Fostoria in Wood County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Fostoria, Ohio

Home of Fostoria Glass

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, March 26, 2011

1. Fostoria, Ohio Marker

Inscription. Fostoria's glass era began when natural gas was discovered in the mid 1880s at “Godsend,” five miles west of town. Aided by former governor Charles Foster, Fostoria attracted more than a dozen companies that manufactured utilitarian and decorative glassware from 1887 to 1920. These companies produced windows, bottles, tableware, lamps, shades, and electric incandescent lamps. The Fostoria Glass Company was the best-known manufacturer of glass in Fostoria. From 1887 to 1891, it made a wide variety of decorative glass including its famous “Victoria” pattern tableware. Even after the company relocated to Moundsville, West Virginia following the depletion of natural gas in the area, it retained the name “Fostoria,” which is still synonymous with excellence in the glass-making art.

Erected 2003 by The Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, Fostoria Area Historical Society, and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 5-74.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1887.

Location. Marker has been reported missing. It was located

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near 41° 10.3′ N, 83° 25.27′ W. Marker was in Fostoria, Ohio, in Wood County. It was at the intersection of North County Line Street (U.S. 23) and Perrysburg Road (Ohio Route 199), on the right when traveling south on North County Line Street. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Fostoria OH 44830, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in Ohio’s Black Swamp,

in the Till Plains,

and in the Toledo Metropolitan Area.

It was also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it was in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location: A different marker also named Fostoria (approx. ¼ mile away); Friction Mill #1 (approx. 0.3 miles away); Risdon Square (approx. 0.4 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Veterans Memorial Flagpole (approx. 0.7 miles away); "Lest We Forget" (approx. 0.7 miles away); Vietnam Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Fostoria Civil War Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fostoria.

Also see . . . Fostoria Glass Society of America. (Submitted on March 28, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, March 26, 2011

2. Fostoria, Ohio Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 28, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,103 times since then and 20 times this year. Last updated on April 24, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 28, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.