Description: Taken by photographer Ihna Thayer Frary in 1925, this photograph shows the John M. Annis House in North Royalton, Ohio. This Greek Revival home was built in 1833 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, Ihna Thayer Frary was a prominent American art and architecture scholar, whose primary interest was the architectural heritage of the region of northeastern Ohio known as the Western Reserve. In addition to serving as publicity and membership secretary of the Cleveland Museum of Art, he was a professor of Ohio and American architecture at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University’s School of Architecture. Over the course of his career, Frary was a design consultant for private clients and designed furniture, and was an active member of several prominent arts councils in the Cleveland area. In 1963, Frary and his two sons donated his entire photographic collection to the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection). The Ihna Thayer Frary Collection consists of 4,000 5 x 7 photographs of private residences, churches, taverns, and public buildings, as well as select rural buildings, bridges, archaeological sites, and public monuments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P112_B54A_2256_01
Subjects: Frary, I. T. (Ihna Thayer); Photography--Ohio; Western Reserve; Domestic architecture; Houses
Places: North Royalton (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Eva Cynthia Darrall as a child, ca. 1903-1904. Born December 3, 1902 in Cleveland, Ohio, Eva Cynthia Darrall was the only child of Frederick Clinton Darrall (1865-1935) and Ida Hamilton Darrall (1864-1960). After graduating from Brooklyn Village Public School/High School Department in 1886, Frederick Darrall took one year of college-level courses at Oberlin College. The Darralls were married in the Park Congregational Church in East Cleveland, Ohio on December 22, 1891. At the time of Eva’s birth, her father was working as an accountant, and the family was residing at 64 Parkwood Avenue in Cleveland. Eva was baptized in June 1903 at the Park Congregational Church, which was built largely with funds provided by her grandfather, Thomas Hamilton. Eva was the granddaughter of Luke Darrall (1825-1892) and Cynthia Saxton Darrall (1827- 1909) of North Royalton, Ohio and Thomas Hamilton (ca. 1835-1916) and Mary Whiggam (ca. 1833-1917) of Cleveland, Ohio. Both of her maternal grandparents were born in Northern Ireland and came to the United States prior to 1853, when they were married in Cleveland. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06469
Subjects: Children--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Portrait photography
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1924, this is a portrait of Eva Cynthia Darrall taken to commemorate her graduation from college. Born December 3, 1902 in Cleveland, Ohio, Eva Cynthia Darrall was the only child of Frederick Clinton Darrall (1865-1935) and Ida Hamilton Darrall (1864-1960). After graduating from Brooklyn Village Public School/High School Department in 1886, Frederick Darrall took one year of college-level courses at Oberlin College. The Darralls were married in the Park Congregational Church in East Cleveland, Ohio on December 22, 1891. At the time of Eva’s birth, her father was working as an accountant, and the family was residing at 64 Parkwood Avenue in Cleveland. Eva was baptized in June 1903 at the Park Congregational Church, which was built largely with funds provided by her grandfather, Thomas Hamilton. Eva was the granddaughter of Luke Darrall (1825-1892) and Cynthia Saxton Darrall (1827- 1909) of North Royalton, Ohio and Thomas Hamilton (ca. 1835-1916) and Mary Whiggam (ca. 1833-1917) of Cleveland, Ohio. Both of her maternal grandparents were born in Northern Ireland and came to the United States prior to 1853, when they were married in Cleveland. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06471
Subjects: Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Portrait photography
 

Description: Photograph of Eva Cynthia Darrall and her parents, Ida Hamilton Darrall and Frederick Clinton Darrall, ca. 1903. Born December 3, 1902 in Cleveland, Ohio, Eva Cynthia Darrall was the only child of Frederick Clinton Darrall (1865-1935) and Ida Hamilton Darrall (1864-1960). After graduating from Brooklyn Village Public School/High School Department in 1886, Frederick Darrall took one year of college-level courses at Oberlin College. The Darralls were married in the Park Congregational Church in East Cleveland, Ohio on December 22, 1891. At the time of Eva’s birth, her father was working as an accountant, and the family was residing at 64 Parkwood Avenue in Cleveland. Eva was baptized in June 1903 at the Park Congregational Church, which was built largely with funds provided by her grandfather, Thomas Hamilton. Eva was the granddaughter of Luke Darrall (1825-1892) and Cynthia Saxton Darrall (1827- 1909) of North Royalton, Ohio and Thomas Hamilton (ca. 1835-1916) and Mary Whiggam (ca. 1833-1917) of Cleveland, Ohio. Both of her maternal grandparents were born in Northern Ireland and came to the United States prior to 1853, when they were married in Cleveland. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06473
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Other--Family History; Family life; Portrait photography