Description: Captions on front reads: "Lake County 'Garden Spot of Ohio.'" and "Exhibited By Kirtland Arts & Crafts Associates. Originating Book - Music - Oil & Water Colors - Art Pottery - Handicrafts." This photograph (ca. 1935-1943) shows a framed painting of Lake County centered on Painesville, Ohio. Painesville, the county seat, was incorporated in 1832 and named after General Edward Paine (1746–1841), one of the early settlers of the Western Reserve, who settled in the area around 1800 and represented the region in the territorial legislature. Paine had served as a captain in the Connecticut militia during the American Revolutionary War. When the plat of land was laid in 1805 its original name was Champion after General Henry Champion. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F07_001_001
Subjects: Lake County (Ohio)--Maps, Pictorial
Places: Lake County (Ohio)
 

Description: George Vargo, of Lake County, electrocuted June 10, 1927, for the Murder of Anna Sabo of Richmond, Ohio. He was a white male, sixty years old and his occupation was listed as a railroad laborer. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08181
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio
Places: Richmond (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio); Lake County (Ohio)
 

Description: Harvesting on a farm near Mentor, Ohio, in Lake County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F04_012_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio--History--20th century.; Harvesting
Places: Lake County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Lake County Courthouse. This Beaux-Arts courthouse replaced the ca. 1840 courthouse which now serves as the Painesville City Hall. It has large Doric columns and an oversized entablature between the column capitals and the roof. Some of the materials used to build this structure were stone and Tennessee marble. Outside the front entrance are statues of Cain and Abel who represent the first crime. The sculptor hoped these statues would promote prison reform. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_252
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; columns; clock towers; entablatures; Beaux-Arts
Places: Painesville (Ohio); Lake County (Ohio); 47 N. Park Pl.
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Lake County Courthouse. This Beaux-Arts courthouse replaced the ca. 1840 courthouse which now serves as the Painesville City Hall. It has large Doric columns and an oversized entablature between the column capitals and the roof. Some of the materials used to build this structure were stone and Tennessee marble. Outside the front entrance are statues of Cain and Abel who represent the first crime. The sculptor hoped these statues would promote prison reform. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_251
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; columns; clock towers; entablatures; Beaux-Arts
Places: Painesville (Ohio); Lake County (Ohio); 47 N. Park Pl.
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Lake County Courthouse. This Beaux-Arts courthouse replaced the ca. 1840 courthouse which now serves as the Painesville City Hall. It has large Doric columns and an oversized entablature between the column capitals and the roof. Some of the materials used to build this structure were stone and Tennessee marble. Outside the front entrance are statues of Cain and Abel who represent the first crime. The sculptor hoped these statues would promote prison reform. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_253
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; columns; clock towers; entablatures; Beaux-Arts
Places: Painesville (Ohio); Lake County (Ohio); 47 N. Park Pl.
 

Description: Old lighthouse at Fairport Harbor, built in 1825, Lake County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. Presently, housing the Fairport Harbor Marine Museum. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00363
Subjects: Historical museums--Ohio; Lighthouses
Places: Fairport Harbor (Ohio); Lake County (Ohio)
 

Description: Indian Lake in Logan County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. Indian Lake was built between 1850 and 1857 as a feeder lake for the Miami and Erie Canal. It was known as Lewistown Reservoir until 1896, when the lake was purchased by the state of Ohio for a state park. In the 1920s, S. L. Wilgus built an amusement park on the shore of the lake near Russell's Point. Attractions included a boardwalk along the lake and a roller coaster. The park closed in the 1970s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00369
Subjects: Indian Lake (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Indian Lake (Ohio); Logan County (Ohio)
 

Description: Pymatuning Lake in Ashtabula County. Both Ohio and Pennsylvania manage state parks on each side of the reservoir. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06885
Subjects: Ashtabula County (Ohio); Lakes--Ohio
Places: Andover (Ohio); Ashtabula County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front facade and clock tower of the Lake County Courthouse. This Beaux-Arts courthouse replaced the ca. 1840 courthouse which now serves as the Painesville City Hall. It has large Doric columns and an oversized entablature between the column capitals and the roof. Some of the materials used to build this structure were stone and Tennessee marble. Outside the front entrance are statues of Cain and Abel who represent the first crime. The sculptor hoped these statues would promote prison reform. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F04_254
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; columns; clock towers; entablatures; Beaux-Arts
Places: Painesville (Ohio); Lake County (Ohio); 47 N. Park Pl.
 

Description: Seth Marshall (1815-1883) of Painesville in Lake County, Ohio, gave shelter to fugitive slaves escaping to freedom in Canada in this barn. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03149
Subjects: Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Underground Railroad--Ohio; Antislavery movements--Ohio--History--19th century; Abolitionists;
Places: Painesville (Ohio); Lake County (Ohio)
 

Description: Stone bridge spanning the East Branch of the Chagrin River. The East Branch starts in Geauga county, continues through Lake County and ends in Willoughby, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F17_032
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio; Chagrin River (Ohio); Ohio--History; Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Kirtland (Ohio); Willoughby (Ohio); Lake County (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)