Century Of History From Front Porch Of McCalley House
Three generations of the McCallay family watched a century pass from the front porch of 228 S Main St Middletown. Louis McCallay released Daniel McCallay diary now in the Middletown Public Library Ohio Room. The diary recounts daily life from 1860s including business ups and downs and a 600 dollar land purchase for gardens.
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Mc-Calley
S. Main St
Middletown
Louis K. McCallay
Daniel McCallay
Louis McCallay
Middletown Public Library
Ohio
Victorian House Memorabilia From Middletown Diary
Louis McCallay recalls his grandfather Daniel McCallay and a Victorian era home built under Queen Victoria. Inside featured high ceilings ornate woodwork plaster and gas and electric lighting with alcove port culls ornate draperies and heavy furniture. Several descendants and local landmarks remain, including Chief ties to First National Bank and local factories now repurposed as warehouses and Legion headquarters.
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Louis McCallay
Iel McCallay
Louis
First National Bank
McCallay House Grounds Turn Into Village Showplace
By 1872 McCallay’s income reached 7000 dollars and he hoped for travel, culture and literature. In 1883 major home improvements added a library, bays, alcoves and porches while grounds became a community showplace enclosed by wrought iron gates. A cast elk and dog statues mark the drive and caretakers’ cottages and gardens spread behind the driveway.
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Elks Temple
McCoy-Leffler
McCallay Diary Highlights From 1867 to 1890
Extracts from the McCallay diary record age milestones, business gains and losses, investments in Middletown Agricultural Works, cash sales, ice cutting, foxing a library grate, and a tobacco venture. Notable figures include $1400 loss, $7,000 annual income, and over 8 million pounds of plug tobacco sold in 1890 with a two cent profit per pound. The entries cover years 1867 through 1890 and mention associates like Father Leibee and Charles Barnitz.
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Middletown Agricultural Works
Leibee
Also Mentioned on This Page
McCalley House
Dayton
Henry McCallay
Pennsylvania
Miamisburg
McCallay
U. S
Daniel
Jacob Leibee
Lethee-McCallay
Broad Street
Garret Jefferson
Larmers Woods
Weith
England
Place
Edwin McCallay
Dan
Girard Avenue
Grandfather Daniel
Edwin
Homer Leffler
J. W. Fiske Co
New York
McCallay House
John
Mulligan
Robert Wilson
Sorg and Auer
Charles Barnitz
Father Leibee
Henry
Lorg and
Auer
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Sutphin Street
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