Posted October 18, 200519 yr Nothing says "industrial Midwest" better this a big brick abandoned industrial complex. "Oh but ain’t that america for you and me/ Ain’t that america we’re someting to see baby/ Ain’t that america, home of the free/ Big empty factories for you and me"
October 18, 200519 yr The dome is from Immaculate Conception Catholic Church... The factory building is the old Mersman's Furniture factory. Throughout most of the 20th century, Mersman Bros. Corp. was a major U.S. producer of tables in reproduction styles. The company claimed, in the 1920s, that it had manufactured one of every 10 tables in American homes. Mersman was founded in Ottoville, Ohio, in the 1870s, but moved to Celina, near Ohio’s border with Indiana, sometime before the 1920s. It closed in 1995. You can find many Mersman tables selling online and at house sales. They are currently getting ready to tear it down and build some crappy "starter homes" on the site... From the 01-26-05 Daily Standard The property that was once home to one of Mercer County's largest businesses, Mersman Brothers furniture, soon could become a subdivision of starter homes and a senior living center. The local company Brickyard Investments is seeking financial assistance from the Ohio Housing and Finance Authority to make the project happen. Celina City Council is considering changing the zoning of the approximately 10-acre site from manufacturing to high-density residential. Brickyard is being assisted by Kent Bryan of Celina, a local independent consultant working for Celina to attract grants. Bryan told city council members on Monday the planned development "would be much more compatible to the surrounding area ... Manufacturing belongs in other places in the community." Randy Bruns, manager for Brickyard and co-owner of Rockford Construction Services, declined to comment this morning on the plans. He said there were still "some hoops to jump through" Bryan said the proposed zoning change does not include the entire site, but discussions are ongoing with two adjacent property owners, Richard Kaylor and the estate of Parker and Margaret Snyder. Bryan also is helping Celina attract grants from numerous other sources, with the help of another local independent consultant, Ron Puthoff of Chickasaw. Celina City Council approved four pieces of legislation Monday seeking more than $1 million in grants for parks development. Using grants, Bryan hopes to get funding for an expansion of the Coldwater-Celina Bike Path from its current end point on Schunck Road, down an old railroad right-of-way, to Livingston Street. Council members approved two separate Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) grant submissions totaling $900,000. Bryan said he hopes to leverage the grants against each other instead of asking Celina councilors to give matching funds. Council also gave Bryan approval to apply for two other ODNR grants to make a trail through the newly donated woods near Westview Park and purchase property on the corner of Livingston and Mill streets for a park connected to the proposed bike path extension. Bryan said he envisions a bike path running through the entire city to Westview Park. Council members say they will be talking about matching funds needed for the proposed projects. Bryan has said some of the new tax increment financing (TIF) districts could help generate matching funds. "If we don't have the money, we don't have the money," Bryan told council members Monday of the required matching funds.
October 18, 200519 yr I have a Mersman table, probably from before 1900. It's about 3 feet square, made of maple and originally had an oak-grain finish. It has five turned legs (four corners and one in the center) and is expandable, but I don't have any extra boards for it. It was in the farmhouse south of Bluffton when my family moved there in 1947, and was our kitchen table for another forty years. It's now diassembled in my basement.
February 13, 200619 yr Wow, that church is immaculate for sure. Well, that is because you have just entered the "Land of the Cross-Tipped Churches" http://grandlake.net/lctc/
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