Code,911078
Subject,Diana Wellman
Date,7/30/2012
Interviewer,
Abstract,"Diana Wellman worked as a preservationist in Cleveland for 12 years and was asked to work on a project to get Inglewood on the Naitonal Registry for Historic Neighborhoods. She talks about the highs and the lows, as well as, the surprises that she found along the way. She first gives a brief history and an overview of the landscape of the neighborhood. She discusses various architectural cues and where she got her information from. She used Sandbourn Insurance maps to chart out the neighborhood, but she also stumbled upon blueprints that some houses still had, which was a surprise. She then discusses the Van Sweringen brothers and why they built this neighborhood. She discusses the timeline for acceptance into the registry, and who worked on the application with her. She concludes by saying that history has an interesting way of revealing itself."
Tags,"Diana Wellman, preservation, historic neighborhoods, national registry, Inglewood, Van Sweringen Brothers, Charles Pact, Olmsted Gardens, Sandbourne Insurance Maps, Elliot Ness, Shaker Heights Improvement Company, deed restrictions,"
Special Notes,
0,"Introductions, place of birth, and education history"
1,"Worked as a preservationist in Cleveland for 12 years, relates cleveland heights with vitage Coco Chanel"
2,Lives in a place and works for the national registry
3,"Describes the importance of her neighborhood (Inglewood), it is a Van Sweringen neighborhood"
4,"Purchased the land from Charles Pact, and describes the architecture"
5,She describes the van Sweringen requirements for the architecture of the house
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7,She talks about the landscape of the neighborhood
8,Talks about the beautifying movement and the incorporation of nature
9,"She describes the stone walls, fountains, and pools that were constructed in the 1920s"
10,She talks about the sandbourn insurance maps
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12,Describes the famous people that are rumored to have lived in the Inglewood Neighborhood. Elliot Ness is one of the most famous.
13,"Says the neighborhood is known as ""pill hill"" to the residents, continues to talk about famous residents"
14,Describes the process of determining who bought which house in the neighborhood
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16,"She describes the ""statement of significance"" and the importance of the neighborhood in history"
17,Gives a history of the Van Sweringen Brothers
18,Describes the van Sweringen methodology and the Shaker Heights Improvement Company
19,Goes into deed restrictions and how they could be politically incorrect or worse
20,"She describes a rumored model home, but she cannot prove that statement"
21,Goes into the challenges of working for the national register nomination
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23,She says that the neighborhood was very appreciative and no one seemed to not want to be in the register
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25,[24:45] describes who worked with her on the application for the national register
26,Talks about the process and timeline of the nomination for the national register
27,Ends by saying that history has an fun way of revealing itself
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