Lakewood, Ohio
Mathews Avenue
Named for Herbert W. Mathews, a realty man who married Arthur Hall's sister Laura and helped allot John Curtis Hall's farm.
As partner in Mathews & Gilbert Realty at the turn of the century he helped subdivide much of the Hall farm and could name some streets. He died long before Laura, who travelled abroad and returned to the Victorian mansion on Detroit; she died September 12, 1953, the last of her family.
Named for
Herbert W. Mathews. Realty man and investment counselor; partner in Mathews & Gilbert.
Homestead: Victorian mansion on Detroit Avenue
Sources
Romance in Lakewood Streets
Margaret Manor Butler · 1962 · p. 17