Lakewood, Ohio

VerifiedFounding families and early settlers

Named for James Newman, who came from London in 1843 aged eleven; his three sons cut the street through their farm in 1896 to build rental houses.

His father was a Swedenborgian minister who earned little, so James worked for farmers by day and in the composing room of The Cleveland Leader at night, eventually buying land. A grandson, George, became a councilman in 1926.

Platted 1896

Named for

James Newman (came 1843). Londoner who worked as a farmhand and newspaper typesetter before buying land; his sons subdivided in 1896.

Homestead: Farm near West 117th Street

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See Newman Avenue on the map →