DiGiacoma Building
| DiGiacomo Building | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Address | E. Liberty Street |
| Town or city | Wooster |
| Country | USA |
| Completed | 1922 |
Comprehensive History
In 1900, Joe DiGiacomo moved to Wooster, having left his home in Italy at age 8 and spent several years working in South America in the late 1800s. By 1922, he had saved enough money to buy the property adjacent to the railroad tracks at the far east end of Liberty Street and tore down an old frame structure to replace it with a large flatiron-shaped brick apartment building with room for DiGiacomo's own grocery business and his daughter Rose's restaurant on the street level. Over the years, the building's original four big seven-room apartments housed many Italian immigrants as well as other families and tenants.
In 1978, the building was sold out of the family to Alan B. and Susan K. Cottrill, who worked to remodel the interior into rooms to rent to students of the "Ag Tech school" (ATI).[1]
Timeline
- 1922: Built by Joe DiGiacomo
- 1978: Sold to Alan B. and Susan K. Cottrill
Owners
- Joe DiGiacomo
- Rose DiGiacomo Scarcella, Carl DiGiacomo, Joe DiGiacomo Jr., Henry DiGiacomo (Joe's children)
- Rose DiGiacomo Scarcella, Maria DiGiacomo (Carl's widow)
- Alan B. and Susan K. Cottrill
Tenants
Historical documents
Newspaper articles
"56-Year-Old 'High Rise' Built by Joe DiGiacomo," [2]
