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Contents 1 History 2 AKA (Also Known As) 3 Historical Businesses 3.1 West side of Pearl 3.2 East side of Pearl

Post-1906 name:

West 25th Street

Location:

Full length of the street extends from a few blocks north of Detroit Ave. to the Brooklyn-Brighton Bridge, however, the portion that was in Brooklyn Centre started at about Daisy Avenue.

Development:

Ebenezer Fish and Betts and Bibbins developed the section north of Denison Ave.

Moses Fish developed the section south of Denison Ave.

Named for:

The origin of the name "Pearl" is unknown. It was already called this by 1835 as attested to by its appearance on a map of that era. There were no property owners in the vicinity with the surname of Pearl for whom the street might have been named.

History

Hezekiah Eldredge opened "Pearl Street House" in 1836.

It can be naturally assumed that the street's name is feminine, but around this time there was a substance in use called pearl ash that may have been the source of the name.

Potassium carbonate was first identified in 1742 by Antonio Campanella and is the primary component of potash and the more refined pearlash or salts of tartar. Historically pearlash was created by baking potash in a kiln to remove impurities. The fine white powder remaining was the pearlash. Pearlash has been used for soap, glass, and china production."

Source: Wikipedia article

Pearl Street's northern end was in the vicinity of several streets named for trees such as Hickory, Hemlock, Willow, Mulberry, and Spruce.

Another possible reason for the name was the popularity of oysters along the east coast of America, though the family of oysters found there did not produce pearls of commercial value.

Wikipedia article on Oysters

AKA (Also Known As)

Pearl Street was also known by many different names. At various times it was called by names that indicated a final destination (ie. Columbus), then by the fact that it had become a toll road, and then by it's numerical name when all north/south streets were converted from names to numbers. Most recently, calling West 25th St. Pearl Road has again become fashionable.

Columbus Road

Plank Road

Wayne, Medina, and Cuyahoga Turnpike

Medina-Wooster Turnpike

Turnpike Road

Main Street

West 25th Street

Pearl Road

Historical Businesses

The following table attempts to show the businesses that existed along Pearl Street (now called West 25th Street) in various eras. The table has been divided into two sections; the first for establishments along the west side of the street and the second for the east side.

The data was derived from the Cleveland City Directory, Sanborn Insurance Maps, Reflections of Brooklyn Centre, personal memories, and various other sources.

NOTE: The following table is a work in progress

Where possible, if a lot had been alloted by a developer, the lot number will be listed using the following key:

AK = Adam Kroehle

BB = Betts and Bibbins

EF = Ebenezer Fish

FD = Fish & Davis

IF = Isaiah Fish heirs

KLJ = Kroehle, Luce, Jensen

JSF = John Stanton Fish

MF = Moses Fish original village lots

(This table looks much better in the Firefox v3.0.7 browser. It doesn't render well in Internet Explorer v6.)

West side of Pearl

Historical Businesses along Pearl Street (West 25th Street)

