Description: The Bicentennial barn-painting program was an inexpensive, grassroots marketing campaign that painted the official logo of the Ohio Bicentennial on a highly visible historic barn in each of Ohio's 88 counties. Over 2,000 farmers and landowners submitted their barn descriptions to the committee for consideration. Beginning in 1998, artist Scott Hagan spent five years painting the logos, tailored to every barn's unique character. Typically, the barn owners hosted a celebration at the completion of their barn painting. This photograph is an exterior view of Barn # 43, the 43rd barn Hagan painted, located at 7435 Tippecanoe Rd. in Boardman, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08545
Subjects: Centennial celebrations; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Barns; Ohio Bicentennial, 2003
Places: Boardman (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT WPA -- DISTRICT 5 AKRON, OHIO DECEMBER 7, 1937 WEST COHASSET TRAIL LOOKING SOUTH MILL CREEK PARK, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO." Mill Creek Park was founded in 1891. The park now stretches from the near west side of Youngstown to the southern borders of the city and neighboring Boardman township. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F04_055_001
Subjects: Mill Creek Park (Youngstown, Ohio)
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "District #5 Jan. 4, 1938 902 City Bldg. Akron, Ohio MILL CREEK PARK, located in the city of Youngstown, Ohio. Credit Line: W. A. Bartz" Mill Creek Park was founded in 1891. The park now stretches from the near west side of Youngstown to the southern borders of the city and neighboring Boardman township. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F04_056_001
Subjects: Mill Creek Park (Youngstown, Ohio)
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT WPA -- PROJECT 5 Akron, Ohio December 7, 1937 SPRING AT THE HEADWATERS OF MILL CREEK PARK, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO" Mill Creek Park was founded in 1891. The park now stretches from the near west side of Youngstown to the southern borders of the city and neighboring Boardman township. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F04_057_001
Subjects: Mill Creek Park (Youngstown, Ohio)
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "District #5 Jan. 4, 1938 902 City Bldg. Akron, Ohio MILL CREEK PARK, located in the city of Youngstown, Ohio. Credit Line: W. A. Bartz" Mill Creek Park was founded in 1891. The park now stretches from the near west side of Youngstown to the southern borders of the city and neighboring Boardman township. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F04_049_001
Subjects: Mill Creek Park (Youngstown, Ohio)
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Lanterman's Mill is located in Youngstown, Ohio, about three miles south of the center of town. It was built between 1845 and 1846 by German Lanterman and his brother-in-law, Samuel Kimberly. German and his wife, Sally Ann, owned a large tract of land encompassing the area around the falls. Lanterman's Mill was the third mill to be constructed at the falls and was used solely as a grist mill. It is believed that this mill was originally powered by an over-shot wheel, but had been converted to turbines prior to its closing in 1888. Although Lanterman's Mill was a highly successful operation, utilizing three sets of grinding stones, it is speculated that its downfall was due to the advent of roller mills, which were much more efficient and less costly to run. Mill Creek Park, the Youngstown Metropark which now encompasses the mill, was founded in 1891. The park now stretches from the near west side of Youngstown to the southern borders of the city and neighboring Boardman Township. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F10_047_001
Subjects: Mill Creek Park (Youngstown, Ohio); Mills and mill-work--Ohio; Waterfalls--Ohio
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "District #5 Jan. 4, 1938 902 City Bldg. Akron, Ohio MILL CREEK PARK, located in the city of Youngstown, Ohio. Credit Line: W. A. Bartz" Mill Creek Park was founded in 1891. The park now stretches from the near west side of Youngstown to the southern borders of the city and neighboring Boardman township. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F04_050_001
Subjects: Mill Creek Park (Youngstown, Ohio)
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "District #5 Jan. 4, 1938 902 City Bldg. Akron, Ohio MILL CREEK PARK, located in the city of Youngstown, Ohio. Credit Line: W. A. Bartz" Mill Creek Park was founded in 1891. The park now stretches from the near west side of Youngstown to the southern borders of the city and neighboring Boardman township. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F04_052_001
Subjects: Mill Creek Park (Youngstown, Ohio)
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "District #5 Jan. 4, 1938 902 City Bldg. Akron, Ohio MILL CREEK PARK, located in the city of Youngstown, Ohio. Credit Line: W. A. Bartz" Mill Creek Park was founded in 1891. The park now stretches from the near west side of Youngstown to the southern borders of the city and neighboring Boardman township. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F04_053_001
Subjects: Mill Creek Park (Youngstown, Ohio)
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 8"" by 10"" (20.32 by 25.4 cm) black and white photograph depicts a distinguished service plaque given by the United States War Department during World War I to Republic Iron & Steel Company. The War Department recognized the company's loyalty, energy, and efficiency in the performance of the war work. The Republic Iron and Steel Company was organized in 1899, establishing its headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. In 1905 the company moved its headquarters to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and in 1911 transferred them to Youngstown, Ohio. The company became the Republic Steel Corporation in 1930 and in 1936 moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Until the decline of the steel industry in the 1970s and early 1980s, Republic was a vital economic force in the Mahoning Valley area. Nationally, the company was a mainstay of steel production in the United States, producing steel used by the American automobile, defense, and air industries. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, at a time when steel companies across the country were closing plants, the company substantially reduced its operations in the vicinity of Youngstown. In 1983 LTV bought Republic Steel, making the former company the nation's second largest steel-making concern. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1618_1867170_001
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Military Ohio; Business and Labor; Plaques; World War I; Republic Iron & Steel Company
Places: Boardman (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the an area of downtown Youngstown, Ohio centered on the intersection of North Front Street and South Phelps Street, with the rolling hills of the suburbs in the distance. The station for the Youngstown & Suburban Railway as well as the Pittsburgh, Libson & Western R.R. could be found 21 North Front Street, and is probably near the left side of the photograph. Trinity United Methodist Church, located at 30 West Front Street, is just visible at the bottom left corner of the photograph. The Falcon Bronze Company (left of center in the photograph), located at 218 South Phelps, was incorporated in 1895. The brass founders were manufacturers of brass, bronze, and copper castings for rolling mills, steel plants and blast furnaces. In front of Falcon Bronze is a sign for “Parking” for a “? ‘s Super Service Station” in the 100 block of West Front Street. The Hotel Ohio (also called The Ohio or Ohio Hotel), visible on the far right side of the photograph, has been a fixture in downtown Youngstown for at least a decade. In 1912, a new building was built with 400 rooms at 131 West Boardman Street at the southwest corner of South Hazel Street. Before 1947, the name was changed to the Pick-Ohio Hotel, and while having always been an excellent hotel, was now one of the Albert Pick Hotels; famous for hospitality and service and complete with convention and banquet facilities. Since the early 1980's, the building has been home to the Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority. Renamed Amedia Plaza, the 12-story building, which houses YMHA’s corporate offices, also features 92 senior apartments managed by YMHA. Renovations costing $6 million dollars were completed in 2002 by architects Ricciuti Balog & Partners which replaced windows, lighting and plumbing, and updated the heating and cooling system, making the building more energy efficient. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F03_048_001
Subjects: Hotels--United States; Foundries--United States; Railroad stations--Ohio; Churches, Methodist; Pick, Albert, 1895-1977
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)