Cleveland

Harvey Rice Monument (James G.C. Hamilton, 1899)
When young Harvey Rice arrived in Cleveland in 1825, he had three dollars in his pocket and a recent college degree. The settlement had 400 residents. He was the town's teacher and principal and later president of the school board. He helped pass a law that created the school system in Ohio. Several other states copied his law. Below you can see the monument before and after conservation treatment.

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