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| The part of Avon Lake roughly being referred to in the article |
Avon Lake doesn't get very much coverage on this blog which purports to be about Lorain County. So to help rectify that, here's an interesting article from the October 13, 1968 Lorain Journal. It's about a section of Avon Lake known as Stop 45 or The Allotment.
The article is a fascinating history of the area, as it transitioned from a 1920s summer cottage area with beach privileges into the cozy, unique neighborhood that it is today.
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| The summer cottage on South Point being worked on by Stan Orth in the 1968 photo as it looks today |
Thanks as always, Dan. This has a personal interest because my grandmother lived in a converted cottage there for years.
ReplyDeleteThis was interesting. My grandparents moved from 14th St and Broadway to a shabby cottage on the lake near Root Rd, Sheffield Lake, in the 1950’s. I still remember the knotty pine walls and windows overlooking the lake. As children, my brother and I would ride our bikes from the east side and spend lovely summer days on their little beach, swimming, sunning, picking up clam shells and beach glass - and fishing from the little pier. When they moved in their later years, a doctor bought the property and built a new house with zero character. So glad to read a little hamlet remains in Avon Lake. Once again, thank you Dan for instigating sweet memories.
ReplyDelete"Scene of wild parties and wild women." I was wondering where that was! Thanks, Dan!
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