Lakeside Heritage Society

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If you were making plans to visit Lakeside a century ago, what could you expect?By 1920 the organization that began as a Methodist Campmeeting and family resort had blossomed into a large scale summer attraction for a wide variety of groups.This Lakeside "On Lake Erie" program, found in the LHS Archives, offers a forty page overview of the recreational, religious, cultural and educational events scheduled for the 1920 summer. The cover page highlights the various programs held during each week, including the Chautauqua Assembly, the School of Missions, and the Regional Conference on Temperance.

The Lakeside Heritage Society (LHS) is a private, non-profit organization organized in the state of Ohio, dedicated to preserving and interpreting the history of Lakeside, Danbury Township, the Village of Marblehead and the Historic Chautauqua Movement in Ohio and all of North America. Founded in 1968 as the Lakeside Heritage Club, LHS operates the Heritage Hall Museum and Archives and provides various educational programs to the surrounding community.Heritage Hall is the Lakeside Heritage Society’s local history museum, dedicated to telling the fascinating stories of Lakeside Chautauqua since its founding in 1873, the Marblehead Peninsula and the Chautauqua Movement in America. The museum is located in the original 1875 Methodist Episcopal Chapel in Lakeside.

Lakeside Heritage Society

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