Schools, City Officers & Departments 1859

Township Officers

Justice of the Peace – C.W. Wetmore, office north east corner of Front and Portage Streets.

Justice of the Peace – S. Lowrey, west side 2d.

Constables – P.L. Norton and John Rumrill

 School Department

School Board – Rev. L.L. Holden, Seth Ely, S.W. McClure

County Examiners – H.K. Taylor, D.C. Carr, Rev. G.W. Clarke.

Schools:

Central High School – west side of Second between Portage and Stow. H.K. Taylor, Principal and Miss H.T. Gilbert and Miss Ellen Bill are Assistants.

Intermediate School – west side of Second between Portage and Stow. Miss Mabel B. Fenn, Principal.

North West School – Front Street between North and Wadswroth. Miss Emily Stowe is principal.

North East School – Corner of Stow and Portage. Miss Sarah Crane is principal.

South East School – Newberry between Sill and Prospect. Miss Emma Crane is principal.

South West School – Second between Falls and Pool Streets. Miss Elizabeth Grant, principal.

 Public Buildings, Halls, Etc

American House – north west corner of Front and Portage.

Temperance Hall – south west corner Front and Portage.

Masonic and Odd Fellows Hall, north east corner of Front and Portage.

Church Directory

Congregational Church – south side of Broad between Front and Second.

Methodist Church – north east corner of Portage and Third.

Episcopal Church – north west corner of Second and Portage.

Benevolent Institutions

Masonic Hall NEC – Portage and Front

Star Lodge, No. 187, meets first Monday before the fall of the moon of every month and if the moon be full on Monday, then on that day.

Odd Fellows Hall NEC – Portage and Front

Howard Lodge No. 62, meets every Wednesday evening.

Miscellaneous

Summit Co. Branch of State Bank of Ohio, Capital $100,000. E.N. Sill is President, E.S. Comstock is Cashier, T.P. Roberts is teller. Directors are E.N. Sill, C.S. Sill, P. Chamberlain, H. Cooke and O. Cooke.

Sill’s Brass Band – rooms south east corner of Front and Portage Streets.  E. Sill is Leader. Members: E. Sill, H.E. Howard, H.C. Lockwood, H.W. Fogle, M.T. Cutter, C.A. Lawson, H.S. Abbey, Horton H. Newberry, P.G. Summers, G.C. Upson, Wm. McMasters, Ch. Hanford.

 

 

 

 

 

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