Cuyahoga Falls

Institute

The Cuyahoga Falls Institute was established in the fall of 1837 by Rev. Roswell Brooks and Charles Clark. The school continued in operation for 11 years. The building was was also later called the Lyceum and was located where the Pilgrim Church now stands. 

Mr. Brooks performed the principal duties as Mr. Clark taught music and mathematics and Elethea S. Brooks superintendent of the female department. In the summer of 1840 Mr. Brooks alone conducted the school, but after moving to New York in the fall of that year, Mr. Clark resumed control until about 1848 when his ill health caused him to discontinue.