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Blenko abandoned this glass works when he built a factory in Clarksburg, West Virginia, where fuel was cheaper. Construction of the Clarksburg glass works began during late summer 1911. [ 14 ] A significant factor in the 1913 failure of the Clarksburg works, known as the Blenko Antique Art Glass Company, was the Underwood-Simmons Act that ...
Seneca Glass Company Building, now called Seneca Center, is a historic glass factory located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was built by the Seneca Glass Company in 1896–1897, and is an industrial complex of work areas, all connected by doors, passageways, or bridges. A fire in 1902, destroyed much of the interior of the ...
The original factory was in an old glass factory in Martins Ferry, Ohio, in 1905. [1] The factory at one time was owned by the former West Virginia Glass Company. [2] At first they painted glass blanks from other glass makers, but started making their own glass when they became unable to buy the materials they needed. [2]
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An application for incorporation of The West Virginia Museum of American Glass, Ltd. in the state of West Virginia was signed and notarized on April 15, 1993. A state charter as a non-profit was granted on May 7, 1993. [8] On July 24, 1994, tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code was granted. [9]
Willet Studios was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1898 by the muralist and stained glass artist William Willet and his wife, Anne Lee. In its inception, the studio went by the title of the Willet Stained Glass Company and by 1909, had been incorporated as the Willet Stained Glass and Decorating Company.
The New Martinsville was founded in 1901 in an old glass factory in New Martinsville, West Virginia. At first, it relied upon pressed glass patterns for the majority of its income. By 1905 the company began embellishing their work by adding gold paint and ruby stain. [4]
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