[1] The 34 room 25,000 square foot mansion at 8615 Euclid Avenue was built for Francis Edison Drury (1850-1932),[2] an industrial innovator and foundry owner.
That new home, a larger version of the Drury Mansion, is now part of Gilmour Academy.
The original Drury Mansion became Crittenton Home, housing unwed mothers.
Drury purchased the estate across the street and made it a formal garden with reflecting pools, pond, pagoda, and greenhouse.
The Cleveland Play House was built on the aote after it was donated by Drury.