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[[File:WCHS-Landmark-Logo.jpg|frameless|thumbnail|right]]
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|Owners={{Owner
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|Owner name=William C. Downing
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|Owner from year=1867
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|Owner until year=1939
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|Note=July 25, 1867 - Purchased from Edward Avery executors Lucas Flattery and John C. McMillan, Charles I. Correll bought March 21, 1939 from surviving heirs of William C. Downing
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|Building tenants=Wooster Business College; Judy Russell's Dance Study; Malcuit Jewekers; Seattle's Coffee House; Tracy's Karate Studio; The Herald; Ohio Gas Company; Wooster Electric Company; Wayne County Board of Health; Justice / Police order / and Safety of the Peace; Yeoman Lodge; Rice's Book Bindery
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==Businesses==
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==Timeline==
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* 1879 - William C. Downing contracts to build a 3-story brick building, 39ft wide by 58ft deep, for business purposes.
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* 1879 - September 11, The Downing Block is moving along rapidly. Mr. Downing is more than pleased with the work done by the contractors. He is now laying a substantial sidewalk of Warren flagstone that cannot be excelled in the State. It will be the best business property that has been built in Wooster for some years. <ref>Wooster Republican, Wooster, Ohio. 1879 Sept. 11, p. 3.</ref>
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* 1924 - April 6, Fire damage to building
  
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==Gallery==
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==Tenants==
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===First Floor===
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File:Downing Block.jpg
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* [[Rice's Book Bindery]]
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File:Downing Block_2.jpg
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* [[Ohio Gas Company]]
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</gallery>
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* [[Wooster Electric Company]]
  
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==Historical documents==
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===Second Floor===
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* M. R. Limb and Dr. H, C, Graham Dental Office
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* W. G. Patterson office
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* [[Wayne County Board of Health]]
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* [[Justice / Police order / and Safety of the Peace]]
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* L. B. Bolus
  
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===Third Floor===
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* [[Yeoman Lodge]]
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* Mr. & Mrs. Taylor Miller (Apartment)
  
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==Timeline==
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==Historical documents==
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* 1879 - William C. Downing contracts to build a 3-story brick building, 39ft wide by 58ft deep, for business purposes.
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* 1924 - April 6, Fire damage to building
 
  
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==Newspaper clippings==
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==Newspaper articles==
 
[[File:DowningBuilding-1879-Built.jpg|300px]]<p>
 
[[File:DowningBuilding-1879-Built.jpg|300px]]<p>
 
{{Wayne County Democrat article
 
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==Newspaper articles==
 
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{{Daily Record article
 
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| title = Woman, Trapped on Third Floor, is Carried to Safety as Flames Damage Downing Block
 
| title = Woman, Trapped on Third Floor, is Carried to Safety as Flames Damage Downing Block
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==Notes==
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==Photographs==
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<gallery>
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File:Downing Block.jpg
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File:Downing Block_2.jpg
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</gallery>
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==Wayne County Recorder Property Transfers==
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==References==
 
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Latest revision as of 23:20, 2 February 2023

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131-NMarketSt01.jpg
About
Name
  • Downing Block
Floor count
  • 3
Status
  • Still standing
Dates
Completion
  • 1879
Location
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131-139
Address
  • 131 N. Market St.
City
  • Wooster
Township
  • Wooster
County
  • Wayne
State
  • Ohio
Zipcode
  • 44691
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Owners and Tenants
Owners
  • William C. Downing July 25, 1867 - Purchased from Edward Avery executors Lucas Flattery and John C. McMillan, Charles I. Correll bought March 21, 1939 from surviving heirs of William C. Downing
    1867–1939
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Timeline

  • 1879 - William C. Downing contracts to build a 3-story brick building, 39ft wide by 58ft deep, for business purposes.
  • 1879 - September 11, The Downing Block is moving along rapidly. Mr. Downing is more than pleased with the work done by the contractors. He is now laying a substantial sidewalk of Warren flagstone that cannot be excelled in the State. It will be the best business property that has been built in Wooster for some years. [1]
  • 1924 - April 6, Fire damage to building

Tenants

First Floor

Second Floor

Third Floor

Historical documents

Newspaper articles

DowningBuilding-1879-Built.jpg

  • April 07, 1924: "Woman, Trapped on Third Floor, is Carried to Safety as Flames Damage Downing Block" by Unknown, The Daily Record, p. 1.

Notes

Photographs

  • Downing Block 2.jpg

Wayne County Recorder Property Transfers

References

  1. ↑ Wooster Republican, Wooster, Ohio. 1879 Sept. 11, p. 3.
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