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Case Hall
Saturday, February 18, 1882
The Decorative Arts
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Newspaper report
The Chicago Tribune, Feb 19, 1882, 2
Newspaper report
The Plain Dealer, (Cleveland) February 20, 1882
He lectured in Case Hall Saturday evening to a small audience, chiefly made up of persons who went more to see than hear him.
Case Hall
East 3rd and Superior Streets (NW corner), Cleveland, OH
Built: C. H. Heard, 1867
Demolished: 1902
Named For: William Case (Mayor 1850-51)
Related:
Forest City HouseĀ
SW corner of Superior Street and Monumental Park, Cleveland, OH
Built: 1848, on the site of a former tavern
Original name: Dunham House (David B. Dunham)
Changed hands: 1852 and later expanded as Forest City House
Demolished: 1916
Replaced by: Hotel Cleveland, opened December 16, 1918
John Milton Hay, American statesman, diplomat, author, journalist, and private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln, with whom Wilde lunched while in Cleveland at his "charming houseā.
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