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Lake County Historical Society  –  440-639-2945 ext. 17

Self-Guided Walking/Driving Tours 

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Welcome to Lake County! These museums showcase Lake County’s amazing past from the summer Gentlemen Farms built by Cleveland’s Millionaires to a lighthouse built by architect Jonathan Goldsmith, to the presidential home of James A.…

Evergreen Cemetery

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Historic sites within walking distance of Downtown Painesville’s historic Veteran’s Park square. Painesville 1800- 1840 By Carl Thomas Engel, Morley Library Surveyed by the Connecticut Land Company in 1798 as part of their Western…

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James Garfield was elected as the United States’ 20th President in 1881, after nine terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. His Presidency was impactful, but cut short after 200 days when he was assassinated. As the last of the log cabin…

st huberts

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Ohio’s smallest county is home to some of its most fascinating churches. Joseph Smith to John D. Rockefeller left their marks on Lake County’s churches. This tour spans the entire county from the grandiose to the more simple. Explore the…

 

For more information on these or other programs & activities, call the Lake County History Center 440-639-2945 ; or contact the operations manager:  Opmanager@lakehistory.org