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    Built around 1920 for Dr. Phrania Chesbrough, this house faces Point Park and is currently occupied by Charter One Bank.
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    Photographed in the 1930s, Mary Ellen Hodgson stands on the front porch of her home on East Spaulding Street. The house still stands and is one of the oldest structures in Willoughby.
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    During WWII, everyone contributed something to the war effort. In 1943 this portable metal collection site set up in Willoughby's Point Park.
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    In 1964, Willoughby City Hall set up a temporary ticket sales office for "Lake County Loves the Indians Night."
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    Do you remember the little green park on the corner of Erie and Third Streets? It was torn up for the new post office in 1964.
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    In 1926, the Willoughby High School Band performed at the Lake County Fairgrounds. Does anyone recognize an ancestor in this group of proud faces? Let us know!

Images of America: Willoughby

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Images of America: Willoughby is written as a gentle tribute to a special little town located along the banks of the Chagrin River in northeast Ohio. Settled before Ohio achieved statehood, the community was little more than a cluster of mills and cabins in the early 1800s, but it prospered gradually and began to build a proper town on the ridge above the river. Throughout the century, … [Read More...]

Bicentennial Barns of Ohio

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Bicentennial Barns of Ohio book captures the essence of the Bicentennial Barn-painting project by weaving a tapestry of heartwarming narratives. In the fall of 2002, Ohio author Christina Wilkinson personally visited all eighty-eight counties in Ohio, photographing the barns and interviewing both current and former owners. Welcomed into their homes with old-time country hospitality, Christina … [Read More...]