Lakewood, Ohio

VerifiedFounding families and early settlers

Named for Benjamin Coutant, a marble finisher and pattern maker from Pennsylvania who arrived in 1819.

Known as a mechanical genius, he was the first settler to cover his well and rig a bucket-filling device; children from the West 117th Street schoolhouse filled the school pail there. 'Uncle Ben' was good at checkers and chess and held a Sunday gathering in his kitchen, which grew into the West Cleveland Mission under First Congregational Church.

Named for

Benjamin Coutant (arrived 1819). Pennsylvania pattern maker and marble finisher, 'Uncle Ben', whose Sunday gatherings led to the West Cleveland Mission.

Homestead: Near the West 117th Street schoolhouse

Sources

Community notes

See Coutant Avenue on the map →