The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-01-13
OHIO At THE CENTENNIAL.

OldlS uodIu VI centennial managers, leN
at this office an elegant lithograph of the
building being erected onthe centennial
exhibition grounds in fairmont park, Phil
idelphia, for the headquarters of the cit
izens of Ohio who may attend the exhib.
ition this year. The Architectural de.
signs were made by Heard & Sons, of
Cleveland. The lthograph vast execut-
ed by w. J, Morgan & Co., also of Cleve-
land. AS soon as the success of the ex-
hibition became a certainty, the Ohio
managers considered it a matter of con-
venience, ifnotan absolute necessity that
there should be some provision made for
the comfort and convenience of large
number Of Ohio people who will attend,
by establishing a rallying point at which
all could gather, meet their friends, see
the Ohio papers, all Of which will be TAX
en-, receive and dispatch their mail mat
ter and get information which would
otherwise be inconvenientfno impossi-
BILE, to obtain. In view of these facts the
Ohio managers concluded to erect a
building for the purpose mentioned.
The small amount of means at the dis
posel of the board occasoned some en-
barrassment, as the wealth and standing
of Ohio as State required that she
should have at least as respectable a
building as any of her sister States. For
tunateiy the proprietors of large num-
Der OF Ohio stone quarries, the names of
whom will be found below came to their
relief, and generously donated the stone,
ready dressed to be set in the building.
the board paying the transportation and
setting up
Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri,
Kansas. Virginia, West Virginia, New
Jersey, and number of other states, have
slected locations and are preparing to
erect buildings for their people. The
Ohio building will be forty feet square
in the inside, two stories high, with an
attic, hall nine feet wide through the
centre, on one side of which is ladies
parlor 253 by ISL feet. in the rear
dressing room wash room and closets; on
the other side are an office, gentlemens
room and Conveniences for the press.
Registers for recording the names of Wis.
itors and exhibitors will be kept, Messrs.
Robinson, Savage and Co. having kind
y donated elaborately and elegantly
bound books for that purpose which ,af-
ter the exhibition closes, will, be depos-
tied in the State library, and in after
years will become of interest to examine.
Messrs. w. o, Taylor and Son, of Bed
ford, the Delaware chair Co., of Della
ware, and the Kappel Folding Furniture
Co., of Cleveland, have rendered chairs,
settees, etc.
Messrs. Marchand & Son, of Cleve-
land, will also furnish something in their
line.
The Mason Novelty Co of Columbus,
will furnish mirrors forlades department,
and we have no doubt there are other
persons who will gladly give the use of
other necessary articles of fixtures and
furniture for the inspection of the hun
dred thousand or more Ohio people who
will be present.
Twenty-four stone quarries producing
the best variety of stone in the State.
embracing the leading sandstones of the
northern and Southern portions of the
State, as well as the Dayton, Columbus
and Springfield. limestone will be repre-
sented.
The roofing of the building will. be of
metal of Cleveland manufacture and
painted with ironclad paint. The glass
was manufactured by the Diamond
Glass company, of Ravenna. The front
doors will be furnished by. House & Da.
wilson, of Cleveland.
The foundations of the building are all
complete, portion of the stone set, and
the remaining part being rapidly prepar-
ed, so that it is expected that it will be
completed by the first of May next.
The following are the names of the
parties who furnish the stone:
Amherst stone; Worthington & Son,
North Amherst, one course and one-half
front entrance Clough stone company. .
North Amherst, one course and one-half
of front entrance; L. Halderman & Son,
Cleveland, one course window and corn.
er; Wilson & Hughes stone company one
course, window and corner; Amherst stone
company, one course, Ohio stone COM
pany, one course.
Berea stone: J. McDermott & Co..
Cleveland, one course, window and
corner: Berea stone company, two courses
and stone for coat of arms.
Black River stone: Black River stone
company, one course window and corn
er.
independence stone: J. R. Hurst, one
course; Wilson & Hughes stone company,
one course; John Wagner Cleveland,
one course.
Columbus Stit, Price & Co., one
course.
Massillon stone Worthington & Co.,
and John Paul & Co., Massillon, each
one course.
Dayton stone: Marcus Bossler, DAY.
ton, the entire front gable with three
windows, the Dayton stone company the
front platform.
Cincinnati stone Buena Vista, one
course, window and corner.
Springfield: NJ. Thompson and others,
one course.
Euclid stone: o. D. Ford Cleveland,
one course.
Mansheld Two vestibule windows.
Coshocton stone: Coshocton stone
one, course, window and corn.
er
Waverly. NJ Richie, one window.
Youngstown: One course.
Flagging. Forest City stone company
and Mcbride Maxwell & Co.
w. G. McNalley Carver of coat of
arms.