Mountain, Carrie Green (1857?-1948)

2020-06-03
Submitted by Jean Hood Carrie Green Mountain was a former slave who obtained her freedom when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed when she was 6 or 7 years old. She was among the first black people to settle in Warren in 1879. She arrived from…

Upton, Harriet Taylor (1853-1945)

2020-06-01
Submitted by The Upton Association and Kayla Metzger Harriet Taylor Upton was born December 17, 1853 in Ravenna, Ohio, the daughter of Ezra Taylor, an Ohio judge. The Taylor’s moved to Warren, Ohio, in 1861, and later purchased the home now known as the Harriet…

Atlantic and Great Western Railway, The

2020-05-22
Submitted by Andrew Olson & Richard K. Fleischer The Atlantic and Great Western Railway (1865-1871)/Railroad (1871-1880) Company On March 10th 1851 Marvin Kent, a merchant from Franklin Mills OH (now Kent) chartered the Franklin and Warren Railroad to connect the two named local business communities.…

Heltzel Steel Company

2020-05-22
Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer Warren - Est. 1916 by John Heltzel – Located on Thomas Rd. next to Berk Enterprises. Made steel forms for highway paving machines, concrete batching plants. John Heltzel came from Streator, Ill. in 1914, with a partner. They had…

Chicago Cleveland Car Roof Company

2020-05-22
Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer Railroad freight car roofs like this one were made by the Chicago Cleveland Car Roof Co. in Warren, Oh. The building on Thomas Road in Warren had changed hands a few times. Being a Packard Electric motor…

Aetna Machine Works

2020-05-22
Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer Aetna Machine Works was founded in 1880 by Frank I. Freeman as a reorganization of the Douglas Machine Works and employed 18 hands in 1882. They made sawmills, pumps and 10 to 125 H. P. vertical & horizontal steam engines…

Brainard Steel Co.

2020-05-22
Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer Est. Circa 1918 Located originally at Paige Ave. and Griswold St. Eventually moved to Larchmont Ave. NE. When owner J.W. Brainard retired this company was sold to a private firm headed by E. T. Sproul, who had formerly been…

American Welding & Manufacturing Co.

2020-05-22
Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer Est. 1918 - Pheonix Rd. - moved to Dietz Rd. This company was founded by J.C. Masternach and some investors from Cleveland. It opened with a workforce of 30 people and eventually grew to 700 employees. The original product…

Trumbull Cliffs Blast Furnace

2020-05-22
Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer The Trumbull Cliffs blast furnace of the Trumbull Cliffs Iron Co. was built in 1921 by some investors from Cleveland. For ninety six years this structure was a prominent feature of the Warren skyline. The entire production of iron was…

Copperweld Steel Company

2020-05-22
Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer Part 1, The Good Years Copperweld began as a small business at Rankin, Pa. with about 23 employees in 1915. The Plant moved to Glassport, Pa. in 1927 and began to expand. The company process unites a thick jacket of…

Trumbull Steel Company (Republic Steel, RG Steel)

2020-05-22
Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer Trumbull Steel Co. (Republic Steel, LTV Steel, WCI Steel, Severstal Steel, RG Steel) est. 1912 - Located on S. Pine Ave. Jonathan Warner was the first president. Plant to employ 1100. This mill was very modern when built, the main…

Hull Manufacturing Company

2020-05-22
Submitted by Richard K. Fleischer Located at 1011 High St. N.E. Warren, Oh. Founded in the early 1930's by Walter E. Hull Although a small company with a total of 27 employees, Hull Manufacturing Co. is one of six manufacturers of compasses in the United…