US Route 20 in Cleveland Ohio: Decked Out for the Holidays

To celebrate the Christmas and winter holiday season, here are a few photos that I took last weekend from the vantage point of US Route 20 at Public Square in Cleveland Ohio.

On US Route 20, facing the Terminal Tower

On US Route 20, facing Key Tower

On US Route 20, from Public Square, facing the Terminal Tower

On US Route 20, facing the Huntington Building

On Public Square, facing US Route 20

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US Route 20: Time Lapse Drive in Mentor Ohio

Here is a short time lapse video of US Route 20 (Mentor Avenue) in Mentor, Ohio.




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US Route 20 Painesville Ohio (Signs)

Here are two photos taken on US Route 20 in Painesville, Ohio. One photo was taken at the intersection of Mentor Avenue/Erie St. (US20) with Washington St., heading eastbound to downtown Painesville. The second photo was taken on US 20 just east of where US 20 crosses over the Grand River. (Click on image for larger view.)

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US Route 20 in Mentor Ohio - Intersection (Photo)

Here is a panorama photo of US Route 20 (Mentor Avenue), facing west, at the intersection of Ohio Route 615 (Center Street) in Mentor Ohio. (A storm is approaching from the north west.) Click on the image for a larger view.

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U.S. Mint to Unveil Garfield Coin at Lawnfield on US Route 20 in Mentor

Press Release 
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH)
July 26, 2011

U.S. Mint to unveil Garfield Coin at Lawnfield in Mentor


U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-OH) today announced that the U.S. Mint has produced a $1 coin bearing the image of the 20th President of the United States, James A. Garfield, and will unveil it at a special ceremony on November 17 at Lawnfield, Garfield's home in Mentor.


Officials from the U.S. Mint will come to Mentor and unveil the coin at Lawnfield, Garfield's home," LaTourette said. "It's an honor for the late President, Mentor, its residents and the caretakers of Lawnfield, a national historic site."


The ceremony will be at 10 a.m. on November 17, 2011.


The U.S. Mint issues four Presidential $1 coins each year in the order the presidents served in office. This year, coins will be issued for two Ohio natives, Rutherford B. Hayes and James A. Garfield. The other coins will honor Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant. The Garfield coin features the likeness of Garfield on the face, and the Statue of Liberty on the other side.


James Garfield was born in 1831 in a cabin in Orange Township, which is now Moreland Hills. A replica of the James A. Garfield Log Cabin can be found at the Village of Moreland Hills. Garfield graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts and returned to the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute (later Hiram College) as a classics professor and later its president. He was elected to the Ohio state senate in 1859, and in 1862, he was elected to Congress and served 18 years.


Garfield purchased his Mentor home in 1876 while he was serving in Congress and added 11 rooms and a large from porch, where he conducted his 1880 presidential campaign. The home became Lawnfield because press members camped out in the lawn during Garfield's "front porch campaign."


On July 2, 1881, just four months into his term, Garfield was shot at a Washington railroad station. He died on September 19, 1881, having served just 200 days in office. He never returned to Lawnfield after he became president, but his widow, Lucretia Garfield, remained at Lawnfield. She added a library and carefully preserved documents and artifacts and is often credited with creating one of the first presidential libraries. President Garfield is buried in Cleveland's Lakeview Cemetery.


LaTourette said he's always felt a kinship to President Garfield, and has a portrait of his family displayed in his Washington office.


"We're both Republicans with beards and represent Mentor," LaTourette joked, "The beards alone make us a fairly small club."


The Garfield heirs sold the home to the Western Reserve Historical Society in the 1930s and the National Park Service (NPS) took over in 1980, designating Lawnfield a historic site. LaTourette and several other members of Congress secured funding for a multi-million restoration in the 1990s. The NPS took over full operations at Lawnfield in January 2008.


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US Route 20: Cleveland, Ohio at Public Square

As I live in the Cleveland Ohio metropolitan area, it’s easy to get downtown, where US Route 20 - known in Cleveland as Euclid Avenue – travels right through the heart of Cleveland’s Public Square. Here are photos taken on US Route 20: one facing west to Public Square and Cleveland’s famous landmark, The Terminal Tower (that large bus you see is part of Cleveland’s RTA Healthline), and two photos facing east looking straight down US 20. I also included a photo from the west shoreway with an exit sign for US 20.

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US Route 20: Mentor Ohio Memorial Day Parade

Here is a short video of the 2011 Mentor Ohio Memorial Day parade on US Route 20.



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US Route 20 Cross Country Time Lapse Video

Here’s an interesting video featuring a cross country trip taken partly on US Route 20 Enjoy!




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