Welcome to our stroll of the Cathedral Neighborhood of Toledo's Old West End, this tour is part of a 3-part series. My name is Tedd Long, I'm the curator of holytoledohistory.com and I'm looking fo...

Let's pause here in front of this incredible home to our right for a moment.

This is the Collingwood Villa, here at 3015 Collingwood. It's a massive Neoclassical home but what grabs you first ab...

Tedd L: As we continue to walk south on Collingwood, I want to introduce Dr. Ted Ligibel, retired director of Eastern Michigan University's award-winning Historic Preservation program. Ted, how did...

Fascinating stuff, Ted! Thanks. To our right at 2729 Collingwood is the T.J. Marlowe House. The exterior of this Gothic Revival home features wood siding, shingles and brick. Check out the second s...

Let's pause here for a moment.

This home on our right at 2727 Collingwood is the Fred E. McCaskey House. The ample porch of this house has Doric column supports and its double central door is f...

Keep going straight.

Coming up on the right at 2709 Collingwood is the home of Gerald, "Jimmy" Hayes. Designed by Harry Wachter and built in 1927, the exterior of this home features a few diffe...

Let's pause here for just a moment and take in the beauty of Rosary Cathedral on the other side of Islington. We'll learn more about this beautiful sanctuary toward the end of this tour.

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We're heading west on Islington. This street cuts through the center of the Baldwin Heights Addition in the Old West End. This subdivision was originally platted in 1892 from the estate of David Ma...

Let's make a left up ahead to get a better look at this beautiful building located here on the corner at 2544 Parkwood.

Let's pause here.

The building to your left at 2544 Parkwood did not always sit at this location. It was built between 1912 and 1914 and was originally located at 515 Islington Street and serve...

We're going to turn left up ahead and continue west on Islington. But while we walk, look at this house on our right at 2555 Parkwood, featuring the two wide dormers set above the second-floor bay ...

On your right at 618 Islington is the home of Dr. George and Bertha Sipher. George was listed as a registered dentist in the 1914 Toledo Polk Registry. This home was built around 1910 in the crafts...

As we get ready to cross Scottwood up ahead, check out the house on our right on the southwest corner at 2563 Scottwood Ave. This home was built in 1910 for Charles B. Grandy, president of the Gran...

This home on our right was also built in 1910 for Mr. Charles Meilink, secretary and manager of the Meilink Manufacturing Company. By 1920, his company would be renamed Meilink Steel Safe Company a...

On your left is 663 Islington. Built as a duplex in 1914, this property features two identical 2 bedroom and 2 bath units each featuring beautifully tiled gas fireplaces, formal dining rooms with b...

On our left is the Fred Gibson House. Built in 1910 for $15,000, the distinctive Italian style of this house can be best seen from this side. Check out the unusual flat tile roof, stucco extension ...

Let's pause here for a moment.

The house on our left at 2564 Glenwood is believed to have been built in 1912. Both the 1918 and 1921 city directories listed the owner as Charles Schroeder, the ...

Let's pause here at the corner of Glenwood Ave. and Islington.

The house on our left across the street, on the corner of Glenwood, was built in 1912 and was the home of Alfred and Gussie Bennet...

The exterior of this house on our right at 2561 Glenwood is Arts & Crafts but it also has a blended influence of English Country style. The barrel tile roof and stucco walls along with the unique a...

On our right is the Charles H. Whitaker House, built in 1907. This Shingle style with Georgian influence was designed by Landgon and Hohly. The beautiful front entrance has built-in benches and a l...

On our right is the H.J. Heywood House. This 3-story, 12-room Georgian Revival was designed by Bernard Becker and built in 1915.

It features a gray stucco exterior with red shutters and huge cy...

Let's make a left here and work our way back to Collingwood Blvd. where we'll take a left again and head north to Rosary Cathedral.

Let's pause here.

The park on our left is the Agnes Reynolds Jackson Arboretum. This was originally the site of St. Luke's Hospital. In 1986, after the old hospital had been bulldozed, much of ...

Tedd L: Let's get back to Dr. Ted Ligibel's focus on the different generations that settled in this neighborhood. Ted, can you talk about the new generation of Old West End families that moved into...

Thanks, Ted. Okay, we're going to turn left on Collingwood up ahead and head north toward Rosary Cathedral but before we make our turn -- I want to point out Black Kite Coffee on the other side of ...

Coming up on our right is Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral, the Mother Church of the Catholic faith in Toledo. Plans for this building were first developed in 1912 by Bishop Joseph...

Let's pause here in front and take in this magnificent Platteresque style cathedral.

Plateresque is a highly elaborate, decorative style used on a number of buildings in Spain from the end of t...

Tedd L: If you're finished with your visit here at Rosary Cathedral, let's head back north up Collingwood toward the starting point and talk to Dr. Ted Ligibel about how this street became known as...

Across the street are some great examples of homes built in what is called the Olde Towne Neighborhood.

As Toledo’s streetcar lines expanded further away from the downtown and made the developm...

Across the street is 2924 Collingwood. This three-story, four-bedroom home was the residence of Martin Christy, a steamboat captain on the John B. Ketcham, a bulk lumber carrier built at Toledo by ...

This is where our tour ends.

Toledo’s Old West End may be known for its beautiful homes, churches, the Toledo Museum of Art, and Rosary Cathedral, but as we hope you've learned from this tour, ...