The Drury Mansion in Cleveland, Ohio was built in 1912. Originally a residence, it later became home to the Drury Club, a social club from 1939 to 1947. The 34 room 25,000 square foot mansion at 8615 Euclid Avenue was built for Francis Edison Drury (1850-1932), an industrial innovator and foundry owner. In 1925 he relocated to Cedar Hill Farm in Gates Mills, Ohio. That new home, a lrger version of the Drury Mansion, is now part of Gilmour Academy. The original Drury Mansion became Crittenton Home, housing unwed mothers. It then served as a Reintegration Clinic until 1989 when the Cleveland Clinic acquired it for use as an event space and conference center.
Meade & Hamilton was the architectural firm that designed it. Drury purchased the estate across the street and made it a formal garden with reflecting pools, pond, pagoda, and greenhouse. The Cleveland Play House was built on the aote after it was donated by Drury.
Drury was a Dartmouth graduate. Drury manufactured internal gear lawnmowers and kerosene stoves. He also established Cleveland Foundry Co. Drury had a son Herbert Remington Drury Sr. who became a geographer and educator.
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- Mansion, ID: 8904 | This file appears in: Drury. "Drury Club, 1939". Cleveland Historical.
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- Johnson, Alexis; Knaggs, Rebekah. "Drury Mansion - A Stove Baron's Short Tenure on Millionaires' Row". Cleveland Historical.
- "FRANCIS DRURY MANSION | Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University". case.edu. January 17, 2024.
- "Francis E. Drury House /1910/". clevelandmagazine.com.
- https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/herbert-r-drury-’52
- https://archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu/agents/people/1387
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