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For more than ninety years, this area was the heart and soul of Berea's sandstone quarries. In the early 1830s, John Baldwin discovered that the area's sandstone deposits made superb grindstones and building stones. in the 1840s, thriving sandstone quarries developed and became Berea's lifeblood. Searching for the "American Dream," German, Irish, Italian, Hungarian, and Polish immigrants, among others came here to work. The quarries eventually encompassed nearly 250 acres and consumed the fashionable houses of Berea's "South Side" and the buildings of Baldwin University. The Cuyahoga County Court House, Ohio's Capitol, and Canada's parliament buildings are among many structures in North America and Europe constructed of Berea sandstone. Decreasing demand for sandstone and the Great Depression closed the last of Berea's quarries in the mid-1903's.
Details
| HM Number | HM35G |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Ohio: Ohio Historical Society series |
| Tags | |
| Marker Number | 16-18 |
| Year Placed | 1998 |
| Placed By | Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, Berea Historical Society, City of Berea, The Ohio Historical Society |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Sunday, October 19th, 2014 at 11:07pm PDT -07:00 |
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Photo Credits: [1] NIKKI SOPPELSA
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17T E 428771 N 4579672 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 41.36541667, -81.85165000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 41° 21.925', W 81° 51.099' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 41° 21' 55.50" N, 81° 51' 5.94" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 440, 216 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 3 Berea Commons, Berea OH 44017, US |
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