SOM-thing I learned today
For a long time, I've wondered what the "SOM" in SOM Center Road (aka S.O.M. Center Road, aka Route 91) stood for. For awhile I thought it might have been short for Samuel O. Mather. But according to the website for Orange Village, S.O.M. stands for Solon, Orange & Mayfield. Sure enough, SOM/Route 91 runs through all three. Of course, it runs through a number of other places as well, but I guess other cities like Eastlake don't rate. Too bad -- SOME Center Road is no more silly, really, than SOM Center Road. It may just be Center Road once Rt 91gets to Lake County, so maybe that's the reason it is SOM and not SOME. But for consistancy, perhaps SOM Center Rd can be called EW Center Rd in Lake County, you know, for Eastlake and Willoughby. Ew. |
posted by Audient at 3:38 PM
Comments on "SOM-thing I learned today"
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Kristen said ... (4:21 PM, April 13, 2006) :
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Audient said ... (5:22 PM, April 13, 2006) :
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Kristen said ... (7:48 AM, April 14, 2006) :
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Brian Kornell said ... (12:28 PM, April 14, 2006) :
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melcarrel said ... (10:24 PM, April 15, 2006) :
post a commentnerd. Could you find out whether the street Monticello was named after Jeffersons famous home?
It was named for Herbert Monticello. He built the first house on the street. He lost his estate in a poker game with his neighbor, John D. Rockefeller. Turned out JD had pocket aces. Having lost everything, old Herbie threw himself in front of a speeding train. He was cremated and his ashes were spread in a pond in what is now Forest Hill Park.
Legend had it that JD actually pissed in the pond every anniversary of Herbert Monticello's suicide. Crusty old bastard that he was.
I don't know if you made that up or what but it was flipping entertaining!
I've actually always wondered what the SOM stood for and now I know. Thanks.
I also enjoy your Monticello explanation
Boy are you a wealth of information! I knew there was a reason I associate with you!