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This left Wilhelm Kielblock, a noted German stained glass designer and painter, [2] and Elmore Helf, a business man, to reorganize the company. Elmore Helf was not the first member of the Helf family to run a stained glass studio, his father, Henry Helf, was shop foreman for Von Gerichten Art Glass Company in Columbus, Ohio. [3]
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]
Two large stained-glass windows installed by Hartford City Glass Company's Belgian glass workers A New England Glass Company ewer , 1840–1860 A Novelty Glass Company advertisement in 1891 An electrical insulator made by Whitall Tatum Company , circa 1922
In early 1908 John W. Fenton left the Fenton Art Glass Company after a falling-out with his brother Frank Fenton. [2] Though he remained on the Fenton board of directors. [3] He had helped found Fenton Art Glass with his brother in 1905 . [2] The Millersburg factory was located in Millersburg, OH and was constructed quickly. [3]
The next glass works was the Fostoria Glass Company, which was founded by veteran glass men from West Virginia. This company became the town's most famous glass factory. [16] The third glass factory was the Buttler Art Glass Company, which was incorporated in 1887 but did not finish construction of its glass works until February 22, 1888.
The Imperial Glass Company is located in Bellaire, Ohio with a factory located on 29th Street and the offices located on Belmont Street. The factory was razed in 1995 to make room for commercial development and the Belmont Street location was transformed into a museum known as the National Imperial Glass Museum . [ 2 ]
The Fostoria Glass Company was incorporated in West Virginia in July 1887. [14] The founders of the Fostoria Glass Company were drawn to Fostoria, Ohio, to exploit the newly discovered natural gas. The new firm also received cash incentives of $5,000 (equivalent to $174,981 in 2024) to $6,000 (equivalent to $349,963 in 2024).
The company name came from the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, commonly known as the "Nickel Plate Road", which had tracks adjacent to the new glass plant. Northwest Ohio had a short "gas boom", starting in 1886 after the Karg Well was drilled near Findlay, Ohio. Local businessmen took advantage of the natural gas to lure new ...