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THE HOMESTEAD BUILDING AND SAVINGS COMPANY.
The Zanesville Building Association was organ- ized in 1867. with Frank A. Thompson, president ; George D. Gibbons, secretary ; Alexander Grant, treasurer : A. W. Train, attorney : Daniel Apple- gate, Thomas Griffith, Peter Black and Thomas Durban, directors.
The Muskingum Building Association was or- ganized December 20, 1872, in accordance with a charter issued November 21. 1872, to succeed the Zanesville Building Association, with a capital of 2,500 shares of $200.00 each; the dues were twenty-five cents per share per week ; withdrawals
were prohibited and stock could be obtained only by purchasing from some one desiring to sell, or by paying accrued dues to the association, and if the holder of shares was unable to continue the payments, and could not secure a purchaser the amount paid in was in danger of being forfeited to the association in fines for failure to make pay- ments promptly. The officers were : Thomas Dur- ban, president; E. S. Garner, vice president ; Alexander Grant, treasurer ; C. T. De Velling sec- retary : Peter Black, Thomas Griffith, George D. Gibbons, D. T. Johnson, W. H. McOwen, direct- ors; Hon. L. P. Marsh, attorney. As this asso- ciation matured, to accommodate new members,
The McIntire Building Association was incor- porated June 22, 1877, and was organized July 30, 1877, in the rear room now occupied by Judge Granger, as law office; the capital was divided into 2,000 shares of $15.00 each. The officers were: F. J. L. Blandy, president : Charles W. Fletcher, vice-president ; Alexander Grant, treas- urer ; Thomas Griffith, Daniel Applegate, Thomas Lindsay, John W. Conrade, R. B. Brown, Henry L. Korte, directors ; T. F. Spangler, secretary.
The Union Building Association was incor- porated March 5, 1880, with a capital of 2,500 shares of $100.00 each, with Thomas Griffith, president ; W. A. Graham, vice-president ; Alex- ander Grant, treasurer ; Thomas Lindsay, Fran- cis Wedge, Robert Silvey, Frederick Geiger and Thomas M. Gattrell, directors; T. F. Spangler, secretary and attorney.
The foregoing companies were all terminating in form and were associated and not competitive organizations ; the experience gained persuaded the managers that a permanent form of organiza- tion, which would permit members to enter or retire at pleasure, would be, not only more profit- able but popular, and protect members against losses from inability to sell current stock or meet weekly dues; incorporation papers were issued February 26, 1884, for a permanent company and June 10, 1884,
The Homestead Building and Savings Com- pany was organized in Mr. T. F. Spangler's of- fice, in the Opera Block, and the directors then chosen met on the 13th and organized as follows : Robert Silvey, president; George D. Gibbons, vice-president ; Alexander Grant, treasurer ; T. W. Gattrel, Robert Fulton, Joseph Shaw, Thomas S. Black, C. Stolzenbach, Thomas Griffith, di- rectors ; T. F. Spangler, secretary and attorney. The only changes which have occurred in this harmonious official family have been made by death; Messrs. Griffith, Gattrell, Black and Sil- vey have died, and the vacancies have been filled by electing John Hoge, president ; W. E. Guthrie and T. F. Spangler, directors. The new com- pany now occupies handsomely furnished rooms in the Peoples' Bank building, in Fourth street, opposite the court house.
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EQUITABLE BUILDING COMPANY.
October 14, 1887, S. F. Edgar, Ferdinand C. Dietz, W. P. Wells, Horace D. Munson, jr., Addi- son W. Richards, George Brown, A. V. Smith, N. H. Moore, A. T. Baker, S. W. Clark and Will- iam J. Finley executed articles of association which were filed with the Secretary of State, and on the 17th he issued a certificate of incorporation to the Equitable Building Company ; October 20 the company was organized by electing the incor- porators as directors, and the following officers : F. C. Dietz, president ; A. W. Richards, vice-pres- ident; George Brown, secretary; A. V. Smith, treasurer.
The first offices were in the Opera Block, and about 1890 were removed to the Memorial Build- ing ; about 1894 a lease was made of a building on Main street, opposite the present rooms, where the business was conducted until April 1, 1899, when the building at 508 Main street was occu- pied, the structure having been purchased and fitted up to accommodate the large business of the company.
The Citizens' National Bank was depository until the organization of the Commercial Na- tional Bank, and upon the withdrawal of the lat- ter from the Equitable Building the American Bank became depository.
