Code,304031
Subject,Mary Loud 
Date,4/12/2006
Interviewer,Amanda Tortorici
Abstract,"Mary Loud reflects on her time as a docent at the Dunham Tavern and provides a detailed history of the Tavern, how the site has developed over time, and what lies in store for the future of the museum "
Tags,"Dunham Tavern, Euclid Avenue, Dunham family, Moore family, Dr. James Stevens, historic preservation, adaptive reuse, urban history, public history, museums"
Special Notes,
minutes:,
0,"Discussion of her reasoning for moving to Cleveland, enjoys the culture and the museums, thought it would be a nice place to retire. Mentions and complicated opinion about the community that makes up Cleveland proper"
1,text about her experience with the Dunham tavern from just a visitor to an eventual docent.
2,"cont. goes into a more specific history on the Dunham tavern, starting with the Dunham family"
3,Family history cont.
4,"History of the area and how the family decided to create a tavern, done in family history continued. Eventual leasing of land to Mr. Moore."
5,1853 Tavern was eventually sold to Benjamin Welch and James Welch James married daughter Dunham and continued to run the tavern Two 1857 it was been sold again to George Williams Use the tablet as a private home until 1930
6,Discussion of all of the Dunham daughters and their influence in the homes in hotels around the area of the Tavern
7,"Discussion of Mr. Dunham's land needs throughout the course of his lifetime and how much of it is still left with the tavern, approximately 4 acres"
8,"1824 to 1857 the building was used as a tavern, then was used as a single-family home, the last family being Dr. and Mrs. James Stevens 1930"
9,Area was becoming commercialized so Mrs. Stevens moved out and sold the building to a Mr. Donald Grade for his businesses. He used the space until 1936 and sublet to other business offices. Mr. Stevens thought the building should be preserved.
10,Convinced two wealthy women to buy the tavern so that it could be preserved and turned into a museum. Discussion of the preservation work done to the building
11,Preservation continued. Open as a museum by 1938 County fair was held near the Tavern to raise money for the mortgage.
12,"Discussion of the land surrounding the tavern and other buildings on the property, Original barn burned down in 1963 toy back-and-forth with whether not to reconstruct the barn"
13,The spirit of the Cleveland bicentennial gave them the final push to decided to reconstruct. October of 2000 was when the new barn was complete. Mentions the heritage trail at the museum.
14,"More details about the Heritage trail and what all is included in it, the neighborhood did not deteriorate until later"
15,"Euclid Avenue during the time of the Tavern was not originally a commercial area, discussion of the area in the 1850s 1860s and 1870s"
16,"1870s discussion cont. A.A. Adams home on the lands, still residential"
17,"commercialism happened between 1870 and 1900, the museum is doing well financially, discussion of fundraising"
18,"discussion of fundraising cont., future of the museum is dependent, lots of people have different ideas. Could become a history of urban Cleveland history "
19,"could be a greater representation of the 1840's, a time period not currently well represented in other historical associations"
20,"pulls out a historic early map of Cleveland, discussion of Euclid Avenue as a road of rural farms "
21,Furniture for the museum came from donations of founding members as well as community donations.
22,"artifacts also come from auctions, not very many artifacts from the Dunham pieces  in the museum "
23,"the only addition not done by the Dunham family was the north end addition, house still has a lot of the original architectural integrity "
24,"pulls out floor plans, discusses different changes the historical group decided to make because they are not original to the Dunham time "
25,restoration cont. 
26,"restoration cont., areas of adaptive reuse, lots of different groups use the museums resources"
27,additional buildings to the grounds incudes the log cabin
28,"Banks/ Baldwin house was also added to the property as well 1997, used by the Botanical Gardens due to the partnerships between the two groups"
29,"Finds her work very enjoyable, thank you and audio ends 29:16"