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Lorain, Ohio

Lorain is in Lorain County.

Well-Known Places in Lorain

Lorain West Breakwater Light, Lorain Palace Theatre, Black River.

About Lorain, Ohio

Lorain lies about 25 miles west of Cleveland, on the Lake Erie shore where the Black River empties into the lake. The village was incorporated as Lorain in 1874, when Conrad Reid took office as first mayor, and it became a city in 1896. Toni Morrison, born and raised in Lorain, set her first novel, The Bluest Eye, in the city and later became the first Black woman of any nationality to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Ernest J. King, who rose to fleet admiral and served as Chief of Naval Operations, was born in Lorain in 1878, and neuroscientist Robert Galambos, whose research showed how bats use echolocation, was born here too. Comedian Don Novello, Saturday Night Live's Father Guido Sarducci, grew up in Lorain.

History of Lorain

• Settled before 1834 as 'Black River Village' at the mouth of the Black River; briefly renamed 'Charleston' in 1837, a name residents rejected.

Landmarks and Places in Lorain

• The Charles Berry Bridge, a 1,052-foot double-leaf bascule bridge completed in 1940, was the largest bascule bridge in the world at its construction and averages roughly 700 openings a year.
• Lakeview Park, established in 1917, with a Lake Erie beach, a rose garden with thousands of roses and an iconic concrete Easter Basket sculpture.

The Lorain Economy

• The Ford Motor Company's Lorain Assembly Plant (1958-2005) built the Econoline (E-series) van, Ford Torino, Mercury Montego and later the Thunderbird and Cougar before closing in December 2005.
• The city has faced Rust Belt deindustrialization, with an elevated poverty rate.

Community Life in Lorain

• The Fire Fish Festival each September celebrates independent artists and the city's industrial heritage.
• The Lorain Palace Theatre, opened in 1928, still operates as a downtown performing-arts venue.

Local reference: en.wikipedia.org, www.loraincountyohio.gov, www.loraininternational.com