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Five Oaks/Massillon Woman’s Club – 210 Fourth Street, N.E.

The daughters of Flora and Walter McClymonds came of age in the Five Oaks mansion on Fourth Street.  Designed by nationally recognized Cleveland architect Charles Schweinfurth, it was completed in 1894.

As young women were surrounded by Tiffany windows and lighting fixtures, hand-carved woodwork and sculptures, and walls decorated with hand-laid gold leaf.

Edna’s wedding at Five Oaks, one of the social events of the era, was famously delayed when President McKinley’s train, returning from the funeral of General Sherman, was late.

Both their parents passed away in 1912, leaving the huge home vacant until 1919, when the Massillon Woman’s Club was founded.  The sisters allowed the women to use the home to cook and serve fundraising meals and host groups of the 400-strong organization.  By 1924, it was clear that the club was viable and Ruth and Edna, who both moved from Massillon, gave Five Oaks to the Massillon Woman’s Club with two stipulations—that it be open to all women of good character and that the residence be maintained in its original condition.

What a stunning legacy they left for our community!

The daughters of Flora and Walter McClymonds came of age in the Five Oaks mansion on Fourth Street.  Designed by nationally recognized Cleveland architect Charles Schweinfurth, it was completed in 1894.

As young women were surrounded by Tiffany windows and lighting fixtures, hand-carved woodwork and sculptures, and walls decorated with hand-laid gold leaf.

Edna’s wedding at Five Oaks, one of the social events of the era, was famously delayed when President McKinley’s train, returning from the funeral of General Sherman, was late.

Both their parents passed away in 1912, leaving the huge home vacant until 1919, when the Massillon Woman’s Club was founded.  The sisters allowed the women to use the home to cook and serve fundraising meals and host groups of the 400-strong organization.  By 1924, it was clear that the club was viable and Ruth and Edna, who both moved from Massillon, gave Five Oaks to the Massillon Woman’s Club with two stipulations—that it be open to all women of good character and that the residence be maintained in its original condition.

What a stunning legacy they left for our community!

Ruth McClymonds Maitland
Edna McClymonds Wales

Directions: Staying where you are, now look at the brick building on the other side of North Avenue, still on the east side of Fourth Street.  The one with the yellow columns and window lintels.