Tile and Brick Factory

Most residents have heard stories about the brick and tile factory once located behind St. John Lutheran Church but did you realize there was another facility that manufactured brick? Daniel Smith also had a brick factory north of Grove City Road on Elm Street according to research by Stephen L. Smith and the Rev. John Gray. Kenny Wade, pictured around 1915, stands on tile at his factory behind the church. He was a major supplier of water and sewage pipes for Franklin County.