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English: Plaque on the Collinwood School Fire Memorial on the grounds of Memorial Elementary School, located at 410 E. 152nd Street in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.

The Lake View School (aka Collinwood School) in the village of Collinwood, Ohio, (east of Cleveland) burned on March 4, 1908, killing 172 children, two teachers, and one firefighter.

Collinwood tried to build a new school on the site of the old one, but angry local citizens prevented it. In 1910, the state of Ohio purchased the land and the town erected a memorial garden and pond there. Collinwood Memorial School was built adjacent to the site.

After Collinwood was annexed bythe city of Cleveland in 1910, a new memorial garden was erected. It was completed in 1911, and improved in 1917.

The memorial garden gradually fell into neglect. By the 1960s, most of the flower planters and boxwood shrubs had been removed. Memorial School closed in 1979 and the site was sold to a private owner. By 1990, the private owner had allowed the garden to fall into extreme disrepair.

The old memorial pond and garden were removed in 1993, and a new memorial, designed by Behnke Associates, erected. This memorial, erected on the site of the lily pond, features a featured a raised planting bed filled with perennial flowers, ornamental trees, and shrubs. A low cement wall leans inward on all sides, containing the berm. Brick tiles are secured on top of the cement wall. Clusters of four tiles ringed by blanks repeat around the berm, each tile containing the name of one of the dead. As donors contribute to the garden, their names are inscribed on the blank tiles.