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The
City Sights Network
The first suburbs: Glenville and Bratenhal
Glenville was nicknamed the
“garden spot” because of its shady glens. In the 1890’s, the “gay
90’s” that is the
peak
of
Cleveland
’s economy as an industrial city this area was settled first by Scottish
Irish and German immigrants. Wealthy families then elected it as a
fashionable lakeshore resort.
In the mid-19th century, about twenty-five families farmed the
rural area which would become the
village
of
Bratenahl
, the name of which comes from Charles Bratenahl, who owned land on
Lake Erie
. Originally part of Glenville and Collinwood, Bratenahl became as well a
summer resort where the wealthy industrialists and financiers of the city
would eventually have mansions built. In 1889, there was a country club on
the site of Charles Coit’s summer hotel. The residents of Bratenahl
resisted its annexation to
Cleveland
and in 1903 the area was incorporated as an independent village.
This small village was a residential community of less than one
square mile on Lake Erie and surrounded by the city of
Cleveland
. In 1906, when Collinwood was annexed, the area from
Coit Rd.
to
E. 140th St.
also became part of Bratenahl.
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