2-28 Chardon Business District

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Title, side A: First Brick Rural Road in U.S.
Title, side B: Same
Sponsors: Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, Society for Industrial Archeology Northern Ohio Chapter, and The Ohio Historical Society
Address: SW corner of Pearl Road and Olde York Road
Parma Heights, 44130
Location: In small park on the tip of the corner
Latitude: 41.3918330
Longitude: -81.7598430
Subjects: Businesses, Chardon, Counties, Courthouses, Villages

Title: Chardon Business District
Caption: Chardon was designated the county seat of Geauga County in 1808. On July 25, 1868, the entire village business district (now Main Street) was destroyed by fire, including forty businesses, offices, meeting halls, and the 1824 courthouse. Citizens immediately rallied and formed the Chardon Building Company. In August 1868 they contracted with Herrick and Simmons of Cleveland to build the Union Block using fire-resistant brick. This was one of Rensselaer R. Herrick's (Cleveland Mayor 1879-1882) last construction jobs. The Union Block occupies the northern half of this block of Main Street (AL06624).

Remarkable Ohio