Among the first industries in the Northwest Ohio region were bicycle and farm wagon factories, setting the stage for the automobile industry, which would flourish in the 20th century. However, the industrial base was found in the glass industry. Due to the cheap and abundant supply of natural gas and significant monetary and land grants from the city, Edward Drummond Libbey moved his glass company from Massachusetts to Toledo in 1888. This move lead to the birth of major glass production companies in the area, including some that are still present today — Libbey Glass, Libbey-Owens-Ford (also known as Pilkington North America), Owens-Illinois Inc., and Owens-Corning. Most of the industry leaders were coming from New York and Boston and brought
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The American Renaissance movement, a period between 1876 and 1917 characterized by a renewed national self-confidence and a feeling that the United States was the heir to Greek democracy, Roman law, and Renaissance humanism, greatly influenced art, sculpture, architecture. It was heavily influenced by the French school of fine arts, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, training methodology and style. With new architectural phenomenon and the revival of Gothic style, American architecture was growing in scale and grandeur. In addition to ornate exteriors, the inside of buildings was also affected with the introduction of inventions like indoor plumbing (Shrock …show more content…
Jesup W. Scott endowed a university in 1872 that eventually became The University of Toledo. George H. Ketcham built the Valentine Theatre in 1896, named after his father who had been a railroad investor (Floyd 8).”
The Catholic Church was no exception to this phenomenon of growth. As its parishioners benefited from the booming economy, they in turn gave more to the Church, resulting in the ability to construct more buildings.
Forming the Diocese of Toledo
Long before the establishment of the Diocese of Toledo, religious and orders and secular clergy had a presence throughout Ohio. Lining Lake Erie were paths of missionaries and traders who made their way from Quebec to the upper Great Lakes in the 17th century. The French took formal possession of the territory in 1671 and held possession of a vast territory, which included Ohio, until the British took all the French territory as far as the Mississippi River. The region became property of the United States by the Treaty of Paris in September 1783 after the American Revolution (Hanley
The American Renaissance movement, a period between 1876 and 1917 characterized by a renewed national self-confidence and a feeling that the United States was the heir to Greek democracy, Roman law, and Renaissance humanism, greatly influenced art, sculpture, architecture. It was heavily influenced by the French school of fine arts, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, training methodology and style. With new architectural phenomenon and the revival of Gothic style, American architecture was growing in scale and grandeur. In addition to ornate exteriors, the inside of buildings was also affected with the introduction of inventions like indoor plumbing (Shrock …show more content…
Jesup W. Scott endowed a university in 1872 that eventually became The University of Toledo. George H. Ketcham built the Valentine Theatre in 1896, named after his father who had been a railroad investor (Floyd 8).”
The Catholic Church was no exception to this phenomenon of growth. As its parishioners benefited from the booming economy, they in turn gave more to the Church, resulting in the ability to construct more buildings.
Forming the Diocese of Toledo
Long before the establishment of the Diocese of Toledo, religious and orders and secular clergy had a presence throughout Ohio. Lining Lake Erie were paths of missionaries and traders who made their way from Quebec to the upper Great Lakes in the 17th century. The French took formal possession of the territory in 1671 and held possession of a vast territory, which included Ohio, until the British took all the French territory as far as the Mississippi River. The region became property of the United States by the Treaty of Paris in September 1783 after the American Revolution (Hanley