MUSKINGUM BUILDING AND LOAN COMPANY.
Articles of incorporation were issued March II, 1902, for the formation of the Muskingum Building and Loan Company, and March 12 di- rectors were chosen as follows: C. F. Hearing. one year : John Blankenbuhler and M. Luby, two years ; W. W. Harper and J. H. Shipps, three years. March 24 the board organized by elect- ing W. W. Harper, president ; M. Luby, vice-pres- ident ; C. C. Griffiths, secretary and attorney ; W. B. Cosgrave, treasurer. Business room was se- cured in the Bailey building, in Fourth street, opposite the court house, and no change has been made in the directory, officers or location since organization.
The West and South Zanesville Building As- sociation was organized among the earliest in the city, but no record of its career is extant ; David Lee was the first president, and Imri Richards the first secretary, and such men as Austin Berry and Thomas Drake were its directors ; W. T. Gray was its last secretary, and as the association was of the terminating class it passed out of existence with a record of successful operation, and the sat- isfaction to the officers of having materially con- tributed to the improvement of the two villages it was formed to advance.
The Workingmen's Building Association was incorporated May 5, 1875, on the terminating plan, but no record of its operations nas been ob- tained.
The Mechanics Building Company was incor- porated October 27, 1883, on the terminating plan, and was successfully closed out in accordance with the computations. Some of the officers and members incorporated.
The Buckeye Building and Loan Company, February 20, 1888, on the permanent plan, and or- ganized the company for business July 26, 1888; it was unfortunate in some of its operations and June 12, 1899, its business was entrusted to F. M. Ford, E. M. Ayers and R. L. Holland, as trustees, who have been closing up its affairs and eighty per cent. has been paid to the creditors to date.
The City Building Company was incorporated May II, 1890, on the permanent plan, and oper- ated largely in South Zanesville, a "boom" pro- ject ; the investments sustained heavy shrinkage, and the company went out of business and was an unfortunate enterprise for all who had an in- terest in it.
The Economy Building and Loan Company was incorporated February 18, 1887, to operate on the permanent plan, and the following directors and officers were chosen at the organization of the company, February 23, 1887; R. D. Schultz, president ; T. J. Barton and John M. Bonnett. vice-presidents ; Henry R. Stanbery, secretary and attorney ; H. A. Sharpe, treasurer ; W. M. Shin- nick, jr., Charles F. Hatton, E. R. Sullivan, John N. Steiner, William F. Beaumont, Ed. F. Dillon and Henry C. Werner.
The Farmers' Building and Loan Company was incorporated on the permanent plan, and organ- ized June 18, 1889, and January 7, 1905, consoli- dated with and merged into the Economy Build- ing and Loan Company.
The Citizens' Building and Savings Company was incorporated September 19, 1887, on the per- manent plan, and was organized October 28, 1887. with the following directors : Mendal Churchill, president ; Thomas E. Richards and Edgar M. Hatton, vice-presidents ; Robert D. Schultz: T. J. Barton, M. D., Henry C. Werner, H. Eugene Printz, Thomas S. Murphy, William F. Beaumont, Julius Frank, John J. Thomas and John N. Steiner. In addition, Henry R. Stanbery was elected secretary and attorney, and George H. Stewart, treasurer. The number of directors was in later years reduced to nine.
The Ohio Safe Deposit and Trust Company was incorporated September 21, 1889, and was organized April 15, 1800, by electing the follow- ing directors : Thomas E. Richards, president ; T.
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J. Barton, first vice-president ; W. M. Shinnick, jr., second vice-president : Henry R. Stanbery, manager and cashier ; W. A. Graham, A. H. Bon- nett, Wilbur F. McCoy, W. N. Werner, Thomas H. Fogarty, John N. Steiner, I. N. Clossman, Alexander Grant, S. A. Baldwin, T. J. Davis, M. D., and William Kirk. The company acts as a safe deposit company only and does not accept trusts ; the number of its directors has been re- duced to seven ; the banking room is at No. 11 South Fifth street, and the Economy, Farmers and Citizens Building companies occupy the same rooms.
Among the early building companies, on the terminating plan, and which successfully closed out their business, were the Pataskala Building Association, incorporated February 6, 1873 : Peo- ples' Building Company, incorporated March 6, 1880, and the Germania Building Association.
