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What It Was: Olney Art Gallery in Tremont
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Opened in 1893, the Olney Art Gallery was Cleveland's first publicly-accessible art space.
Designed by Cleveland architects Coburn and Barnum, the Olney Art Gallery was completed in 1893 and was the city's first publicly-accessible art space, predating the Cleveland Museum of Art by more than two decades. When its founder Charles F. Olney died in 1903, he left the bulk of his collection to Oberlin College, which became the foundation of the Allen Memorial Art Museum.
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What It Was: Olney Art Gallery in Tremont
Clip: Season 28 | 1m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Designed by Cleveland architects Coburn and Barnum, the Olney Art Gallery was completed in 1893 and was the city's first publicly-accessible art space, predating the Cleveland Museum of Art by more than two decades. When its founder Charles F. Olney died in 1903, he left the bulk of his collection to Oberlin College, which became the foundation of the Allen Memorial Art Museum.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipThis building behind me, what it was, was the Olney Art Gallery.
Charles Fayette Olney opened its doors in 1893 to show off his collection of paintings and statues and ivories.
It was reportedly Cleveland's first publicly-accessible art space, before the Cleveland Museum of Art.
This Renaissance Revival building in Tremont was designed by the same firm that did a lot of buildings on Millionaire's Row, as well as several buildings for the campus of what's now Case Western Reserve University.
But back to the Olney.
Charles died in 1903 and left the bulk of his collection to Oberlin College.
Valued then around $250,000, it became the foundation for the Allen Memorial Art Museum.
Later, the building was a gathering place for the city's Polish population, followed by the Ukrainians, then Puerto Ricans.
In 1988, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places and soon after, it was bought by Grace Hospital.
They turned it into an event space.
So now you can come here and party like it's 1999 or 1893, but nothing else.
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