Lakewood, Ohio

LikelyFounding families and early settlers

Named in memory of Leonard Putz, only son of Austrian musician John Putz, who died in an accident.

John Putz came about 1900 and settled about 1911 on a five-acre farm on Warren Road near Madison. He co-directed the West Side Musical College and conducted the Lyceum Theater Orchestra; his pupil F. Karl Grossman later became Lakewood's beloved orchestra leader.

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See Leonard Avenue on the map →