The record of the financial institutions of the city is one to which no taint of dishonest practices attaches, and the losses which have been sustained were the results of incompetency, errors of judg- ment or inattention to conservative banking meth- ods, and not attributable to corrupt practices of the officials ; when more strenuous ( ?) measures indicate a greater measure of success, the inclin- ation to imitate is strong, but the record of nearly a century of happy results ought to admonish the bank officials and the depositors that the lack of ruins along the road of conservatism is a more agreeable prospects than the wrecks which are spread so frequently along the highway of what has been recently so aptly styled "frenzied finance."
CHAPTER XIII.
PROMINENT PRIVATE STRUCTURES AND INSTITU- TIONS, COMPRISING PUBLIC HALLS, THE ZANE HOUSE, THE ATHENEUM, THE JOHN MCINTIRE CHILDREN'S HOME, SCHULTZ OPERA HOUSE, WELLER'S THEATER, ZANESVILLE CITY HOSPITAL, GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL, HELEN PURCELL HOME.
PUBLIC HALLS.
The first rooms employed for public meetings and amusements were the concert room in the Burnham Tavern, in Putnam, the school room in the Frazey Tavern, corner of Sixth street and Locust alley, and the Senate Chamber in the court house, but the first room designed and furnished for dramatic performances was in the second story of a three-story brick building, on the east side of Fifth street, north of Main, erected in 1818, as an addition to the two-story frame ho- tel, at the northeast corner of Main and Fifth streets. The room was 28 by 78 feet, adapted to
ball, concert and theatrical purposes, and at the time was reputed to be the largest and finest west of the mountains ; it contained a portable stage and scenes, with benches tor an audience, and Miss Julia Dean is said to have made her debut in this room, when five years of age. The build- ing was razed when the opera block was erected.
The antiquated, two-story brick building, still standing on the west side of Potter alley, between Main street and Fountain alley, was erected in 1826, by "Joe" Stacy, proprietor of the Stacy House, and was known as Stacy's saloon, al- though no liquor was sold in it. A thirst parlor was maintained in a room on Main street, at about the site of Nye's drug store, and from it a large arbor, covered with grape vines, extended to the brick building in the rear, and the fruit was pressed into wine, and sold in the Main street room. The brick building had windows on the east or alley side, but they opened upon a hall or narrow entry, and two of the rooms on the ground floor had no windows, and sounds from the inter- ior were not audible upon the outside; these rooms were used for gambling purposes, although public sentiment was not so strong against the practice, and the knights of the pasteboards were not pursued with so much persistence by the officers of the law as in the present day, and the shelter of the arbor was welcomed by many who were attracted to the rooms where "the fool and his money are soon parted." The second floor was fitted as an assembly room, concert hall and the- ater, and the association below did not detract from its popularity as a reputable place of as- sembly. In 1854 the structure became the prop- erty of L. P. Bailey, and was used in the pro- duction of organs, pianos, and the fine cabinet work for which he, and his son, Howard, were so noted.
During the winter of 1831-2 two traveling the- atrical companies occupied the boards in Zanes- ville, for thirty-nine consecutive nights, an en- gagement which the city could not sustain in its present more metropolitan dimensions, but tradi- tions vary as to which of the above mentioned assembly rooms were occupied.
Other assembly rooms were opened in the pres- ent brick building at the southeast corner of Main and Fifth streets, and the "City Hall," in the third story of the brick building still standing at the northwest corner of Main and Fourth streets, but those described became secondary in attrac- tiveness when the second floor of the Odd Fellows' building, and the Nevitt and Dixon hall, in the third story of the building still standing at the northwest corner of Main and Seventh streets, were opened for public uses.
The first room permanently fitted for theatri- cals was Black's Music Hall, erected in 1862, on the south side of Main street, east of Third, and
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as it appeared until the Opera Block was erected; the gabled building was a liv- ery stable, which with the three story portion of the Zane gave place to the present Opera Block. The balcony shown was a popular place of assembly for the ladies of the hotel and friends.
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now occupied by Zanesville Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, as lodge and club rooms. A balcony was thrown across the width of the room, at the Main street end and the stage occupied the Locust alley end ; in the rear of the auditorium the floor was slightly elevated, but the greater portion of the floor was level, and as there was no law at the time requiring the re- moval of head gear, a sight of the stage was ob- tained usually only by continued contortion of the head and shoulders. Upon the opening of Schultz' Opera House, undoubtedly the most pop- ular building ever erected in the city, the Music Hall's occupation, like Othello's, was gone.
