Library Local History Files

The materials in the Library's local history files illuminate many corners of Lakewood's past. It was a project at the Lakewood Public Library to post electronic versions of the information found in these files. This collection of pamphlets, newspaper articles, first-person accounts, local legends and photographs are no longer available in paper form at the library.

Additional Lakewood History Resources

Some additional Lakewood History resources available in the Lakewood Public Library Reference Room:

Historic Buildings of Lakewood by Craig Bobbie: Indexed Here

City Directories

Cleveland City Directories: 1838-1839, 1870-1977 (missing 1875, 1879, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1908, 1933, 1945-46, 1948-49, 1950, 1952, 1960, 1962, 1967, 1973, 1975, 1976)

Lakewood City Directories: 1949-1963 (missing 1950 and 1952 directories not published)

West Suburban Directories: 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971- 1972, 1973, 1976, 1979-1980 (missing 1965, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978)

Lakewood High School Yearbooks

1903 – 1905; 1920 – present (missing 1969, 2013, 2015)

Newspapers

The Lakewood Press: 9/27/1917 -12/25/1919

The Lakewood Post: 3/29/1923 - 12/30/1965

The Lakewood Sun Post: 1/6/1966 – 12/28/2017