by Erik Weber | Jun 1, 2018 | 1913 + Earlier: Before Beachwood, 1914-1919: Early Beachwood
The following was created for local elementary and middle school students interested in the town’s history and/or needing a subject for a class report. Over 100 years ago, in 1913, a man named Bertram C. Mayo traveled all the way to California to meet an old...
by Erik Weber | Dec 1, 1918 | 1914-1919: Early Beachwood
Beginning in late 1918, the Beachwood Property Owners’ Association published and distributed this booklet outlining the first handful of years in the resort borough, detailing its progression from New York City-based newspaper land promotion to independent...
by Erik Weber | Jan 1, 1913 | 1913 + Earlier: Before Beachwood
Bertram Chapman (B.C.) Mayo (middle) traveled to Los Angeles, California, where Addison Doane (A.D.) Nickerson (left) was staying with his family at 142 North Kingsley Drive, to propose the newspaper-backed promotion resort development that would become...
