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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1927

Page

18

Athena Glazed Brick plant building praised as industry showplace

Elsnville June 18 The Athena Glazed Brick company Nelsonville plant shows off a new 50 by 60 foot office building housing administration and shipping with a main lobby, accounting room and executive offices. The exterior features salt glazed tile and red quarry tile floors reflect the company’s high quality product. The project, designed by B M Coakley of Nelsonville, spotlights a growing industrial showcase in the Hocking valley.

C. H. Bartlett Messenger Elsonville Athena Glazed Brick Company Nelsonville Hocking Valley Hocking B. M. Coakley Archi- Accounting Room Tech Lexington Facttory

Oak Interior Details Highlight Building Finish

White oak used for interior trim and cemented lino-tile flooring blends with sand finished gypsum walls. Twenty thousand linotype pieces cover local job. Semi indirect lighting from the power station, steam heating, vacuum drying system, recessed radiators and automatic ventilators provide efficient ventilation and comfort.

Athena Glazed Brick Company Plant Expansion Potential

The Athena Glazed Brick Company ranks among the largest brick manufacturers. Present capacity 18 million bricks annually with machinery capable of doubling output. Plan to expand drying and kiln facilities to reach 34 million bricks per year. Company employs 150 across plant and mines on about 200 acres with 100 more leased.

Athena Glazed Drick Company Amoze

Athena Glazed Work Company Eyes Bright Brick Future

The Athena Glazed Work company notes its 190+ year clay supply and accessible mines. It cites large investments in buildings machinery kilns and landscaping and lists executive officers led by C. J. Jewett with growth prospects in the brick industry.

Three Shades Athena Glazed Brick Company Finishes

The Athena Glazed Brick Company makes three shades of salt glazed brick buff golden oak mahogany and two classes of salt glazed floor brick for walls and sanitary purposes. Leading architects and engineers specify its glazed product used in electric subways light courts public buildings plants and packing houses across the United States and Canada. The chemical industry uses it for acid vats and rooms where strongest acids have no effect on its surface.

Athena Glazed Brick Company United Sates Canada

Nelsonville Post Office Handles 100 Distributors Mail for Athena Glazed Brick

In 1926 the Nelsonville post office forwarded over 61 000 pieces of mail for Athena Glazed Brick company. Additional parcels carried brick samples to distant points, marking this firm as notably active in mail shipments.

Nelsonville Athena Glazed Brick Company

Sunparlor Addition to Brooks Home on Court Street

A two story sunparlor is being added to W. H. Brooks at 59 Worth Court Athens. The 12 by 35 foot structure will have glazed brick on the first floor and frame construction above. Frum and Breinig build it with large front and side windows to enhance air and appearance.

W. H. Brooks Worth Court Street Athens Frum and Breinig Brooks

Building activity notes rise in Our Neighborhood page

In Our Neighborhood column the increased number of building items indicates reader interest. The newsletter mentions L G Maynard 44 Maplewood Drive recently painted and redecorated. Harley Calendine and George Woodard doing church interior work at Sharpsburg Methodist Episcopal. Frank Keys Jr and Shirley purchase 210 Jefferson Street from James Foughty and move into new home. Maynard Sayres builds a new garage at Crescent Ridge.

Athens Trauch's Bakery Union Restaurant West Union Street L. G. Maynard Maplewood Drive Sharpsburg Methodist Episcopal Church Harley Calendine George Woodard NeIl”sonville Frank Keys, Jr James Foughty Jefferson Street Terrace Avenue Shirley

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