Street and Side	Village Lot	Pre-1906 Old Style Address	Modern Address	Business Type	Business Name	Business Owner	Additional Information
Mapledale Intersect
West Pearl	IF01	1771	3706	House	N/A	Jefferson Fish	Jefferson owned this property from 1886 until his death in 1903. It passed into the hands of his wife Leonora and then his son, Orlando. Orlando sold it to Max Lees in 1915 who then turned around and sold it to Louise Sonnendecker.
West Pearl	IF01	1771	3706	Library	Brooklyn Branch	.	The library lot straddles the Original Lot lines of #65 and #66. James Fish had #66 and his cousin Ebenezer had the north half of #65.
West Pearl	.	.	3710	Shoe repair	Rosso's	Anthony Rosso	Noted in 1934 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3710	Beautician	.	Florence Hurley	Noted in 1953 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3712	Tailor	Sill's Tailoring	Adolph Sill	Noted in 1934 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3712 1/2	Barbershop	Bowen's	Charles Bowen	Noted in 1934 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3714	Beauty Shop	Willowdale Beauty Shop	.	Noted in 1934 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3716-20	Washing Machine Repair	General Washing Machine Repair	.	Noted in 1934 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3716	Furniture	Brookside Furniture	.	Noted in 1943 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3722	Meat Market	Stillman Meats	August Stillman	Noted in 1934 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3722	Meat Market	Kullman Meats	Edward Kullman	Noted in 1943 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3722	Meat Market	Kruggel Meats	Warren Kruggel	Noted in 1953 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3724	Grocery	A&P Grocery	.	Noted in 1934 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3726	Fruits	Rehman Fruits	Robert Rehman	Noted in 1934 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3728	Electrical Supply	Sunbeam Electric	.	Noted in 1934 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	.	.	3730	Confectionary	.	Emma	Noted in 1934 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3730	Deli	Ruth Marie Dellicatessen	.	Noted in 1953 Cleveland City Directory
Delmar Intersect
West Pearl	.	.	3732	Cafe	Lavdas Cafe	.	Noted in 1953 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	27	.	3734	Plumbing	Modern Heating & Plumbing	Clarence Rademaker?	Noted in 1953 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	27	.	3736	Bakery	.	Lewis Kittredge	Noted in 1953 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	28	.	3738	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	28	.	3740	Deli	.	Chester Szymankiewicz	Noted in 1953 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	38	.	3742	Ceramics	Bracon Ceramic Studio	.	Noted in 1953 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	38	.	3746	Variety	Gee's	Allison Gee	Noted in 1934 and 1953 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	38	.	3748	.	Reliable Electric	.	Noted in 1934 and 1953 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3750	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	39	.	3752-54	Apartment Building	Rosesheer Building	.	Destroyed in a fire. Noted in 1934 and 1953 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	39	.	3756-60	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	39	.	3758	.	.	.	.
Archwood Intersect
West Pearl	2	1835	3760	Drugstore	Schossler Drug Co.	.	Noted in 1953 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	1	.	3764	Florist	Witthuhn's	Walter Witthuhn	Noted in 1953 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3764-70	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	.	.	3768	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	.	.	3766-68	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	.	.	3766	Beautician	Loretta Melchior	Loretta Melchior	Noted in 1953 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3770	Specialty	R&S Rubber Stamp	.	Noted in 1953 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3776	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	.	.	3778	Restaurant	.	Cyril Hubley	Noted in 1953 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3780	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	.	.	3782	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	.	.	3784-90	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	.	.	3792-94	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	.	.	3794	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	.	.	3800	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	.	.	3802	Cameras	Jordan Camera	.	Noted in 1943 and 1953 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	1861	3806	Groceries	Baeder Groceries	Walter Baeder	Noted in 1943 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	1861	3808	Meats	Malusky's	Edwin Malusky	Noted in 1943 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	FD01	1863	3806-08	Hardware	.	.	Noted on Sanborn map of 1896. Hardware and paints.
West Pearl	FD01	1863	3806-08	Hall	Kern's Hall	.	Noted on the Electric Railway Guide of 1904
Garden Intersect
West Pearl	.	.	3814	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	.	.	3816	Variety	F.W. Woolworth's	.	Noted in 1943 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3820	Dry Goods	Boston Chain Store	.	Noted in 1943 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3824	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	.	.	3826	Restaurant	Vasel's Restaurant	Louka Vasel	Noted in 1943 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3828	Bakery	Lakewood Bakery	.	Noted in 1943 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3830	Shoes	Zak Shoes	.	Noted in 1943 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3830 1/2	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	.	.	3832	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	.	.	3834	Groceries	Fisher Foods	.	Noted in 1943 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3836	Candy	Emanuel's Confectionary	George Emanuel	Noted in 1934 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3836	Drugstore	Standard Drug Co.	.	Noted in 1943 and 1953 Cleveland City Directory
Denison Intersect
West Pearl	.	.	3838	Drugstore	Marshall Drug Co.	.	Noted in 1943 and 1953 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3840	Furniture	Mayer-Marks	.	Noted in 1943 and 1953 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3842	Theatre	Denison Square Theatre	.	Noted in 1943 and 1953 Cleveland City Directory
West Pearl	.	.	3850	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	.	.	3856-58	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	.	.	3858	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	.	.	3870	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	.	.	3880	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	.	.	3888	.	.	.	.
West Pearl	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

East side of Pearl

Historical Businesses along Pearl Street (West 25th Street)

