History of Ohio City

In just a few square miles on Cleveland's west side, you'll find the oldest continuously

operating public market in America, a stop on the Underground Railroad, Ohio's most haunted

building, a boulevard of Victorian mansions that once rivaled anything in the city, and a brewing

tradition stretching from 19th-century German lager empires to today's nationally celebrated

craft breweries. Author Thomas Kaschalk brings rare historic photographs and stories that

reveal just how much history — and how much heart — is packed into Cleveland's Ohio City.

Tom Kaschalk is the founder of My Cleveland History and a volunteer researcher at the

Cuyahoga County Archives. Through his books, presentations, and research, he works to

preserve and share the stories of Cleveland’s neighborhoods and the people who built them.

Book signing and sales to follow event.