| | Abstract: | The Historic American Buildings Survey was a national survey to record and catalog historic buildings. It began in 1934 as a federal make-work project to provide work for unemployed architects, draftsmen and photographers. It was initially funded and supervised by the Civil Works Administration and later supervised by the National Park Service, the American Institute of Architecture and the Library of Congress, with a combination of private and Works Progress Administration (WPA) funds. William A. Bohnard was the first Northern Ohio District Officer. The collection consists of photographs of historic buildings in northern Ohio taken under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration during the late 1930s. In most cases, the photographs are mounted in small pamphlets giving historical and structural information concerning the building. Historic buildings in the following northern Ohio communities are included: Akron, Ashland, Atwater, Aurora, Avon, Bath, Bentleyville, Brecksville, Bristolville, Burton, Chagrin Falls, Claridon, Cleveland, Colebrook, Copley, Deerfield, Dover, Findley, Fremont, Gates Mills, Hudson, Huntington, Ira, Jefferson, Kinsman, Kirtland, Lakewood, Limaville, McCuthonville, Mentor, Milan, Monroeville, Mt. Vernon, Newton Falls, North Bloomfield, North Bristol, North Lewisberg, North Olmstead, Northfield, Norwalk, Painesville, Parma, Parma Heights, Peninsula, Seville, Solon, Streetsboro, Tallmadge, Twinsburg, Unionville, Vermillion, Warren, Wellington, Waterville, Weymouth, Whitesburgh, Wooster, and Zoar. A card index to the buildings surveyed by the Historic American Buildings Survey in northern Ohio is also included. | |
