Susan Bradburn - Geneva

GENEVA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, 1950S. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on June 28, 1949, for the Geneva Memorial Hospital. Sizable donations from local businessmen and pledges from Geneva citizens totaled over $100,000. This amount was not enough, and federal aid was requested and later granted. After many delays, in the spring of 1951, the opening was officially announced by R. C. Patterson, board of trustees president. (Authors collection.)

NORTH BROADWAY, LOOKING NORTH, EARLY 1900S. The Cleveland Painesville and Ashtabula Electric Interurban Transportation Company laid the iron rails in Geneva in 1903. Many residents would take trolley rides to Cleveland. Twenty-three years after it began, the trolley made its last run on February 24, 1926. (Authors collection.)

THE HOTEL RYLANDER, CHARLES RYLANDER, PROPRIETOR. Located on Station Street, which is now Depot Street, the Hotel Rylander was later converted to VFW Post No. 06846 in 1946. The building was later torn down, and a new VFW post building was constructed in its place. (Authors collection.)

STREET SCENE. Pictured here is Genevas East Main Street in the 1920s. (Courtesy of Edna Turner.)

WALNUT STREET, LOOKING EAST, AROUND 1907. Eventually the dirt roads would be paved and trees would be cut down to make room to build more houses as Geneva continued to grow. (Courtesy of Edna Turner.)

HOME ON WALNUT STREET, 1907. This home was owned by A. Tyler. The Peoples Church bought the home, and the congregation moved into it on March 1, 1953. It still stands today and is used as an apartment building. (Courtesy of Edna Turner.)

SOUTH BROADWAY, LOOKING SOUTH, AROUND 1930. The stores were busy, and Geneva was growing. Just a few years earlier, village councilmen passed legislation to pave the downtown major streets. Paved roads were necessary for more automobiles to be brought into the village. More automobiles meant greater prosperity. (Courtesy of Edna Turner.)

THE MUNGER GREGORY HOMESTEAD IN A POSTCARD VIEW. Built in the late 1880s and located on North Broadway, this house still stands today. The house is hardly recognizable because of the several changes that have been made to it. The biggest changes include the porch being removed and an addition being built on the south side. (Authors collection.)

GRAPERS AUTO ELECTRIC SERVICE. Grapers opened in the 1930s and was located on East Main Street. It later closed, and the building was torn down. (Courtesy of James Miller III.)