The newsletter of the Cleveland Restoration Society, NEO's voice for historic preservation. We believe in the future of our built heritage, from our neighborhoods to our monumental landmarks. 
SEPTEMBER 2020 PRESERVATION NEWS & EVENTS
BAKERHOSTETLER SPONSORS A CIVIL RIGHTS TRAIL MARKER
BakerHostetler made a surprise announcement at the Cleveland Restoration Society’s virtual Community Luncheon Connection event on Friday, September 11. The law firm pledged $10,000 to sponsor an Ohio Historical Marker on the African American Civil Rights Trail. The first of its kind in the North, the Trail will memorialize ten (10) sites in Cleveland that were significant to the Modern Civil Rights Movement (1954-1964) and the Second Revolution (1964-1976) and remain relevant today. Each site will be marked with an Ohio Historical Marker and supported by a dedicated website with in-depth content written by civil rights scholars.

There are 9 sponsorships left! We invite you to join BakerHostetler and the Cleveland Restoration Society in our efforts to reach our $100,000 fundraising goal in support of this worthy project. Your pledge may be satisfied over multiple years.

Your $10,000 sponsorship will fund:
  • The design, construction, and installation of one (1) Ohio Historical Marker at one (1) of the ten designated Civil Rights Trail sites
  • The cost to engage a scholar in writing the text for the marker and providing interpretive content on the dedicated Civil Rights Trail website.

You will receive special recognition:
  • As the sponsor of one (1) Ohio Historical Marker on the Civil Rights Trail website
  • At the installation ceremony of the Ohio Historical Marker supported by your sponsorship (including recognition in the opening remarks and in the program)
  • In the Cleveland Restoration Society’s Perspectives e-newsletter, Facade magazine, and on social media.

Sponsor a marker today and make history by preserving history.
For more information about this sponsorship opportunity, please contact Anne Doten at adoten@clevelandrestoration.org or 216-426-3109.
FOLLOWING THE TRAIL: CLEVELAND'S IMPRINT ON CIVIL RIGHTS IS CLEAR
Watch Natoya Walker Minor, Chief of Public Affairs for the City of Cleveland and chair of our Community Engagement Committee, discuss Cleveland's Civil Right Trail.
OUR FIRST-EVER VIRTUAL COMMUNITY LUNCHEON CONNECTION WAS A SUCCESS!
While the Cleveland Restoration Society has hosted this event for 47 years, this was our first-ever virtual Community Luncheon!

We would like to thank all of you who joined us for our 2020 Community Luncheon Connection, which proved to be a great success. We are so appreciative of Sherwin-Williams Company and keynote speaker John G. Morikis, Chairman and CEO. Thank you again to our sponsors for your continued support.

It’s our sincere hope that we’ll be back together again, in person, for the 2021 Community Lunch.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS IN FACADE!
Facade magazine is the voice of historic preservation in Northeast Ohio. Published since 1972, each issue spotlights significant preservation projects across the region. Compelling narratives and stunning photographs capture the stories of the people and places that contribute to our cultural heritage. The biannual publication details the projects that are underway to help preserve our architectural fabric and celebrate the history of our legacy city.
Advertising opportunities are now available for the Fall 2020 issue of Facade, scheduled to be mailed in mid-October. Your advertisement will reach nearly 1,000 subscribers and prospective clients who care about historic preservation, including members of the Cleveland Restoration Society, Heritage Home ProgramSM participants, and corporate, cultural and non-profit community partners.

The deadline to submit ads for the Fall 2020 issue of Facade is September 30. Please send your inquiries and artwork (full color, high resolution PDF or JPEG) to Margaret Lann at mlann@clevelandrestoration.org.
NOTED CLEVELAND JOURNALIST LEON BIBB SPOTLIGHTS CIVIL RIGHTS TRAIL
Last week, noted Cleveland journalist Leon Bibb's spotlighted our Civil Rights Trail project, "In Their Footsteps." In the piece, Bibb interviewed CRS President Kathleen H. Crowther to discuss details of the Trail and the great need to interpret African American civil rights history in the North. 

