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Akron Ice House was established in 1879 (Incorporated 1888) The Klages Coal & Ice Company Akron, Ohio. was co-founded by German immigrants Henry Klages and August Blessman. [1] [2] The business was passed on to their sons, Louis Klages and Water Blessman. The building was also a Royal Crown Bottling Co. plant. [3]
The ice house was introduced to Britain in the 1600s. James I commissioned the first modern ice house in 1619 in Greenwich Park [6] and another in Hampton Court in 1625–6. The Hampton Court ice house (or snow conserve) was a brick-lined well, which was 30 feet (9.1 m) deep and 16 feet (4.9 m
Statewide, other Rome Townships are located in Athens and Lawrence counties. The first houses in Rome Township were built by settlers Elijah Crosby and Abner Hall in 1805, but the first permanent settler in the township was former Connecticut resident William Crowell, who arrived in the following year.
Rome, also known as Stout, is a village in Green Township, Adams County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 83 at the 2020 census . History
Other buildings on the property at this time included three barns, a pump house, a poultry house, a bull barn, a log house, a milk house, an ice house, a tool house, a tool shop and a corn crib. Anderson's children, Randall H. and Blanche Anderson, acquired the Strock Stone house upon their father's death in 1925.
The community was named after Rome, New York, according to local history. [1] A variant name was Rives. [2] A post office called Rives was established in 1837, and remained in operation until 1906. [3]
Ice houses were also built in the major ice-consuming cities to hold the imported ice before final sale and consumption, where they were often termed depots. In London, the early ice depots were often circular and called wells or shades; the New Cattle Market depot built in 1871 was 42 feet (13 m) wide and 72 feet (22 m) deep, able to hold ...
Rome was laid out in 1836. [2] The community was named after the Italian city of Rome, the founder being interested in Ancient Roman history. [3] Rome was incorporated in 1838; the village incorporation was later dissolved at an unknown date. [3]