Massillon in Stark County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Ohio Merchants Building
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 29, 2018
1. Ohio Merchants Building Marker
Horace Greeley Yocum owned the building (photograph) which previously occupied this site. It housed Massillon Actual Business College, Kirchhofer's Drug Store, Linde's Ladies' Store and Wefler's Café.
It was replaced in 1918 with the city's first "skyscraper." The Hess-Snyder Company — a local manufacturer of stoves, pumps, and windmills — built the eight-story structure for the Ideal Department Store. When the Ohio Merchants Bank bought the building in 1925, they installed elevators and a thirty-ton vault. Ohio Merchants Bank merged with the People's Bank of Canton to form the Peoples-Merchants Trust Company in 1957. Bailey's Flowers operated for twelve years in the niche by the First Street entrance to the building.
Erected by Massillon Main Streets; and The Massillon Museum.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1918.
Location. 40° 47.783′ N, 81° 31.316′ W. Marker is in Massillon, Ohio, in Stark County. Marker is on 1st Street Southeast just south of Lincoln Way East (Ohio Route 172/241), on the right when traveling south. Marker is mounted at eye-level on the east facade of the subject building, near the southeast corner. Touch for map
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. The Little Steel Strike of 1937 (within shouting distance of this marker); The Falke Block (within shouting distance of this marker); Central Firehouse Fire Alarm Bell (within shouting distance of this marker); Lillian Gish (1893-1993) · Dorothy Gish (1898-1968) (within shouting distance of this marker); Young People's Christian Association (within shouting distance of this marker); The First Savings & Loan Co. (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Football Pioneer Paul E. Brown (approx. 1.1 miles away); Private William R. Richardson (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Massillon.
2. Marker detail: Massillon Actual Business College
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 29, 2018
3. Ohio Merchants Building
(north elevation)
(north elevation)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 29, 2018
4. Ohio Merchants Building (northeast elevation)
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 27, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 141 times since then and 51 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 27, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
