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Norwalk Reflector

Location

Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1967

Page

5

Willow Brook Park once drew crowds near Norwalk in 1905

Residents recall Willow Brook Park as the place to go with two lakes a pavilion dance hall and a lover’s lane. It faded after 1909 as autos and new roads drew crowds away and the site was cleared for housing with Willow Brook remaining as a small wooded gully and a renamed greenhouse.

Willow Brook Park Edna Bloxham East Main Street Frank Roth Th Citizens’ Bank John Cline Harriet Lawton Firelands Museum Willow Brook

Norwalk Gilger Theatre Orchestra’s Suspenseful Opening Night

In the early 1900s Norwalk’s Gilger Theatre hosted a premiere season for a famed pit orchestra led by Thayer Stewart. Harriet Graves Lawton, the lone surviving member, recalled learning on the job as the troupe entertained road shows from 1903 to the late 1920s, before talkies and canned music ended the era.

Norwalk Cleveland Chicago Harriet Graves Lawton Gilger Theatre Gilger Lawton William G. Gilger Gardiner Music Hall Johnny DeWolfe Hopper Hedda Hopper F. B. Case Harkness Livery Stable Butt Harriet Lawton Thayer Stewart Florida

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