Downing Block

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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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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Historical documents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

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  • 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

Wayne County Recorder Property Transfers

References