Downing Block
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About
- Name
- Downing Block
- Floor count
- 3
- Status
- Still standing
Dates
Location
- 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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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
Tenants
First Floor
Second Floor
Third Floor
Historical documents
Newspaper articles
- March 12, 1879: "Local News", Wayne County Democrat, p. 3.
- April 07, 1924: "Woman, Trapped on Third Floor, is Carried to Safety as Flames Damage Downing Block" by Unknown, The Daily Record, p. 1.