Don Hisaka, architect has designed buildings from Cleveland to Tokyo with a single focus: graceful and attractive no matter how commercial the setting or utilitarian the agenda. Beginning in 1960 when he opened his practice in Cleveland, he has designed buildings like Beachwood’s Signature Square office complex (1986-9), the glass atrium connecting Thwing and Read more »
Tuesday, August 21 – Sunday, December 30, 2012
Shaker Heights took a lead role in integration efforts by forming the Shaker Housing Office to assist black families in finding homes in predominately white areas of Shaker. In 1957, the Ludlow Community Association was formed in response to discriminatory real estate practices and began to Read more »
Wednesday, October 31– Sunday, December 30, 2012
Shaker Heights began to develop a different vision of the community, one of ethnic and religious diversity, working and living together in harmony as the North Union Shakers had done from 1822 ~ 1889. Population shifts resulted in school closings and mergers with other neighborhood schools. Economic Read more »
Friday, June 15 –Sunday, August 12, 2012
Built upon sturdy foundations, Shaker Heights was affected less than other American cities by the 1929 stock market crash and the adversity that ensued. In 1935, 152 homes with a median cost of $10, 500 were built. World War II united the community in creating Read more »
Tuesday, January 17 – Tuesday, June 12, 2012
This exhibit tells the story of the Van Sweringen brothers’ purchase of land options, their extraordinary vision for Shaker Heights, and the beginning of the development of a planned community that made the nation take notice.
October 9, 2011 – December 30, 2011
The discovery of fibers and the methods used to spin them into yarn and weave yarn into cloth evolved over many thousands of years. As a result, most textile traditions arose from the need, imagination, and creativity of people from the past. Weaving initially began with the Read more »
August 2, 2011 – October 2, 2011
The Schreckengost exhibit will be mounted at the SHS to honor the legacy and profound impact of Viktor Schreckengost in the fields of art, engineering, and industrial design.
Viktor Schreckengost (June 26, 1906 – January 26, 2008) was an internationally renowned Cleveland artist, teacher, and Read more »
June 5, 2011 – September 30, 2011
The North Union Shakers once resided on the land that is now the Shaker Historical Society property. The Center Family, one of the three North Union families–Center, Mill and East–occupied the land where they had apple orchards, a large vegetable garden, an herb garden, apiaries and fruiting Read more »
