Looks like there are some folks trying to find out more about the Rockefeller Mansion and what possibly lead to the fire that burned it to the ground.  Pretty interesting stuff.

 

http://www.fox8.com/videobeta/b608fdd8-ca57-4c4e-9636-b245d496ca18/Home/Rockefeller-Arson-Investigation

 

http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-rockefeller-mansion-arson-investigation-txt,0,2501327.story

 

The story was produced by Fox8 news, so consider their view with a grain of salt, but it appears that the search itself is being conducted by real historians associated with the WRHS. 

Didn't the National Archives already do this in conjunction with WRHS?  Right before I started at SOHIO,  did some research.  It was in conjunction with the new building.  My memory is fuzzy on this.

 

History of Clevelands famous is always good.

 

I've always been intrigued by Rockefeller and the other national elite that lived or spent extended periods of time in this town during the late 1800s/early 1900s.  I wish more of the archictecture (such as the Millionaire's Row mansions) would have survived.