Monroe Street Cemetery Foundation - Cleveland Ohio

Monroe Street Cemetery Foundation - Cleveland Ohio P.O. BOX 93671, CLEVELAND, OHIO 44101

The Monroe Street Cemetery Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, all volunteer organization was established to preserve and enhance the historic cemetery grounds, headstones, monuments and burial structures located at 3207 Monroe Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.

The Take a Hike Walking Tours of Old Brooklyn was a fun treat for Cleveland History Days. Led by a knowledgeable tour gu...
06/20/2026

The Take a Hike Walking Tours of Old Brooklyn was a fun treat for Cleveland History Days. Led by a knowledgeable tour guide who grew up in the neighborhood, we froggered our way across Pearl Street while surveying the architecture, moving to the quieter side streets of Brooklyn Township, and soaking in the history. Speaking of treats, we even sampled cheesecake courtesy of Slices Fabulous Cakes! We even stopped at old Brookmere Cemetery, where some of our foundation members gathered in 2024 to first learn about gravestone cleaning and monument setting *sings meeeeeemories*

Take a Hike has a few other fascinating tours within Cleveland History Days but they have so many others all throughout summer and fall! And *coughcough* an upcoming series with your humble narrator at Monroe Street Cemetery every Thursday in July from 6-7:30 p.m., *sneeze.* Most hikes are free with pre-registration and our favorite catch phrase: donations are welcome!
Check out Take a Hike tours at their website: https://www.takeahikecle.com/

Cleveland History Days kicked off today, and what better a “launch” than the Cleveland Metroparks ‘Cuyahoga River by Boa...
06/19/2026

Cleveland History Days kicked off today, and what better a “launch” than the Cleveland Metroparks ‘Cuyahoga River by Boat’ event aboard the small-but-mighty eLCee2? Even the buffiest of Cleveland history nerds would have learned something on this witty two-hour tour down the Cuyahoga River *sings to self “a two-hour tourrrrr”*

Why didn’t Moses Cleaveland stay here after he “invented Cleveland” ( )? Why were we in a Situationship with Connecticut? Why is Cleveland so notorious for the river catching fire (13+ times, ope) when so many other cities had the same thing happen? Exactly HOW many types of moving bridges are there!? Why are there so many sciencey tidbits involved on this tour (ew, science) but how is it possible that the guide made them digestible AND funny?

This tour has one other date within Cleveland History Days (Monday June 22nd 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., and 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.) but don’t fret if they are sold out; the Cleveland Metroparks offers boat tours through September on their website! Monroe Street Cemetery Foundation - Cleveland Ohio-approved!

Sunday, June 28th is our Cleveland History Days “Voices from the Past” walking history tour! We’re telling first-person ...
06/16/2026

Sunday, June 28th is our Cleveland History Days “Voices from the Past” walking history tour! We’re telling first-person stories about our impact on Cleveland’s early days at our gravesites.

The first tour group is 1:00 p.m., then groups leave every 15 minutes until the last tour at 3:00 p.m.

Suitable for all ages, alive or dead. No registration required and it is FREE. We appreciate donations to the Monroe Street Cemetery Foundation, an all-volunteer, non-profit organization.

Topics for this Wednesday's monthly meeting will be: June 28th's "Voices from the Past" reenactment event for Cleveland ...
06/08/2026

Topics for this Wednesday's monthly meeting will be: June 28th's "Voices from the Past" reenactment event for Cleveland History Days, July's Take a Hike Walking Tours on Thursday nights, our next monument resetting afternoon, and oh yeah, what is happening (or not) with our new tree feature on our poor fence.

The trees were NOT kind to us this week, so we gracefully bow out of the flavor of the week and salute Riverside Cemet...
06/07/2026

The trees were NOT kind to us this week, so we gracefully bow out of the flavor of the week and salute Riverside Cemetery and Johns-Carabelli Cemetery Memorials for their superior tree service.

Sometimes we Foundation board members need “spirits” in our other favorite haunts. Be sure to tip your Secretary/ Barten...
06/05/2026

Sometimes we Foundation board members need “spirits” in our other favorite haunts. Be sure to tip your Secretary/ Bartender…he takes notes😏

June’s Cleveland History Days are almost here and are our Cemetery residents are DYING to tell you about their lives in ...
06/02/2026

June’s Cleveland History Days are almost here and are our Cemetery residents are DYING to tell you about their lives in the early days of Cleveland! Come to the Monroe Street Cemetery on Sunday, June 28th for our FREE “Voices from the Past” living history walking tour. Costumed presenters will tell their first-person perspective at their graves. Tours are any time between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m., gathering at the main Gatehouse, and stepping off every fifteen minutes.

Suitable for all ages, no registration required, and FREE (donations to the Cemetery Foundation are always appreciated).

Browse the calendar of Cleveland History Days events Canalway Partners has here: https://www.canalwaypartners.com/events

Resetting day provided content: presenting Squirmy McLeggy, aka the House Centipede. Getting past the initial icky, t...
05/29/2026

Resetting day provided content: presenting Squirmy McLeggy, aka the House Centipede. Getting past the initial icky, these guys are harmless and great for your house because they eat pests like ants, larvae, silverfish, and Aleece roaches. At Monroe Street Cemetery, we're still fighting the good fight with Riverside Cemetery that bugs are cooler than woodland creatures!

When Mark contacted the foundation for help with his toppled relative’s monument, we said no. KIDDING! But we did say no...
05/29/2026

When Mark contacted the foundation for help with his toppled relative’s monument, we said no. KIDDING! But we did say no when he asked if he could do it himself. Enter: foundation volunteers and our resetting equipment! We put on our shabbiest work clothes while Mark made the drive to Ohio from PA, and we gathered at his relative’s plot last Sunday.

To my high school physics teacher’s point (shoutout Western Reserve Academy), “Physics is Phun”! With the help of tripods, levers, and other science sorcery, the unimaginably heavy monument reconstruction process is an easy, albeit tedious afternoon project. Once we extract the sunken base, we add a new layer of proper stone and smoosh it (proper terminology). Then more leveling. AND WE UNLEASH THE KRAKEN, i.e. the tripod, for more science fun! We carefully strap the correct pressure points of the stone and crank ‘er up. Some bonus medical knowledge comes into play with the chain + “phalange pinch-points.” More leveling, and many, many half-centimeter placement opinions are debated (a great time to step back and take pics) before all straps and chains are ultimately loosened and behold! A beautifully placed and safe monument.

We are thankful for people like Mark who are looking out for their family’s resting place and were amazed by his ability to come from far away and get rough and dirty with us. While each resetting job is a lengthy process and we are but humble volunteers, we hope to grow interest in the community and do more frequent projects! Join us, won’t you?

To our three centuries of Veterens resting in the Monroe Street Cemetery, serving a variety of turning points in our cou...
05/25/2026

To our three centuries of Veterens resting in the Monroe Street Cemetery, serving a variety of turning points in our country’s history over the years: thank you for your service.

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3207 Monroe Avenue
Cleveland, OH
44113

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+12162024872

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