01/19/2023
Please consider donating to preserve this piece of Cleveland Heights history! Thank you.
A MESSAGE FROM THE FOREST HILL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCATION:
Help – a lifebuoy needed! Help save our cute, storybook Cleveland Heights Landmark called the “Little Blue Cottage” that is slowing sinking, listing and cracking (taking on water)! This quaint 1930 cottage, in the French Norman style, at Monticello and Lee boulevards., was designed by architect Andrew J. Thomas of New York, like the Heights Rockefeller Building and the original Forest Hill “Rockefeller” houses. It was originally the sales office for Abeyton Realty to sell homes for the Forest Hill neighborhood developed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and is also included on the National Register of Historic Places. Today the neighborhood is home to over 1000 unique residences and overlays Cleveland Heights and East Cleveland, bordered by Glynn, Mayfield, and North Taylor roads and Lee Boulevard. The “Little Blue Cottage” was once at the SE corner of Lee Boulevard and Brewster Road before being moved to its present spot. It has been the office of the Forest Hill Homeowners Association since the 1950’s. The Association serves the neighborhood but does not charge a mandatory fee. Members depend on voluntary donations for their projects and are currently in need of a goal of $80,000 (per the contractors) to get the historic building back in shape! No donation too big or small to save this iconic neighborhood landmark. Those willing to donate something can go to FHHO.org (to donate online) or can mail a check to Forest Hill Homeowners Assoc., Inc., 2419 Lee Blvd., Cleveland Heights, Ohio, 44118. Hoping the Blue Cottage can eventually cry out “Land Ahoy!” and, with your help, be able to remain afloat another hundred years!
