Door to Door History
2024-08-27 09:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Haber Center, 13314 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH, 44107, United States
We are thrilled to launch Door to Door History walking tours for 2024, made possible by a generous Neighborhood Opportunity Grant from the Healthy Lakewood Foundation.
Tours in August will start at 9:30 A.M. on Tuesdays August 13 and 27. The tour will traverse both sides of Detroit Avenue while highlighting via tablet select homes and stores of 19th and 20th century Lakewood. The tour will last around 90 minutes. We look forward to sharing this engaging walk through Lakewood’s history with you!
Tours are free to the public but limited to 20 individuals. Please sign up via the form below and let us know how many are in your group. Comfortable walking shoes and water are highly recommended.
Thank you to the Healthy Lakewood Foundation for allowing us to engage with the community through this healthy and historic tour!
Sign Up Here!

Madison Park Community Festival
2024-09-07 11:00 - 17:00 | Madison Park, 13201 Madison Avenue, Lakewood, OH, 44107, United States
Stop by our booth for the Annual Madison Park Community Festival! We will have house history information and merchandise for sale!

Door to Door History
2024-09-10 09:30 - 11:00 | Haber Center, 13314 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH, 44107, United States
We are thrilled to launch Door to Door History walking tours for 2024, made possible by a generous Neighborhood Opportunity Grant from the Healthy Lakewood Foundation.
Tours will start at 9:30 A.M. on Tuesdays August 27, September 10, and September 24. The tour will traverse both sides of Detroit Avenue while highlighting via tablet select homes and stores of 19th and 20th century Lakewood. The tour will last around 90 minutes. We look forward to sharing this engaging walk through Lakewood’s history with you!
Tours are free to the public but limited to 20 individuals. Please sign up via the form below and let us know how many are in your group. Comfortable walking shoes and water are highly recommended.
Thank you to the Healthy Lakewood Foundation for allowing us to engage with the community through this healthy and historic tour!
Sign Up Here!

Fall Sale Drop Off
2024-09-28 10:00 - 13:00 | Haber Center, 13314 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH, 44107, United States
Our Fall Sale is right around the corner, and we will have a drop off this weekend! Drop off will be held from 10 AM to 1 PM at the Haber Center on Saturday, September 28. We are particularly looking for your Fall and Holiday themed treasures, in addition to hardware, doors, windows, and light fixtures. Our wonderful volunteers will be on hand to assist!
Please call the office at 216-221-7343 with any questions.

Door to Door History
2024-10-01 09:30 - 11:00 | Haber Center, 13314 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH, 44107, United States
We are thrilled to launch Door to Door History walking tours for 2024, made possible by a generous Neighborhood Opportunity Grant from the Healthy Lakewood Foundation.
Our next tour will start at 9:30 A.M. on Tuesday October 1. This is a reschedule from a postponement of the September 24 tour due to weather. The tour will traverse both sides of Detroit Avenue while highlighting via tablet select homes and stores of 19th and 20th century Lakewood. The tour will last around 90 minutes. We look forward to sharing this engaging walk through Lakewood’s history with you!
Tours are free to the public but limited to 20 individuals. Please sign up via the form below and let us know how many are in your group. Comfortable walking shoes and water are highly recommended.
Thank you to the Healthy Lakewood Foundation for allowing us to engage with the community through this healthy and historic tour!
Sign Up Here!

Holiday Sale Drop Off
2024-10-26 10:00 - 13:00 | Haber Center, 13314 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH, 44107, United States
Our Holiday Sale is right around the corner, and we are looking for your donations for the event! Drop off will be held from 10 AM to 1 PM at the Haber Center on Saturday, October 26. We are particularly looking for your Holiday themed treasures, though items for the Sale of the Grounds will be accepted as well. Our wonderful volunteers will be on hand to assist!
Please call the office at 216-221-7343 with any questions.

Holiday Door to Door History
2024-12-03 10:30 - 12:30 | Haber Center, 13314 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH, 44107, United States
We are excited to announce that there will be one final tour for the season! Please sign up to join us on Tuesday, December 3 at 10:30 AM for one final walk this year. The walk will include archival photos of Lakewood Holidays and winters past, while highlighting Lakewood’s 19th and early 20th century architecture along Detroit Avenue. Light refreshments will be provided after. Spaces are limited, so please sign up for this free program today!
Be sure to bundle up on the walk- the tour runs from the Haber Center Office at 13314 Detroit Avenue to the Lakewood Public Library and back, lasting around 90 minutes. If a weather-related alteration is needed, the tour will transition to an indoor slide presentation in the Haber Center Office. Information will be shared no less than 24 hours before the tour regarding any changes. Sign up here!

