Green Book Details B. H. Tapisco appears in the Green Book from 1939 to 1946 at 115 W. 17th St. in Lorain under the category Tourist Homes. Additional information coming soon.
Green Book Details Barbe’s appears in the Green Book in 1939-41 and 1947-49 at 525 Cherry Ave. S. E. in Canton under the category Barber Shops. Additional information coming soon.
Green Book Details Beauty Salon appears in the Green Book from 1939 to 1949 at 70 N. Howard St. in Akron under the category Beauty Parlors. Additional information coming soon.
Sadie Brooks operated Brooks’ Grille on Akron’s North Howard Street. Green Book Details Brooks’ Grille appears as “Brook’s” in the Green Book from 1939 to 1953 at 42 N. Howard St. in Akron under the category Taverns. Additional information coming soon. Resources Brooks’ Grille ad. Call & Post. December 24, 1936.
Green Book Details C. McQueen’s appears in the Green Book in 1940 and 1941 at 645 Moon St. in Akron under the category Tourist Homes. Additional information coming soon.
Green Book Details Garden City Hotel appears in the Green Book from 1938 to 1956 at Howard & Furnace Sts. in Akron under the category Hotels. See also Garden City (tavern). Additional information coming soon
The Green Turtle Hotel operated at least between 1935 and 1967. Leonard Foreman was its proprietor. The Call & Post newspaper opened an Akron office in the hotel in 1935. Green Book Details Green Turtle Hotel appears in the Green Book from 1939 to 1967 at Federal & Howard Sts. in Akron under the category […]
Green Book Details Hunter’s appears in the Green Book in 1939-41 and 1947 at 527 Cherry Ave. S. E. and then at 224 E. College Ave. in 1948-50 under the category Restaurants. The latter location is unclear and requires further research. Additional information coming soon.
The Log Cabin was a popular tavern opened in 1934 by Willie Pierson and Rodger Price at 2290 East 55th Street before expanding into the adjacent storefront at 2294 two years later. Pierson, a Guthrie, Oklahoma, native and World War I veteran who would go on to be one of the first African American homeowners […]
Green Book Details Lynum & Germans’ Cocktail Baar appears in the Green Book in 1939-40 at 644 Pine Ave. in Warren under the category Restaurants. In 1941 it is listed simply as Cocktail Baar. Additional information coming soon.
The Mathews Hotel was Akron’s main Black hotel. Owned by George W. Mathews, the hotel was located at 77 N. Howard Street. Born on a farm in Thomaston, Georgia, in 1897, Mathews worked as a waiter in a Montgomery, Alabama, hotel from 1915 to 1920. He migrated to Akron in 1925 and opened the Mathews […]
Green Book Details Mrs. Alex Cooley appears in the Green Book from 1939 to 1967 at 114 W. 26th (St.) in Lorain under the category Tourist Homes. Additional information coming soon.
Green Book Details Mrs. Elishe Worthington appears in the Green Book from 1939 to 1967 at 209 W. 16th St. in Lorain under the category Tourist Homes. Additional information coming soon.
Green Book Details Mrs. H. Baber appears in the Green Book from 1939 to 1941 at 649 N. Liberty St. (N. Liberty Ave.) in Alliance under the category Tourist Homes. Additional information coming soon.
Green Book Details Mrs. H. P. Jackson appears in the Green Book from 1939 to 1967 at 2383 Apple Ave. in Lorain under the category Tourist Homes. Additional information coming soon.
Belle McCray always extended a helping hand to those in need and provided housing for many families moving to Cleveland. She moved from Greenville, Mississippi, with her husband Sam McCray in 1917 as part of the Great Migration. Soon after she arrived in Cleveland, she started acquiring property. She purchased properties on East 40th Street, […]
Green Book Details Mrs. Porter Wood appears in the Green Book from 1939 to 1967 at 1759 Broadway in Lorain under the category Tourist Homes. See also Wood’s Social Inn. Additional information coming soon.
Green Book Details Mrs. W. H. Redmond appears in the Green Book from 1939 to 1959 at 201 E. 22nd (St.) in Lorain under the category Tourist Homes. Additional information coming soon.
Green Book Details Mrs. W. Jackson appears in the Green Book from 1939 to 1954 at 744 N. Webb (Ave.) in Alliance under the category Tourist Homes. Additional information coming soon.
Green Book Details Oberlin Inn appears in the Green Book from 1939 to 1955 at College and Main in Oberlin under the category Hotels. Additional information coming soon.
On-Erie Beach played a significant role in the African American community in Northeast Ohio from the 1920s to the 1940s. Located in western Lorain, the beach may have been the only African American owned and operated beach in the area. On-Erie Beach lay along State Route 2, near present-day West 21st and Martin Drive. The […]
Dempsey Rollins opened the Rollins Service Garage in 1934 at East 40th Street and Central Avenue. Pop Harris was the garage manager. Rollins was born in Atlanta in 1903. At age 15 he got a job as delivering prescriptions by motorcycle for a local druggist. His motorcycle skill led to a stint as a motorcycle […]
Green Book Details Southside appears in the Green Book in 1939-41 and 1947-55 at 415 Cherry Ave. S. E. in Canton under the category Druggists and later Drug Stores. Additional information coming soon.
Green Book Details Sykes Bros. Garage appears in the Green Book from 1939 to 1947 at 8708 Cedar Ave. and from 1948 to 1950 at 6801 Kinsman Rd. in the category Garages. No further information is available.
Green Book Details The Upperman appears in the Green Book from 1938 to 1950 at 197 Bluff St. in Akron under the category Hotels. Additional information coming soon.
Green Book Details Vanitie Shop appears in the Green Book in 1939-41 and 1947-49 at 528 Cherry Ave. S. E. in Canton under the category Beauty Parlors. Additional information coming soon.
Vim Lunch, also known as Vim Restaurant, was located on the north side of Superior Avenue just west of its intersection with West 3rd Street, diagonally across Superior from Hotel Cleveland (now the Renaissance Hotel). The business opened in 1937, but an earlier restaurant or restaurants were located in the same building going back at […]
The Ward family’s path to success was fraught with struggle. Prior to coming to Cleveland, William Ward, born in 1877 in Leesville, Virginia, was a bellhop at the Old Monongahela Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by day and attending business courses by night. Once he was done with his business courses, he decided to open the […]
Edith Wilkins was the owner and proprietor of The Wilkins School of Cosmetology, which trained young African American women how to offer cosmetology services. Her cosmetology school was renowned throughout Ohio even though Edith Wilkins was not originally from Ohio. Edith Wilkins was born in Plumville, Arkansas, in 1893 and attended Poro College of Cosmetology […]
Wright’s Service was a chain of Sohio service stations operated by prominent Cleveland African American entrepreneur Alonzo G. Wright in the 1930s and 1940s. Wright was an innovator in automotive services, shaping the industry far beyond Cleveland. He went on to become a major real estate investor, hotel operator, and general contractor for construction projects. […]
Green Book Details The Youngstown YMCA appears as “Y.M.C.A.” in the Green Book from 1941 to 1967 at 962 W. Federal St. in Youngstown under the category Hotels. Additional information coming soon.
Green Book Details Zuber’s appears in the Green Book from 1940 to 1950 at 47 Cuyahoga St. in Akron under the category Service Stations. Additional information coming soon.