5th and Lock
This factory was located one street south of the Eggleston factory. It was referred to as Lock street because that was the side of the building the entrance was on.
The building was sold to Hinds, Ketcham & Company by the Hazen Wire Nail Company in December 1890 before it moved to Anderson, Indiana. Hinds, Ketcham & Company would come under control of the United States Printing Company just two months later.
Their first officers here were A. O. Russell, President and General Manager; J. B. Hinds, First Vice President; Geo. Dan Selb, Second Vice President; John H. Frey, Secretary and Treasurer and John Omwake, Assistant Treasurer.
This factory was located one street south of the Eggleston factory. It was referred to as Lock street because that was the side of the building the entrance was on.
The building was sold to Hinds, Ketcham & Company by the Hazen Wire Nail Company in December 1890 before it moved to Anderson, Indiana. Hinds, Ketcham & Company would come under control of the United States Printing Company just two months later.
Their first officers here were A. O. Russell, President and General Manager; J. B. Hinds, First Vice President; Geo. Dan Selb, Second Vice President; John H. Frey, Secretary and Treasurer and John Omwake, Assistant Treasurer.
The job printing part of the Eggleston factory was moved to this location after the takeover. To facilitate work the building was enlarged from three stories to six in June 1891. An increase of over 30,000 square feet
In 1894 it becomes known as Russell & Morgan Factory No. 4.
This location would soon become the maker of USPCC's Fireside Games.
The factory was also the scene of a workplace shooting in May 1901. Jonas Lonsway, a recently fired company teamster, had reason to believe that shipping clerk Frank Riley had caused it. Coming back with a gun Lonsway entered the factory and approached Riley yelling at him.
The job printing part of the Eggleston factory was moved to this location after the takeover. To facilitate work the building was enlarged from three stories to six in June 1891. An increase of over 30,000 square feet
In 1894 it becomes known as Russell & Morgan Factory No. 4.
This location would soon become the maker of USPCC's Fireside Games.
The factory was also the scene of a workplace shooting in May 1901. Jonas Lonsway, a recently fired company teamster, had reason to believe that shipping clerk Frank Riley had caused it. Coming back with a gun Lonsway entered the factory and approached Riley yelling at him.
Lonsway drew his gun and fired several shots. Riley was struck in the abdomen and heart and would soon die. Nearby police officers apprehended the shooter and took him to jail.
Jonas would plead insanity but still received a life sentence for 2nd degree murder. In 1908 he was given a pardon by Ohio Governor Harris because he had lung disease. He was sent to Colorado to live out his life.
In 1901 the poster division would break off from Lock Street. It would be incorporated as the United States Lithograph Company. A new plant in Norwood would be built to house them.
By 1908 Lock Street was referred to as a warehouse for the company. The printing work had slowly been moved to a new facility on Beech Street in Norwood. There it would become the United States Printing Company in 1913.
In 1908 the Lock Street factory was working on a deal to sell the factory to J. Charles McCullough and his Cincinnati Bag Company. They wanted this to become their garden seed department building. The local papers reported that USPCC wanted $110,000 ($3.5 million) in cash by November 1st but McCullough was only offering $100,000. They split the difference and made a deal for $105,000.