ZANE HOUSE.
In 1806 Gen. Van Horne erected a two-story frame hotel building, at the northeast corner of Main and Fifth streets, which was opened by Ben- oni Peirce ; several landlords succeeded him and in 1818 the proprietor constructed a three-story brick addition, thirty-one by eighty feet, along Fifth street. The owner died in 1825, and his widow removed the original frame and replaced it by a three-story brick to correspond with the ad- dition, and a portion of the frame hotel was moved to the second lot - orth of the Second Pres- byterian church, on Fifth street, and converted into a dwelling, so long known as the N. G. Ab- bot residence, and still standing and occupied as a residence.
In 1855-6 the fourth story was added to the corner building, and this erection of 1825 still re- mains with its eighty years, a specimen of the substantial handiwork of the craftsmen of that day. When the name of Zane House was applied to the hostelry has not been ascertained, but it was a famous house of entertainment in its day, and was closed as a hotel upon the opening of the Clarendon about 1878.
ATHENEUM.
December 19, 1827, a meeting was held for the purpose of forming a reading society ; Alexander Harper presided, and Alfred Martin acted as secretary ; articles of association for the Zanes- ville Atheneum were adopted, and December 22, 1828, the organization was incorporated by act of the General Assembly, the corporate authority be- ing vested in Alexander Harper, Charles B. God- dard, Richard Stillwell, A. Cadwallader, William A. Adams. Bernard Van Horne, Alfred Martin, James V. Cushing, and their associates. The rules were revised February 16, 1829, and the following officers chosen : Alexander Harper, president ; Alfred Martin, secretary: James V. Cushing, treasurer ; Seth Adams, librarian ; R. Stillwell. A. Cadwallader, C. B. Goddard, B. Van Horn, W. A. Adams, directors.
February 6, 1830, a lease was effected with the County Commissioners for the land on the east end of the court house, for a period of one thous- and years, and at an annual rental of one cent, and March 10, 1830, a contract was entered into with John Wilson for the erection of a brick building at a cost of $3,500. At the request of John Wilson and Asa R. Cassady, undertakers, and William Blocksom and Charles G. Wilson, building committee, the corner stone was laid April 13, 1830, by Lodge of Amity, No. 5. Free and Accepted Masons, with the following offici- ating officers : David Spangler, Robert Stewart, Joshua C. Hook, William Berkshire, G. Wyn- koop, James Caldwell, Adam Peters and William Twaddle. A procession was formed of Masons, citizens, and others, marshalled by Daniel Con- vers and D. W. Rhodes, and conducted to the site where Rev. Emory opened the exercises with prayer ; after the Masonic rites Gen. C. B. God- dard delivered the oration and the services closed with the benediction by Rev. Emory.
When the erection of the present court house was contemplated, it was essential to occupy the ground leased to the Atheneum, and the county paid $6,575.00 to recover the ground. With the proceeds the Atheneum purchased the building on Fourth street, opposite the court house, now oc- cupied by the Zanesville Bank, borrowing some money to pay the difference, but in April, 1876, the number of stockholders were so reduced, and the income so inadequate to maintain the institu- tion, that the McIntire estate, by decree of the Court of Common Pleas, agreed to pay $1,000.00 per year to its support on condition that "Each member of the senior class of the Putnam Female Seminary; each scholar of the Zanesville High School, each member of the senior schools of the several districts of the city: each member of the senior class of St. Columbia's Academy ; each member of the senior class of the St. Nicholas German Catholic School; each member of the senior class of the then colored schools of the city. and forty others who shall be agreed upon by the Atheneum committee of the MeIntire Board, shall cach year receive a certificate entitling him or her to the privileges of the library and reading room, subject to the rules and regulations gov- erning them." In 1884 the annual contribution was increased to $1.525.00, and at least four of the Atheneum Board were to be members also of the MeIntire Board.
