Alliance Clay Product Company

Alliance Clay Product Company
Abandoned buildings in the complex
Nearest cityAlliance, Ohio
Coordinates40°54′13″N 81°4′57″W / 40.90361°N 81.08250°W / 40.90361; -81.08250
Area713 acres (2.89 km2)
NRHP reference No.78002130[1]
Added to NRHP1978-12-08[1]

The Alliance Clay Product Company District is a historic district in Alliance, Ohio, United States. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, it includes twelve contributing properties.[1]

History

The Alliance Clay Product Company was chartered in 1905, as a company for "the purpose of the manufacturing, selling and dealing in brick, paving blocks, building blocks, sewer pipe, drain tile and all kinds of clay product".[2] The buildings themselves were built beginning in 1906, the year the company was founded by James B. Wilcox.[3][4] By 1907, the single plant was producing 18,000 bricks a day.[5] Plant No. 2 was built in 1914, followed by Plant No.3 in 1924, for a total production capacity of 275,000 bricks a day.[4] Company houses were also built on property, beginning in the 1920s.[4] Gas burners were installed in kilns on site beginning in 1929, following the discovery of a daily supply of 1,500,000 cubic feet of gas on the property.[6]

Production began to decline in the 1960s, due to a rise in other road surfacing materials increasingly replacing paving bricks.[5] Production finally ceased in 1970.[4]

Historic uses

  • Single Dwelling
  • Manufacturing Facility

References

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. June 30, 2007.
  2. ^ "CLAY COMPANY CHARTERED". The Evening Review. August 16, 1905. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  3. ^ "CONTRACT AWARDED". The Evening Review. March 22, 1906. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d Editorial Staff. Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2. p. 941.
  5. ^ a b Miller, Gary. "Alliance Brick Industry". Whitacre Greer. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  6. ^ "OIL POCKET LIES UNDER ALLIANCE, DRILL REVEALS". The Hamilton Daily News. October 9, 1929. Retrieved March 26, 2020.


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