Bernard ODonnell Real Estate Leader of Elyria Firms
Bernard M. O Donnell, a top Elyria real estate man, rents out Devon Courts and owns the O Donnell apartments. He built and sold numerous Elyria homes, owns the Paradise Soda Grill block, part owns Turner Block, and partners in O Donnell Paint and Wall Paper and a Court Street cigar and news stand. A WWI veteran, he is a bachelor and active in Knights of Columbus, Elks, Eagles, American Legion, and VFW, with nine months in France and eight in the U S He enjoys amateur athletics as a hobby.
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Devon Courts
Elyria
Bernard M. O’donell
O’donn
Seventh Street
Middle Avenue
O’donnell
Th Paradise Soda Grill
Turner
O'Donnell Paint and Wall Paper
John O’donnell
News Stan
Court Street
O'Donnell
Knights of Columbus
The
Elks, Eagles
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Elyria Country Club
France
America
St. Mary’s School
Elyria Public
St. Gregory’s Seminary
Cincinnati
Amherst man helped build Devon Courts roofing chapter
August Nabakowski of Amherst is highlighted for his roofing and ornamental sheet metal work on the Devon Courts project. The article traces his career from 1902 training at Amherst with Wes bak Hardware to founding Amherst Hardware, expanding to 28 workers in 1928, and employing ten currently while completing projects across Ohio including Oberlin College, Oberlin Hospital, Warner Gymnasium, Grace Lutheran Church at Fremont, and Elyria homes. It notes his tendency to win contracts even when bidding higher than rivals and ends with a note on superstition about ladders and the number thirteen.
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Devon Courts
August Nabakowski
Amherst
Nabakowski
Wesbach Hardware Company
Standard Hardware Company
Lorain
Amherst Hardware Company
Oberlin College
Oberlin Hospital
Warner Gymnasium
New Grace Lutheran Church
Fremont
Elyria
John Pekras
Alex Hyman
David Hyman
Nabakotski
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