"It's just the right thing to do, to put them in these places," Crowther said. "It dignifies this part of our heritage and history."

Click below to hear Leon Bibb's report on our Civil Rights Trail.
HERITAGE HOME PROGRAM VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS
The Heritage Home Program will continue to have virtual presentations in the coming months.

Join us to learn more about the services we provide and some tips and tricks that we have found from years of helping homeowners through their rehab and renovation projects.

To register for these presentations, call 216-426-3116 or go to www.heritagehomeprogram.org. You will then be sent a link to join the information session via Zoom or telephone.
PASTFORWARD ONLINE 2020 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Celebrate the power of place, virtually, with more than a thousand preservationists and preservation lovers at the nation’s premier online conference for those who work to save, sustain, and interpret historic places—PastForward Online 2020, October 27–30.
SECTION OF MIDTOWN NOMINATED AS A NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT
A portion of MidTown was recently nominated to be added to The National Registry of Historic Places as a Historic District, joining other areas of Cleveland such as Public Square and Ohio City on this prestigious list.
The proposed Midtown Historic District includes Prospect, Euclid, and Chester, roughly bounded by E. 55th, E. 30th, Perkins Ave, and Carnegie Ave.

If approved at the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board's September 18th meeting, the submission would then be sent to the U.S. Department of the Interior for a decision on the historic district.
NORTHEAST OHIO SUFFRAGE DRIVING TOUR
The driving tour aims to bring awareness to the achievements of the equal suffrage advocates native or local to northeast Ohio, as well as promote local tourism by encouraging the community to engage with northeast Ohio's historic sites and museums.

The tour was developed out of the Valiant Visionaries of the Vote trading cards that were to be dispersed early summer on "Suffrage Sundays" before the onset of the pandemic. Now, you can still travel to the sites in a safe manner by parking and viewing outdoor displays that feature each site's respective trading cards, and download digital copies of your own!

The tour will run through October 24, 2020 and is accompanied by a guidebook that can be found along with more information at www.neohiosuffrage.org/driving-tour.
VIRTUAL EVENTS CALENDAR
Wednesday, September 23th • 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
A Rehab Story: The Hartong Farmstead
Heritage Ohio

The Hartong Farmstead in Green has a storied history, and an exciting new chapter in its life that we’re eager to share. Join Sarah Haring, community development administrator for the City of Green, Rachel Bellis, who has recently moved into the farmstead and is turning the parcel back into a working farm, and Tracy Emrick (invited) of Cuyahoga Valley Countryside, an organization that has adopted an innovative approach to preserving historic buildings and structures in park settings, for a discussion about the property, its history, the “save,” and its future. Join us for the first in our webinar series: A Rehab Story.


Thursday, September 24th - Friday, September 25th
Novogradac 2020 Historic Tax Credit Virtual Conference 
Novogradac & Company LLP

While we look forward to getting together in person as soon as we can, Novogradac is planning our premier all-virtual Historic Tax Credit Virtual Conference on Sept. 24th and 25th.

We are expecting over 400 virtual attendees, including developers, investors, historic consultants and others, to discuss the extraordinary circumstances presented to historic preservation professionals and how, together, we will continue to revitalize America’s treasures.

Our virtual platform includes an exhibit hall, chat rooms by topic to quickly connect with those with similar interests, an auditorium with live presentations and Q&A with our experts, and plenty of content for you to immerse yourself in from the comfort of your home or office.

We look forward to seeing you online until we can meet again.
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Support has been provided by Ohio Humanities, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the federal CARES Act of 2020.

Generous project support is also provided by The Louise H. and David S. Ingalls Foundation.

The African American Civil Rights Trail project is supported through a grant from the African American Civil Rights grant program as administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. The project has also been funded in part by a grant from the Johanna Favrot Fund for Historic Preservation of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
 
The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the opinions or policies of the U.S. Government. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute their endorsement by the U.S. Government.