Shaker Farm Historic District

Shaker Farm is a residential neighborhood of roughly 266 acres on the south side of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, laid out beginning in 1904 on land once farmed by the North Union Shaker Colony. Construction of houses began in 1906, two-thirds of the principal buildings date from 1910 to 1919, and the area was more than 90 percent built out by 1929. Streetcar service from 1907 made the location workable for commuters. The plan favored curvilinear streets west of Lee Road, preserved lakes, ravines and woodland, and kept many original sawed stone sidewalks. The district counts 504 contributing resources, mostly large architect-designed houses in Colonial Revival, Medieval Revival and Picturesque styles, along with garages, carriage houses, a church and two schools. It also overlaps part of the previously listed Fairmount Boulevard district. Early brochures sold buyers on fresh air and spacious surroundings away from industrial Cleveland, and the neighborhood still retains its original character.