1886) |
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280 Chestnut Street/Spirella Factory #3 (1913)
was once the world's largest corset manufacturer |
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| 296 Chestnut Street/Federal Building (c 1910) |
We had to drive to see a few more historic buildings.
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639 Terrace Street/Baldwin-Reynolds House (1843,
in Greek Revival style, for US Supreme Court Justice
Henry Baldwin) is viewed from Lord Street |
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This outbuilding of the Baldwin-Reynolds House is
NOT the Dr J R Mosier Office! |
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| 214 Mount Hope Street/Did someone turn a garage into a home? |
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| Allegheny College Ford Chapel (1902) |
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| Allegheny College Ruter Hall (1853) |
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| Allegheny College Montgomery Gymnasium (1896 as an armory) |
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Allegheny College Bentley Hall (1820-1835,
designed by Timothy Alden) |
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| Allegheny College (founded 1815) grounds |
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| French Creek Bridge (1937) |
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| Our shortcut to I-79, S Mead Road became a dirt road! |
