Charles Owen is an avid collector of old postcards. A small portion of his collection (along with several selections from the collection of the Cleveland Heights Historical Center) are shown below.
Mr. Owen is founder and current Trustee of the Cleveland Heights Historical Society. He and his wife, Dumont, live in a 1913 Craftsman-inspired home on Somerton Road in the Mayfield Heights Historic District. Click on a thumbnail to see enlarged views of the cards below.
Deteriorating “indian fort” (actually Ambler’s observation tower) near MLK @ Stokes Blvd.chhistory2020-06-28T18:21:15+00:00
Coventry Rd. Homes (Photo courtesy of Cleve. Hts. Historical Center at Superior Schoolhouse)chhistory2020-06-28T18:20:03+00:00
This card says Euclid Heights Boulevard We think it’s North Park Boulevard (Postmarked September 1, 1913)chhistory2020-06-28T18:16:32+00:00
Teeing off at the Euclid Golf Club (North of Cedar) (Postmarked October 24, 1910)chhistory2020-06-28T18:23:00+00:00
The Clubhouse at Euclid Golf Club (roughly Cedar and Norfolk) (Postmarked June 10, 1907)chhistory2020-06-28T18:12:01+00:00
Overlook and Cedar Roads. The Howell-Hinds House is visible at left (Postmarked June 9, 1907)chhistory2020-06-28T18:10:54+00:00
Path down into the Roxboro Ravine (formerly known as Ambler Park), approximately where Bellfield meets North Park Blvd.chhistory2020-06-28T18:07:29+00:00
Corner of Baldwin and Stokes Blvd. The house at the top is the residence of Dr. Nathan Ambler( Postmarked June 18, 1908 ).chhistory2020-06-28T18:00:25+00:00
Grounds around the Nathan Ambler estate along what is now Stokes Blvd, near MLK Blvd. c.1900chhistory2020-06-28T17:57:34+00:00
Pond and boathouse at Forest Hill (Postmarked August 25, 1907) c.1920.chhistory2020-06-28T18:24:30+00:00
Just south of North Park at MLK, this path leading into the Roxboro Ravine no longer exists. Note the Benjamin Bourne house at upper left (corner of North Park and Harcourt).chhistory2020-06-28T17:52:35+00:00
NW corner of Cedar & Overlook, current site of the tennis courts. House may have been part of the old Ursuline Academy.chhistory2020-06-28T17:53:30+00:00
Often mis-identified as an “indian fortification, this is actually an observation tower built by Nathan Ambler on his estate (now the Baldwin Reservoir). Card is dated 1912.chhistory2020-06-28T17:54:13+00:00
