Lakeside 10 Ground Breaking – April 11, 1969

Fifty years ago today, the ground breaking ceremony took place for the construction of Lakeside 10 Apartments in Sheffield Lake.

As the above article (which appeared in the Journal on April 11, 1969) notes, getting the high rise apartments off the ground (so to speak) was not an easy task. The process had started in 1962, when plans were unveiled for the property, on which Sheffield Lake’s City Hall was located.

After years of minor stumbling blocks, including rezoning and debate about the number of stories, things finally got moving with the demolition of City Hall in mid-June 1968.

Construction continued into 1970, with the apartments first showing up in the city directories in 1971.

Here's a construction photo of Lakeside 10 Apartments from the August 24, 1969 Lorain Journal.

In the end, the Lakeside 10 Apartments helped propel Sheffield Lake from a sleepy summer cottage community to a modern, progressive city.

Today the complex is known as The Perch on Lake.