Location:

Kenton, Ohio.

Timeline:

1876-1910-?

History:

"Champion Iron Fence Company -- Incorporated as Champion Fence Company in 1876 by William L. Walker, James Young, William H. Young, B. G. Devoe, and Henry Price with a factory on Franklin Street in Kenton, Ohio. The works moved briefly to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1877, returning to Kenton in 1878. In 1878 it was incorporated as Champion Iron Fence Company. Date of dissolution not know, but is post 1884. (History of Hardin County, Ohio). Chicora Resources: copies of 1884 Illustrated Supplement Catalog; ca. 188_ Miniature Catalog No. 12." --See Cemetery Ironwork (Chicora Foundation)

Paper:

20" × 24" double-sided broadside, undated:

Iron Fences · Structural and Ornamental Iron Work · Jail Work

OUR SPECIALTIES ARE:

Iron Fences, Gates, Entrances for public grounds Crestings and Finials, both malleable and gray iron, Weather Vanes and Tower Finials, Gas Pipe Railings of all kinds, Galvanized and Painted Pipe Ornaments, Tree Guards, Window Guards, Carriage Steps and Hitching Posts, etc. Structural and ornamental iron work, such as: Steel Buildings complete, Plain and Ornamental Stair Work painted or plated, Iron Fire Escapes, Store Fronts, Columns, Lintels, Girders, Joist Hangers, Stirrups, Anchors, Iron Verandas, Iron Rostrums, Veranda Railings, Bank and Office Railings, Wrought Iron Grille Work, Hammered Leaf Work, Cast and Wrought Iron Area Gratings and Plate Doors, Vault Doors, Cast and Wrought Iron Brackets, Fire Proof Shutters, Prismatic Sidewalk Lights, Plain and illuminated Coal Hole Covers. Jail Work: Jail Buildings Complete, Iron and Steel Cell Work, City Lock-Ups. Gray Iron Castings of all kinds. Also the following: Iron Settees and Chairs, Flower Vases, Yard Ornaments, Hat Rack and Umbrella Stands, Street Lamp Posts and Lamps, Iron Bedsteads, Stable Fixtures, WIRE WORK, etc.