Cortland photo tour #2 (Warren, Niles, Beaver: for sale, foreclosure, townhome)

[CortlandGirl79]

Hey everyone! I"m back and living in Cortland, so i thought i would add to the photo tour i shared last year. If you would like to see the previous tour you can find it here: Cortland, Ohio Photo Tour

Here's a nice website w/some more pics http://www.cortlandpictures.com/

These pictures were taken today, October 10th, 2009 in the areas of W. Main St and Grove St in downtown Cortland. If we get another nice day i'll try to get out there and take some more.

The corner of Grove and West Main St. downtown........Ron's Barber Shop


Walking down Main St. towards Mosquito Lake






If you look really close you can see the lake at the bottom of the hill




The Cortland Lions Club, formerly Cortland Hospital and home of the "beer tent" during The Cortland Street Fair








Not too much further to the lake




Entrance to the former Cortland Delphi Packard Electric Plant, which now sits empty with a view of the lake............Packard employees always called this plant "The Beachhouse" haha


Ohio State University's Trumbull Co. Agricultural and Family Educational Center


Over looking Hillside cemetery

[PhillytoCincy]

Looks great! Fall colors are looking nice.

[CortlandGirl79]

Mosquito Lake!!!




Hillside cemetery








Heading back up the hill towards town from the lake








The former Shafer's Feed Mill


Gessner's Farm.........no longer a working farm, but it has the best view in town............several acres overlooking the lake


The intersection of Erie St. and State Route 46, with Grove St. off to the left








Grove Street

[CortlandGirl79]

Porter Place and some other specialty shops on Bank St.








Cortland Christian Church Cemetery









Some quick history http://www.cityofcortland.org/admin/tabs/parks/parks/mosquitolake/history.html (broken link)

Mosquito Lake State Park lies in Bazetta and Mecca townships in the center of Trumbull County. In 1795, the Connecticut Land Company offered for sale a 17,247-acre tract of land named Bazetta Township. This large tract of land was divided into 100 parcels and offered for sale to the early pioneers. The first settlers arrived in the township in 1805. The area was wilderness, and their first tasks were to clear the land, plant crops, build a log house and a stockade for their animals. Deer, turkey, rabbit and squirrel were plentiful. So were bears and wolves. By 1812, most Indians had left the area.

Samuel Bacon moved to Bazetta Township in 1816. The Bacon family operated a sawmill from 1816 to 1850. Samuel Bacon erected some of the first frame buildings, developing stores in the community. Thus, the area now named Cortland was locally called Baconsburg.

The Village of Cortland became reality in 1874 when the first railroad was built with a depot in Cortland. By 1882, the population of the village rose to 614 people. There were three churches, two newspapers, stores, mills and other enterprises

Agriculture was the first and foremost industry in the area. Most other industries were farm related: feed and flour mills, cheese, dairy and canning factories, mercantiles and lumberyards.

In the 1930s, plans were drawn up to damn the Mosquito Creek under the Federal Flood Control Act to alleviate floods on the Mahoning, Beaver and Ohio rivers. THe dam would also provide domestic water supply for the city of Warren and pollution abatement as a result of the industrialized steel production along the Mahoning River. Completed in April 1944, the dam's capacity held 34 billion gallons of water covering 7,850 acres of land. In 1946, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers entered into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to manage the recreation on the lake.

Baconsburg (now Cortland) founder Samuel Bacon's wife






Civil War headstone, the quote at the bottom says, "My Life For My Country"


Ravine at the edge of the cemetery




Many settlers in the area were from Connecticut






This couple was from North Hampton Co. Pennsylvania








Local will recognize the names Everitt and Hull..........Main St. becomes Everett-Hull Rd. once you leave the city limits






Grove St. isn't immune to foreclosure


Cortland Christian Church

[5Lakes]

Nice pics

Used to go fishing on Mosquito Lake when I was growing up. Passed through Cortland a few times along the way.

[JR_C]

Thanks for the pics! I like some of the old houses, and the views. I also really like the open country roads with the changing leaves!

[Cisco GT]

You did some walking today! Great set of photos, Cort!

[Alaskapat528]

Really nice pictures! I thought you already lived in Cortland? When we were in Ohio earlier this year we went to visit a friend of mine who lives in Williamsfield, and I saw a sign pointing to Cortland. I'm sorry we didn't drive through there; pretty place! Sad, that was a pretty house in foreclosure; no place is immune to it anymore.

[CortlandGirl79]

^No, i grew up in Cortland, lived there until i was 22 and then bought a century home in Niles (it's much cheaper there than it is in Cortland, most decent homes in Cortland cost over $130k, where you can find a nice home in Niles for between $70k and $100k). After i lost my job in the automotive industry i sold my house and moved to a townhome on the NE side of Warren where i rented for two years. Now, after almost 9 years elsewhere i'm back in my hometown!

[CityGrrl77]

nice pics, girlie! Cortland is cute