Title: |
William H. Boardman Papers |
Repository: |
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722 http://www.wrhs.org |
Creator: |
Boardman, William H. |
Dates: |
1891-1905 |
Quantity: |
0.10 linear feet (1 container) |
Abstract: |
William H. Boardman was a Cleveland, Ohio, resident who worked for a lighting company and lived on Euclid Avenue. The collection consists of specifications for Boardman's home, which was designed by architect Charles Schweinfurth, and receipts. |
Identification: |
MS 4419 |
Location: |
closed stacks |
Language: |
The records are in English |
William H. Boardman (b. 1855) worked for a lighting company in Cleveland, Ohio, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was the son of Cleveland attorney William J. Boardman and Florence Sheffield Boardman and the brother of noted Red Cross leader Mabel Boardman. His home, planned by Cleveland architect Charles F. Schweinfurth, was located on Euclid Avenue (also known as Millionaire's Row).
click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for Cleveland's Euclid Avenue
click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland history entry for Charles Schweinfurth
click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland history entry for William Jarvis Boardman
The William H. Boardman Papers, 1891-1905, consist of the specifications for Boardman's home and receipts.
This collection will be valuable to researchers interested in Cleveland, Ohio architecture in the late nineteenth century and the history of Cleveland's Millionaire's Row on Euclid Avenue.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4419 William H. Boardman Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Carl C. Cobb, 1979.
Processed by Richard Hite in 1989.