In the fall of 1887 the building on Fourth street was sold, and a three-story brick purchased at the northwest corner of Fifth street and Locust alley. and July 1. 1904. the building and library were conveyed to the Board of Education of the city. with the stipulation that the city would assume the mortgage notes for $3.400.00 upon the build- ing, held by the Melutire Board, and maintain a public library, in accordance with the statute of
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1902, empowering Boards of Education to create and maintain public libraries : the stipulation was also made that it should be called "The John Mc- Intire Public Library," and that it should be free to school and poor children upon reasonable regu- lations ; that in case the building was sold, and the library not kept public, the property should be re- turned to the McIntire Board ; that the Board of Education was privileged to sell the real estate, but must pay the mortgage note, and use the resi- due for the purchase of a new site, or if a new site were otherwise provided, such surplus could be applied to the maintenance of the library. If the Board of Education should fail to maintain and keep open for one year the public library, all property conveyed and in possession to be re- turned to the McIntire Board, and if the real es- tate had been sold the difference between the mort- gage note and the proceeds of the sale to be paid to the McIntire Board ; but if the real estate were returned the $3,400.00 should be refunded by the McIntire Board.
THE JOHN MCINTIRE CHILDREN'S HOME.
During the winter and spring of 1860-1 Mrs. Van Buren had spoken to several ladies about the establishment of a home for children in Zanes- ville, but the Civil war attracted all attention and the subject was dropped. During June, 1865, Mrs. Van Buren called on Mrs. George James to consult her about her plan, and they conferred with others, and finally a meeting was held in a small class room in the Second street church, and a committee was appointed to canvass each ward and secure subscriptions of five cents or more per week. July 24, 1865, a second meeting was held in the same place to draft regulations, to which Mrs. Van Buren had invited several gentlemen ; as the attendance was greater than the capacity of the room the meeting was adjourned to the lec- ture room where Rev. Leavitt opened the delib- erations with prayer, and Gen. Leggett introduced a gentleman from Cleveland, who made some re- marks about a similar home in that city, and was followed by several other of the gentlemen present.
July 31, 1865, an organization was effected by electing Henry Blandy, president ; Joseph Black and C. W. Potwin, vice presidents ; John Taylor, jr., secretary; D. H. Willard, treasurer, and a board of control for the Muskingum County Children's Home was selected by naming Mes- dames Van Buren, Hazlett, Brown, Leggitt, Brooks, Benjamin Wheeler and T. J. Maginnis ; Miss Mary Flood was chosen first matron.
The first inmates were sheltered in a brick building in Market street, east of Blocksom alley .. belonging to Miss Flood's mother ; the children occupied two up-stairs front rooms, one as dor-
mitory and the other as school and play room; the family dining room was used for meals. At first only two inmates were cared for but the num- ber increased until in the ensuing April there were eight girls and nine boys ; more room was required and a one-story frame house, with five acres of land, in the Wheeling road, opposite the Harris brick yard, one mile from the court house, was bought for $2,150.00. Aaron Charlotte and wife were employed April 1, 1866, to take charge, and on that date the Home moved to the new quarters ; but more room was soon needed, and a second story was put on the building, and an an- nex added. A loan of $2,000.00 was secured from the McIntire estate, and a mortgage given on the premises, and an appeal to the city churches for aid was generously responded to.
May 14. 1866, the Board of Control was in- creased to sixteen members and the clergy made honorary members ; the McIntire estate was ap- pealed to, but the administrators held that its money could not be diverted to the Home as some of the children were non-residents of the city. Messrs. Blandy and Potwin waited on the su- preme judges, who decided that the money could be used in the interest of the Home if the children lived within the limits of the city.
April 1, 1867, Mrs. Highfield was appointed matron and resigned September 14, when her daughter, Mrs. Ely, was named and May 16, 1868, the name was changed by the Court of Com- mon Pleas to the McIntire Children's Home. Commencing January, 1869, the McIntire admin- istrators made an annual contribution of $2,000.00 to the Home, and for some time previous had been paying the cost of the teacher. February 27, 1874, the Court of Common Pleas, of Mus- kingum county, changed the name to The McIn- tire Children's Home Association, and in order to introduce the full name of the testator, on September 23, 1880. The John McIntire Child- ren's Home Association was organized, and the old home conveyed its property to the McIntire administrators, in satisfaction of the mortgage, and ceased to exist.
Work on the present beautiful Home was be- gun May 7, 1879, and the buildings were com- pleted in August, 1880. The main building is 90 by 125 feet, the basement of limestone; the central portion is three stories, and the east and west wings two stories ; the walls are brick, with stone trimmings, and Mansard roof ; the building is heated by steam and contains thirty-five rooms, and has a capacity of 125 children ; the average number of Home children during the period has been forty and only three deaths have occurred.
July 25, 1895, a contract was awarded for the construction of a two-story addition at the north- west corner, of the same contour as the original building. The school house is 75 yards east of
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