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Birth: 1823
Huntington
Chittenden County
Vermont, USA
Death: Nov. 19, 1888

Ambler was a dentist who began his study in 1841, practicing in California during the gold rush 1849.
He returned to Cleveland, where he practiced successfully from 1852-1868, when he retired, having made a fortune in real estate. He was known for his great personal magnetism.


He was the first person to build a house on the ridge of land known as "The Heights", a house on Fairmont St. that he named "Rock Rest". That spot is now occupied by the grounds of the Baldwin Filtration Plant.

"Ambler Hts" was named for him - it is located in the southwest corner of Cleveland Hts, OH. The boundaries include Cedar Glen Rd. (north), S. Overlook Rd. (east), Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd. and N. Park Blvd. (south), and Ambleside Rd. and Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd. (west). Streets in Ambler Hts. include Chestnut Hills, Denton, Devonshire, Elandon, and Harcourt roads.


By 1872 he had purchased land past Doan's Corners. To aid in the management of his real estate holdings, Ambler brought an adopted son, Daniel O. Caswell (1857-1906), from Lodi, OH. Caswell helped foster Blue Rock Spring House, a mineral-water spa at the intersection of Cedar Rd. and Doan Brook. In addition, Caswell negotiated for sale some 350 acres of land to be known as Ambler Hts. Starting ca. 1900, Caswell, with Wm. Eglin Ambler (1845-1925), nephew of Dr. Nathan Ambler, began a housing development in Ambler Hts., which consisted of large houses in such styles as Colonial Revival, Tudor, and Tudor Revival built to designs by architects such as Frank B meade and Abram Garfield. This neighborhood was also called Ambler Park, and later Chestnut Hills.

Date: November 21, 1888
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #002.
Notes: Ambler- Monday, November 19, at 4 a. m., Dr. N. H. Ambler, aged 64 years. Funeral from family residence, Fairmount pl., Wednesday, November 21, at 3 p. m. Friends invited. Nathan H. Ambler. 9/?/1824 - 10/19/1888. Lake View Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio.