Lakeview Terrace (Cleveland, Ohio)

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Public Housing.
Originally conceived as private apartments in 1932, the depression halted work until Ernest J. Bohn, the Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority’s first Director, took Lakeview’s plans, along with those of Cedar and Outhwaite Homes to Washington upon passage of the Public Housing Act of 1935. These three Cleveland housing projects were among the first to be constructed in the country. Work on Lakeview Terrace Estates began in 1935 and the property was opened for occupancy in 1937. The 27-acre Lakeview site contains 44 residential buildings, numbering 620 original units in addition to the Community Center. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt dedicated the project. A high-rise, built to provide housing for the elderly, was constructed with 214 units in 1973.