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Case File: Charles Albert Breitwieser (1907)
1121 E. 79th street was the location of the saloon owned by Anton Rosinski where Charles Breitwieser was hit with a billiard cue and sustained injuries that he would later die from. A big Thank You to Tom Kaschalk of “My Cleveland History” [<– click for link to his site] for finding the photo of the saloon from 1958 below. The site was originally the northwest corner of Joseph Hoffman’s 26 acre property along the east side of Woolsey St (1881 plat map). When it was later subdivided this lot was originally numbered 211/213 Woolsey St, sometime prior to 1898. On a map dated that year, the lot was laid out but the saloon had not yet been built, but it does show on a 1903 Sanborn Fire Insurance map (included below). The saloon kept the Woolsey St address until 1906 when several streets in the city were renamed and renumbered. You can see the two bay windows overlooking street in the Sanborn fire insurance maps. The maps also show that the front portion of the building was the saloon, likely with the Rosinski family living above, and flats with an entrance on Pulaski Ave in the back with a third bay window overlooking Pulaski. The saloon was demolished in about 2008 and the lot is now part of the Carrie Cain Playground, constructed in 2021. See the progression of Google street view images below.
