Paxton Van Sweringen (April 24, 1879 – November 22, 1936) and Mantis James Van Sweringen (July 8, 1881 – December 12, 1935) were American brothers who became...
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burled maple. In 1930, the Van Sweringen brothers, Oris Paxton (O.P.) Van Sweringen and Mantis James (M.J.) Van Sweringen, completed construction of Terminal...
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In addition to streetcar lines, the Van Sweringen Brothers of Cleveland, Ohio owned a vast network of steam railroads. The New York Central Railroad had...
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of the city's limits. It is a planned community developed by the Van Sweringen brothers, railroad moguls who envisioned the community as a suburban retreat...
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Nickel Plate Road (section The Van Sweringen era)
Island. The Van Sweringen brothers of Cleveland, Ohio, were the next owners of the Nickel Plate. Oris Paxton Van Sweringen and his younger brother Mantis James...
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tower's upper floors as office spaces. Built for $179 million by the Van Sweringen brothers, the tower was to serve as an office building atop the city's new...
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directly across from its sworn arch-rival Halle Brothers Co. In 1929 it was acquired by the Van Sweringen brothers, who moved the store to their new $179 million...
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city from Santa Monica, California in the Women's Air Derby. The Van Sweringen brothers commenced construction of the Terminal Tower skyscraper in 1926...
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rapid rise and equally rapid fall of the business empire of the Van Sweringen brothers is discussed, with its glimpses of future suburbia (at Shaker Heights...
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Herbert H. Jr. (2003). Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. pp. 134–135...
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Places. The building complex was originally commissioned by the Van Sweringen brothers, prominent local railroad moguls and real estate developers. The...
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Heights was initially planned by the Van Sweringen brothers. Known chiefly for their railroad interests, the brothers linked their community to Downtown...
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playgrounds, air pollution control, and the construction of both the Van Sweringen brothers' Terminal Tower and Cleveland Stadium. However, because the balance...
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original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2018. "Owner of Van Sweringens' Roundwood Manor sues Hunting Valley over denial of condo plan (photos)"...
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1831. Roundwood Manor was built in 1923 by the railway barons the Van Sweringen brothers. In 1924, Hunting Valley was incorporated as a village encompassing...
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representing railroad and real estate barons O. P. and M. J. Van Sweringen (known as the Van Sweringen brothers). Stage was married to Miriam Kerruish, one of the...
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legal counsel for the American League), and the railroad magnates Van Sweringen brothers ($250,000). While Bradley was the team's president, he was not the...
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Corporation was a real estate and railroad empire, built by the Van Sweringen brothers of Cleveland in the 1920s, that had controlled the Chesapeake and...
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in 1912, Shaker Heights, Ohio, was planned and developed by the Van Sweringen brothers, railroad moguls who envisioned the community as a suburban retreat...
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Herbert H. Jr. (2003). Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. pp. 134–135...
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where he was in charge of the lines west of Buffalo. Soon after the Van Sweringen Brothers purchased the Nickel Plate Road from the New York Central, Bernet...
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in 1923 and the Terminal Tower in 1929; the latter, built by the Van Sweringen brothers, was, for a short period, the second tallest building in the world...
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estate magnate and future Indians' president Alva Bradley, and the Van Sweringen brothers, who thought that the attraction of a stadium would benefit area...
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sells subsidiary New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad to the Van Sweringen brothers. July 1: The Southern Railway leases subsidiary Virginia and Southwestern...
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established to restore Chesapeake & Ohio 2716 back into operation. Van Sweringen brothers 2-8-2 "Kentucky group to restore C&O 2-8-4 No. 2716". Trains. February...
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Morgan & Co., nor anybody else." In the mid-1920s, the successful Van Sweringen brothers of Cleveland, Ohio gained control of the Erie, improving operations...
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American human rights activist and author William R. Van Aken, politician Van Sweringen brothers, real estate developers of Shaker Heights and railroad...
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(NYC&St.L), aka NKP, now Norfolk Southern, was later acquired by the Van Sweringen brothers, Oris P. and Mantis J., from the NYC. NKP's line bridged over the...
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Battery and later owned by Cleveland Electric Illuminating and the Van Sweringen brothers as the 1920s ended, WTAM was purchased by RCA in 1930, becoming...
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pulling the Central's premier passenger trains. In the 1920s the Van Sweringen brothers conceived of a new "Union" station for all trains coming into Cleveland...
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