Castle family plot 03 - Monroe Street Cemetery : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Castle family plot 03 - Monroe Street Cemetery / Tim Evanson
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Castle family plot at the Monroe Street Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.William Bainbridge Castle was born in Essex, Vermont, in 1814. His family settled in Cleveland in 1827, where his father opened Cleveland's first lumberyard. His father died in either 1829 or 1832, Castle moved to Ontario. He moved back to the area in 1839, settling in Ohio City. The following year he opened the hardware store of Castle & Field. He became a clerk at the Cuyahoga Steam Furnace Co. in 1843. The firm was the first iron foundary in the area. He became the company's manager in 1859.Castle was mayor of Ohio in 1853-1854, and co-wrote the agreement merging Ohio City into Cleveland. Castle was elected mayor of Cleveland in 1855, and cut a shorter channel between Lake Erie and the Cuyahoga, opening the river to larger ships.Buried in the family plot here in 1872, he was disinterred at some later date and re-interred at Cleveland's Lake View Cemetery. His son and his son's family are still buried here.Samuel P. Lord, one of the 57 investors in the Connecticut Land Company, was alloted land in the Connecticut Western Reserve along the west bank of the Cuyahoga River. His son, Richard Lord, emigrated to the area in 1818. With his brother-in-law, Josiah Barber, he founded Brooklyn Township on June 1, 1818.Residents in the area began burials at the site of the cemetery began about 1818. In January 1836, Lord and Barber sold 6 acres of land to the township for $160 for use as a cemetery. Ohio City was incorporated from part of Brooklyn Township on March 3, 1836, and the cemetery became part of the new city. The burying ground was called Ohio City Cemetery. Ohio City was annexed by the city of Cleveland on June 5, 1854. Title to the cemetery now transferred to the city of Cleveland, which renamed it the West Side Cemetery. By 1879, the cemetery had expanded to 32.5 acres. This was Cleveland's only graveyard on the west side until West Park Cemetery opened in 1900, after which the grounds became more commonly known as the Monroe Street Cemetery. Monroe Street was Cleveland's second-busiest cemetery in the first half of the 20th century. As the cemetery filled and other, modern cemeteries became available, burials fell off and the cemetery fell into some disrepair.As of 2022, Monroe Street Cemetery is 13.63 acres in size, making it one of the 10 largest cemeteries in Northeast Ohio. There are approximately 31,500 burials there. The cemetery was closed to new burials in 2010, except for those who had already purchased and had room in plots. |
| 撮影日 | 2022-11-03 13:14:55 |
| 撮影者 | Tim Evanson , Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA |
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| カメラ | NIKON D7100 , NIKON CORPORATION |
| 露出 | 0.004 sec (1/250) |
| 開放F値 | f/8.0 |
| 焦点距離 | 29 mm |