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[[File:WCHS-Landmark-Logo.jpg|frameless|thumbnail|right]]
 
 
==Businesses==
 
*
 
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
File:Downing Block.jpg
 
File:Downing Block_2.jpg
 
</gallery>
 
 
==Historical documents==
 
 
 
 
==Timeline==
 
* 1879 - William C. Downing contracts to build a 3-story brick building, 39ft wide by 58ft deep, for business purposes.
 
* 1924 - April 6, Fire damage to building
 
 
==Newspaper clippings==
 
[[File:DowningBuilding-1879-Built.jpg|300px]]<p>
 
{{Wayne County Democrat article
 
| title = Local News
 
| year = 1879
 
| month = 03
 
| day = 12
 
| page = {{cite page|3}}
 
}}
 
 
==Newspaper articles==
 
 
{{Daily Record article
 
| title = Woman, Trapped on Third Floor, is Carried to Safety as Flames Damage Downing Block
 
| year = 1924
 
| month = 04
 
| day = 07
 
| page = {{Cite page|1}}
 
| section = S
 
| author = Unknown
 
}}
 
 
==References==
 
<references />
 
 
[[Category:Wayne County Historical Landmark]]
 
[[Category:0000 N. Market St., Wooster, Ohio]]
 
[[Category:Wooster, Ohio]]
 
[[Category:Buildings in Wooster, Ohio]]
 
[[Category:Historical buildings]]
 
[[Category:Businesses in Wooster, Ohio]]
 
[[Category:Business Fires in Wooster, Ohio]]
 
[[Category:Justice of the Peace]]
 
[[Category:Downing Block]]
 
 
[[Category:Wayne County Historical Landmark]]
 
[[Category:0000 N. Market St., Wooster, Ohio]]
 
[[Category:Wooster, Ohio]]
 
[[Category:Buildings in Wooster, Ohio]]
 
[[Category:Historical buildings]]
 
[[Category:Businesses in Wooster, Ohio]]
 
[[Category:Business Fires in Wooster, Ohio]]
 
[[Category:Justice of the Peace]]
 
[[Category:Downing Block]]
 

Revision as of 11:57, 2 May 2022

About
Name
  • Downing Block
Floor count
  • 3
Status
  • Still standing
Dates
Location
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131-139
Address
  • 131 N. Market St.
City
  • Wooster
Township
  • Wooster
County
  • Wayne
State
  • Ohio
Zipcode
  • 44691
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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