Holiday Sale
2024-12-05 00:00 - 2024-12-09 23:59 | Nicholson House, 13335 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH, 44107, United States
Our 2024 Holiday Sale will run over the first weekend in December! We have expanded the sale to four days for all of your holiday shopping needs! The sale will be held at the Nicholson House and run over the following days and times:

Thursday December 5: 9 AM- 3 PM

Friday December 6: 4 PM- 7 PM

Saturday December 7: 9 AM – 3 PM

Sunday December 8: Noon – 3 PM

Lakewood Historical Society’s Holiday Sale on the Grounds has become a tradition, featuring antiques & collectibles perfect for one-of-a-kind gifts; gleaming silver, sparkling crystal and heirloom china for setting a festive table; barware; serving pieces; cookie tins and plates—everything you need for holiday entertaining. There are beautiful vintage and contemporary ornaments, nativity sets; wreaths, garlands, indoor and outdoor decorations. You’ll also find new gift wrap and ribbon, greeting cards and candles.

You have four opportunities at shop at Christmas Sale on the Grounds, so you can also fit in all the other activities of Light Up Lakewood. This no-cost public sale is open Thursday, December 5th, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.; Friday, December 6th; 4:00-7:00; Saturday, December 7th, 9:00-3:00. Sunday, December 8, noon – 3:00 p.m. is your final chance, and offers the best bargains, as merchandise is half-price, excluding items in the Top Shelf Room. But don’t wait till Sunday to buy that item you really want—it could be gone!

All proceeds from Holiday Sale on the Grounds benefit the programs and properties of the Lakewood Historical Society.

Don’t miss this terrific sale—you and your wallet will be glad you shopped here first!

High School History Club Lecture
2025-02-26 17:00 - 19:00 | Nicholson House, 13335 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH, 44107, United States
Please join us at the Historic Nicholson House on Wednesday, February 26 at 5 PM for our second annual High School History Club Lecture! Eva Wischhusen, Lakewood High School History Club Co-President will present “The Complicated History of Our National Parks.” Eva has created a fabulous presentation on the history of our National Parks, a story that “will take you there” to explore the environmental, social and political aspects of their creation.
Attendance is free, but given our limited space at the Nicholson House, we please ask that you sign up ahead of time to reserve a seat for everyone in your party! Light refreshments will be served after.
Sign up here!

Society Lecture at Church of the Ascension
2025-03-26 18:30 - 20:00 | Church of the Ascension, 13216 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH, 44107, United States
Please join us on Wednesday, March 26 at 6:30 PM for a special lecture at the Church of the Ascension! Our Director, Dr. Robert Shimp, will provide a lecture entitled “Church of the Ascension at 150: A Rockport Township and Lakewood Retrospective.” Food will be served following the lecture. The event is free and open to the public!

SOG Drop Off
2025-04-26 10:00 - 13:00 | Nicholson House, 13335 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH, 44107, United States
Our next drop off will be held from 10 AM to 1 PM at the Nicholson House on Saturday, April 26. All donated items will be included in future fundraising sales for the Historical Society. For this drop off, we will accept decorative pieces, yard and garden tools, kitchen items, sets of dishes, glassware, silver, craft materials, jewelry, and more. Books, clothing items, computer equipment, and records are not accepted.
Architectural salvage will also be accepted from 10 AM to 1 PM at The Haber Center.
Thank you for supporting the Society!

Annual Meeting of the Membership
2025-04-30 18:00 - 19:30 | Church of the Ascension, 13216 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH, 44107, United States
The Lakewood Historical Society’s Annual Meeting of the Membership will be held on Wednesday, April 30 at The Church of the Ascension. The meeting will begin at 6:00 PM. In addition to Society updates and a year in review, we are thrilled to welcome John Kundtz as a guest speaker.
John is a descendant Theodor Kundtz, the prominent Lakewood businessman and philanthropist. His talk will focus on Theodor Kundtz’s Lakewood presence, the Kundtz Castle, and the family business which has a connection to The Church of the Ascension. We are looking forward to hosting John and learning more about his family history!

