Or Car Houses or Operating Stations, if you prefer: As with all trolley systems, those in Cleveland needed places to store and maintain their fleets of cars and, as with all large cities, Cleveland had a considerable number of them over the years, with each of the several companies of early days having one or more its own.

With the final combination of Cleveland’s operating companies into Cleveland Railway Co. in 1910, the earlier random assortment of barns was consolidated into 15 numbered locations, building new and closing or rebuilding old barns as needed. They were located on major car lines, spread throughout the city. These barns were:*

1. St. Clair, at E 29t

2. Superior, 11905 Superior

3. Payne, at E 105

4. Windermere, 14223 Euclid. Present site of Rapid station

5. Cedar, 10900 Cedar

6. Quincy, at E 89

7. Woodhill, at Mt. Auburn

8. Miles, Broadway at E 102

9. E 55, at 5400 Harvard

10. E 34, at Trumbull

11. Brooklyn, 4371 Pearl

12. Denison, 7207 Denison

13. Lorain, 9800 Lorain

14. Madison, 1614 W 117

15. Rocky River, 18900 Detroit.

In addition, Harvard Shops were located on Harvard between E42 & E 45.

*Christiansen, H, 1975. “Trolley Trails Through Greater Cleveland, Vol 2.” Cleveland, OH: Western Reserve Historical Society. Used copies of this book occasionally are available through the NORM store.

Pictures, Columbus Metropolitan Library: 1) Denison Ave Barn, #241, 2) Windermere, #502, 3) Brooklyn, #4204, 4) Harvard Barn, #4052 & 4267 and 5) Rocky River, #5019