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The Renkert Building on the 300 block of Market Avenue North in downtown Canton, Stark County, Ohio. The Renkert Building was built as a result of Henry S. Renkert's backing. The building was designed by Walker and Weeks of Cleveland, Ohio, and constructed using bricks from the Metropolitan Paving Brick Company of Canton, Ohio. It is ten stories high. Construction was completed in 1914 using paving bricks in an iron frame. The image was taken during a teachers workshop field trip in summer 1999.
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For information about the brick industry in Ohio, see: The Paving Brick Industry in Ohio by Steven D. Blankenbeker (Ohio Division of Geological Survey, Report on Ohio Mineral Industries, 1998). or: The Paving Brick Industry in Ohio by Steven D. Blankenbeker (Ohio Division of Geological Survey, Ohio Geology Newsletter, 1999, No.3).
Information taken from Harry Renkert's Building is a Massive Monument to Bricks by Jim Hillbish (Canton Repository, 12 June 2009).
This slide image included in the USGS National Digital Catalog for NGGDPP Grant G15AP00115 in FY2015.Context
Renkert Building sign plaque on brick wall; looks to be inside of building. Renkert Building in downtown Canton, Ohio.