Welcome to Monrovia

Ohio City was opposite Cleveland on the Cuyahoga River. The cemetery on Monroe Street was Ohio City's municipal graveyard. Its first burial was 1818, and it was established in 1836/1841. In 1854 Ohio City was merged into Cleveland. Monroe Street Cemetery Would be the only municipal graveyard (there were other private, and church cemeteries) on the West Side until 1900. This grand triple arched sandstone gate (1874) is closed. A very similar one is at the Erie Street Cemetery.

On the night of 30 March 2010, the gatehouse (built 1876), behind it, on the right had its western wall blow out. It has been shored up by a wooden wall, and 2'x4'' buttresses, and that is the way it has stayed. There is not money for such things. People should be paid for work. One would wonder if some 'goth' kids could be hired.

the roof has continued to sag

a pedestrian gate has been welded shut for years

a few iron spindles have been removed to allow a corner entrance

almost a Jacob van Ruisdael scene

There is much to see in different sorts gravestones, and the landscaping had been good at one time. Recently, this large tree had lost a huge portion of itself in a storm. It fell on top of stones, and has been sawed in chunks. A short mausoleum has not been maintained, some of it has collapsed, it has blocked up, and a sheet of wood placed over some of that, there is weeds growing on top, and no distinguishing marks visible.

Over the years, weather, storms, erosion, acid-rain, freeze-thaw cycles, burrowing animals, bad care and vandalism has allowed it to fall in appearance. It still has some beauty and pleasantness about it.