Street and Side	Village Lot	Pre-1906 Old Style Address	Modern Address Equivalent	Business Type	Business Name	Business Owner	Additional Information
Willowdale Intersect
East	.	.	3723	Firehouse	.	.	.
East	.	.	3731	House	Diebold Mallo	.	Known as the "Mallo House" and as an historic langmark in the city of Cleveland.
East	.	.	3731	Boarding House	Bill Morlock's	.	Noted in 1943 Cleveland City Directory as Morlock Louise M Mrs furn rms, but recalled as Bill Morlock's in the Reflection from Brooklyn Centre.
East	.	.	3735	Car dealership	Doraty Motors	.	Noted in the 1943 Cleveland City Directory.
East	JSF04	1804	.	Factory	A.Claus Bank, Office, & Bar Furniture	A. Claus	Noted on Sanborn Map of 1896.
East	JSF03	1808-1812	3751	Factory	George D. Sheer Iron Works	George Sheer	1896
Forestdale Intersect
East	.	.	.	Saloon	Height Saloon	.	.
East	.	.	3755-57	Tobacco	Archwood Tobacco Co.	.	Noted in 1943 and 1953 Cleveland City Directory.
East	.	.	3757	Movie Theatre	Centre Picture Show	.	Noted on 1913 Sanborn Map and mentioned in Reflection from Brooklyn Centre
East	.	1824	.	Livery	.	.	Noted on 1903 Sanborn Map
East	.	1830	.	House	.	.	Noted on 1903 Sanborn Map
East	.	1836	.	House	.	.	Noted on 1896 and 1903 Sanborn Map
East	.	1840	.	House	.	.	Noted on 1896 and 1903 Sanborn Map
Dobson Intersect (Previously known as Olive Court)
East	.	1846	.	House	.	.	Noted on 1896 and 1903 Sanborn Map
East	.	1852-1854	.	2 Joined Stores	Dentist at 1854	.	Noted on 1896 Sanborn Map
East	.	1852	.	House	.	.	Noted on 1903 Sanborn Map
East	.	1854	.	House	.	.	Noted on 1903 Sanborn Map
East	.	1862	.	House	.	.	Noted on 1896 and 1903 Sanborn Map
East	.	1866	.	Repair Shop	.	.	Noted on 1903 Sanborn Map
East	.	.	3777	Ice House	City Ice Delivery	.	Noted on 1913 Sanborn Map. Purchased from Carl Brown in 1913.
East	.	.	3777	Groceries	A&P Grocery Store	.	Noted in 1943 Cleveland City Directory
East	.	.	3783-3787	Laundry	Chinese laundry	William Jung	Noted in 1951 Cleveland City Directory. This building was also an apartment house that had 5 suites.
East	.	.	3787	Groceries	Aldi's	.	Parcel 008-24-009
East	.	1860	3793	Bakery	Star Baking	Oscar Kroehle	Noted on 1903 Sanborn Map. Kroehle purchased this property from the Olive Kibbee estate in 1898. His business partners were John and George Kraushaar.
East	.	1860	3793	Bakery	Wheelock Baking	C. Day Wheelock	Purchased this property from the Star Baking Co. in 1905. C.Day Wheelock died suddenly in 1914.
East	.	1860	3793	Bakery	Kopp Baking	Herbert Kopp	Noted on 1912 Sanborn Map. Purchased this property from the Wheelock Baking Co. in 1912. Sold it in 1916 when Herbert died. Herbert was the father-in-law of Dwight Gilbert Fish a great-grandson of Moses Fish
East	.	1864	3797-3799	Hall	Brooklyn Memorial Hall	.	1904
East	.	1862-1864	3797-3799	Hall	G.A.R. Hall	.	1912
East	.	1864	3797-3799	Library	Brooklyn sub-branch	Cleveland Public Library	1912. This was a temporary site for the library just prior to the building of the permanent branch library at the corner of Mapledale Ave. and West 25th St.
East	.	.	3801	Gas station	Sohio	.	Noted in 1953 Cleveland City Directory
East	.	.	.	Milk	Lawson's	.	.
Grand Army Ct. Intersect (Now called Garden Ave.)
East	.	1876	.	.	.	.	.
East	.	1878	.	.	.	.	.
East	.	.	3809	Bar	West Town Lounge	.	Noted in 1953 Cleveland City Directory
East	.	.	3811	Cleaners	Jakubic	Michael Jakubic	Noted in 1953 Cleveland City Directory
East	.	.	3815	Optometrist	Thomas Babb	.	Noted in 1953 Cleveland City Directory
East	.	.	3815	Meats	Fish N Fowl Meats	.	Noted in 1951 Cleveland City Directory
East	.	.	3817	Hardware	Wyatt's Hardware	H.M. Wyatt	Noted in 1951 Cleveland City Directory
East	.	1880	.	.	.	.	.
East	.	1884	.	.	.	.	.
East	.	1886	3819	Hardware	Tettelbach's Hardware	Mathias Tettelbach	Found in 1900 Census. His brother John was a stove manufacturer. Both were sons of Peter Tettelbach.
East	.	1892	.	.	.	.	.
East	.	1894	.	.	.	.	.
Denison Intersect
East	.	1896	3829	.	Kroehle Block	.	1904
East	.	1898	3835	Bank	Farmers and Merchants Banking	.	Noted on the Electric Railway Guide of 1904. Ad found for 1908.
East	.	1920	.	Bowling	Brown's Bowling Alley	.	NE corner of Selzer Avenue and West 25th St.
Selzer Intersect
East	.	1934	.	Beer Garden	.	.	Noted on 1903 Sanborn map. The beer garden took up the whole SE corner of Selzer Avenue and West 25th St. and included a dance pavillion. The actual tavern building was approximately 100' south of the corner.
East	.	.	.	Recreation	Brookly YMCA	.	Built in 1955 - closed in 1996. Claude H. Foster, grandson of Ebenezer Foster, donated $550,000 for the building.

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