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The Home of the A. C. Lantz Company
Front view of the A. C. Lantz company. Appeared to be a dry goods store in downtown Mansfield.
Tags: A. C. Lantz Company, Businesses
The Grand Theater
The Grand Theater opened for business on November 20, 1911, by Rusk Bros. and Co. Walter H. Bailey was the theater manager. Ten years later on November 20, 1921, the theater closed with "The Mysterious Rider" being the last picture shown. The…
Tags: The Grand Theater
The Bird Building
The Bird Building was constructed in 1896 by Sharpless E. Bird after he acquired a portion of the Wiler Block from Mary (Wiler) Cook, the daughter of John Jacob Cook.
Tags: Bird Building, Buildings
The Baxter Stove Co.
The entire Baxter family would move to Mansfield to work for the new Baxter Stove Company, which was incorporated on May 31, 1883, with a capital stock of $60,000. In August of 1883, the company sent its first shipment, containing 62 stoves, to Fort…
Tags: Baxter Stove Company, Industries
Streetcar 129 Wreck
On July 24, 1908, streetcar no. 129 of The Cleveland Southwestern and Columbus Railway ran unmanned for half a mile down North Main Street in Mansfield, Ohio before crashing into the Laver home just north of Sixth Street. No one was injured.
Tags: Accidents, Streetcars
Streetcar 129 Wreck
On July 24, 1908, streetcar no. 129 of The Cleveland Southwestern and Columbus Railway ran unmanned for half a mile down North Main Street in Mansfield, Ohio before crashing into the Laver home just north of Sixth Street. No one was injured.
Tags: Accidents, Streetcars
Stereoscopic View of Court House
Stereoscopic view of Richland County's second and third courthouses. This winter view was taken from an elevation on North Park Street. In the foreground is the massive four-columned Greek revival courthouse. On North Park Street in front of the…
Tags: Court House
Steel Mill, Mansfield, Ohio
The plant was originally built in 1908-09 and formally opened in June of 1909 as the National Sheet Steel Co. A few months later, the company was reorganized as the National Rolling Mill Co. In 1914, the plant was bought by the Davey Brothers and…
St. Luke's Lutheran Church - Mansfield
Image from Art Work of Richland And Crawford Counties, published by The W. H. Parish Publishing Co. (1894) of St. Luke's Lutheran Church located at 229 Park Avenue West.
Tags: Churches, Park Avenue West, St. Luke's
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Dr. Mary Jordan Finley (1896)
Dr. Mary Jordan Finley was born November 26, 1849, in Pennslyvania to Agustus Finley and Amanda Jane Irwin/Erwin. She practiced medicine in…