Sale on the Grounds
2025-05-15 09:00 - 15:00 | Nicholson House, 13335 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH, 44107, United States
Our Annual Sale on the Grounds will be held from May 15 to May 18. The Sale will run from 9-3 on Thursday May 15 to Saturday May 17. Sunday May 18 will be Noon to 3.
Is it an antiques and collectibles shop? A vintage clothing and jewelry store? An estate sale? An art gallery? A place for architectural salvage? The Lakewood Historical Society’s 37th annual Sale on the Grounds is all of these!
Where else can you find kitchen & barware, everyday dishes, utensils and cookware, and probably the largest accumulation of Pyrex and Corningware in Lakewood alongside vintage toys, games, decorative items, fine linens, crystal, silver, China, depression glass, collectibles, Hummels & Royal Doulton figures, lawn & garden, plus small furniture and architectural items fitting historic homes all at bargain prices? And even a huge selection of unique artisan-crafted jewelry by Marion McMuldren? Only at the historic Nicholson House, 13335 Detroit Avenue, May 15-18!
The sale is 9 a.m. – 3p.m. on Thursday, May 15 through Saturday, May 17th. Sunday May 18 is noon to 3 p.m., when everything except the Top Shelf Room is half-price. Even gamblers don’t wait till Sunday, though—they know the full price is such a deal they’re not willing to risk losing their treasures. Set aside plenty of time to shop, as not only is the Nicholson House filled, so are the grounds via a 20’ x 60’ tent, several smaller tents, and the Haber Center at 13314 Detroit Avenue for architectural salvage. This is the perfect place to outfit a new house or apartment or to find a special vintage piece to add to your collection–whatever that might be.
Make sure you visit the Haber Center at 13314 Detroit to peruse antique light fixtures, chandeliers, doorknobs, hardware, ceramic tiles, and all sorts of items that might be reused in older homes at the Preservation Committee’s Architectural Salvage Sale.
If you’ve shopped this sale before, no doubt it’s already on your calendar. If you’ve never been, make it a point to come. This is one event you don’t want to miss!

Sale on the Grounds
2025-05-16 09:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-17 09:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-18 12:00 - 15:00
Our Annual Sale on the Grounds will be held from May 15 to May 18. The Sale will run from 9-3 on Thursday May 15 to Saturday May 17. Sunday May 18 will be Noon to 3.

Summer Solstice
2025-06-21 18:00 - 20:00
The Oldest Stone House will be open from 6-8 PM during the Summer Solstice event at Lakewood Park. Stop by the House for a tour from our wonderful docents!

Ohio Heritage Camp
2025-07-07 09:00 - 2025-07-11 12:00
The first week of Ohio Heritage Camp will run 9 to Noon, Monday through Friday. Sign ups are available via the Lakewood Recreation Department.

https://lakewoodrecreation.activityreg.com/selectactivity_t2.wcs?leaguesid=8369

OSH on the Lakewood Garden Walk
2025-07-19 10:00 - 16:00
Visit the Oldest Stone House during Lakewood’s Garden Walk to learn about the historic herb garden from our wonderful volunteers!

Ohio Heritage Camp
2025-07-21 09:00 - 2025-07-25 12:00
The second week of Ohio Heritage Camp will run 9 to Noon, Monday through Friday. Sign ups are available via the Lakewood Recreation Department.

https://lakewoodrecreation.activityreg.com/selectactivity_t2.wcs?leaguesid=8369

Ohio Heritage Camp
2025-07-28 08:00 - 2025-08-01 17:00
The third week of Ohio Heritage Camp will run 9 to Noon, Monday through Friday.

Sign ups are available via the Lakewood Recreation Department.

Lakewood Arts Festival
2025-08-02 10:00 - 18:00 | Downtown Lakewood, Detroit Ave, Lakewood, OH, 44107, United States
Stop by our booth at Lakewood’s Annual Arts Festival! We will be at the corner of Andrews and Detroit Avenue with information, Century Home plaque forms, merchandise, and House Tour tickets. Our volunteers and Trustees look forward to chatting with you then!
