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Title	Lakeside Bradley Temple Photograph
Subject	Architecture Religion in Ohio Temples Religious facilities Chautauquas
Place	Lakeside (Ohio) Ottawa County (Ohio)
Description	This 4.5" x 7.5" (11.43 x 19.05 cm) photograph depicts Bradley Temple in Lakeside, Ohio. Bradley Temple was built in 1887. It was dedicated on July 4 of that year by Helen Bradley as a memorial to her husband Captain Alva Bradley. A well-known ship captain and fleet owner from the Vermilion area, Bradley was the namesake of Thomas Alva Edison, whose family lived in nearby Milan, Ohio. The Bradley family often visited Lakeside after moving to Cleveland when the wooden shipbuilding industry in Vermilion collapsed. The Bradley Temple was used for children's programming and Sunday School, and Lakeside High School held its first commencement there on May 26, 1892. Mrs. Bradley included a stipulation in her will that if the Bradley Temple ever ceased to be used for children's work, ownership would revert back to the Bradley family. Lakeside, known as the Chautauqua of the Great Lakes, was established in 1873 as a Christian Methodist summer resort and camp meeting grounds. The original section of 170 acres along the shore of Lake Erie in Danbury Township, Ottawa County, was purchased by the Lakeside Company. The Central Ohio Methodist Conference then created a Camp Meeting Association to work with the Lakeside Company to develop the property and conduct meetings. People flocked to Lakeside for revival meetings, but once men and women were converted, they did not need to return. In efforts to attract repeat visitors, Lakeside held a Sunday school assembly prior to the camp meeting in 1877, with educational and recreational programs. Although some did not approve, the assembly was a success. Reverend and Mrs. B.T. Vincent, brother and sister-in-law of the founder of New York Chautauqua, took over the assembly in 1879 and developed the modern program to include music, art, and secular education.
Creator	Platt, A.C.
Date of Original	1890 circa
Source	Audiovisual material 1978.146.043
Submitting Institution	Lakeside Heritage Society, Inc.
Type	StillImage
Format	picture

Title	Om447_792209_001
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om447_792209_001.tif
Image Height	1960
Image Width	3200
File Size	897.419 KB

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