About: 

The North Ridgeville Historical Society was founded in 1977 by Manhatten & Marcellen Lengel, Harry & Dorothy Painter, Frances Smith, Jerry & Branka Malinar, and others. Our first president was Harry Painter.

In 1978, the Beckett Corporation on Center Ridge Road allowed the use of 3 rooms for meeting & museum space in the Samuel Cahoon House, adjacent to their factory. The Cahoon House is a circa 1845 brick Italianate-style home, built by one of the town's pioneer families, and recently completely restored by theBeckett Corporation. The Historical Society maintained a museum in the CahoonHouse from 1978 to 1987; then for the next 2 years, the museum collection wasdisplayed temporarily -- first in the Lunas Professional Building on Sugar RidgeRoad, and finally placed in storage at the North Ridgeville Water TreatmentPlant in Sheffield Village.