Scenes of Trumbull County: Warren

City hall in flames.

While the enclosure is marked with the date 1895, we believe there must have been some confusion with the burning of the second Court House. The first City Hall was located on the banks of the Mahoning River, directly across Mahoning Avenue from…

Horse-drawn ladder truck.

The ladder truck is positioned in front of the original Warren Fire Department building, located on 201 South Park Avenue.

International Order of Odd Fellows building.

The International Order of Odd Fellows building, located on North Park Avenue, second building south of High Street.

Former Warren Fire Department station on South Park Avenue.

High Street as seen from Courthouse Square, looking north at the Central Christian (Disciples) Church, the Warren Public Library and the Dana Musical Institute.

The Opera House

The Opera House at 24 High Street, with the Central Christian Church in the background.

The corner of Park Avenue and Market Street.

Warren fire truck leaving Station No. 2, located on the corner of North Park and Hall Avenues.

Early Warren fire truck.

The Opera House, located at 24 High Street.

Park Avenue.

Downtown Park Avenue in 1921, directly across from Courthouse Square. The Park Hotel is situated in the center at 19 and 21 North Park Avenue.

The second Trumbull County Court House.

The second Trumbull County Court House, situated in Courthouse Square. The second courthouse burned down in 1895.

Former City Hall building.

Former City Hall building, located on Market Street. This building was destroyed by fire in 1916.

City Hall building.

Second City Hall building and former residence of the H.B. Perkins family, located on Mahoning Avenue.

Grater house, location unknown.

Henry Bishop Perkins.

Mahoning Avenue, Warren, Ohio

Former Post Office, located at 142 East Market Street.

Flag parade.

First Warren City Hall, located on Mahoning Avenue across from Courthouse Square.

John M. Craig (right) and William Lewis (left).

William Lewis (b.1837), great grandfather of the donor, was the father of Amy Craig, grandmother of the donor.

Craig family home at 106 (old) or 245 (current) W Tod Avenue.

Craig family home at 106 (old) or 245 (current) W Tod Avenue. Lucy Craig, grandmother of the donor, is second from the left, with Charles W. Craig, brother to Lucy and cousins Florence (L) and Mabel Elliott (R). The Tod Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church is seen in the background.

The Craig family home at 106 (old) or 245 (current) W Tod Avenue, with Charles Craig in the tree, Lucy Craig on the right, and their cousins, Florence and Mabel Elliott. The original Tod Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church may be seen in the background.

Corner of High Street and North Park looking East, with Dana’s Musical Institute, the Sutliff Law Office, Central Christian (Disciples) Church and the Warren Opera House on the left.

The powerhouse of the water works, located on the West side of the Mahoning River, near the corner of Mahoning Avenue and Summit Street NW. Undated.

The powerhouse of the waterworks and railroad bridge, located on the West side of the Mahoning River, near the corner of Mahoning Avenue and Summit Street NW.

The settling basin (foreground), filter house (background), standing pipe and curved dam of the water works, located on the East side of the Mahoning River, near the corner of Summit Street NW and Mahoning Avenue.

The steeple of First Presbyterian Church, second Warren City Hall and third Trumbull County Courthouse, as seen from the Mahoning River.

The powerhouse, railroad bridge and curved dam located on the West side of the Mahoning River, near the corner of Mahoning Avenue and Summit Street NW. Undated.

The powerhouse and railroad bridge located on the West side of the Mahoning River, near the corner of Mahoning Avenue and Summit Street NW. Undated.

The settling basin (foreground), filter house (background) and standing pipe of the water works, located on the East side of the Mahoning River, near the corner of Summit Street NW and Mahoning Avenue.

Looking east from the Mahoning River with the First Presbyterian Church the first City Hall and the Trumbull County Courthouse in the background.

East Market Street with Trumbull Memorial Hospital on the far left and the Trumbull Memorial School of Nursing in the center.

Ferris wheel in front of the Western Union Telegraph and Cable Company on East Market Street.

Main Street looking South, downtown Warren, Ohio.

East Market Street looking East, with Trumbull Memorial Hospital and the Trumbull Memorial School of Nursing on the right.

Unidentified area during the flood of 1959. Private road owned by Republic Steel near the railroad bridge at Dover Street.

Republic Steel area taken from the bridge on South Main looking north towards Warren.

The Warren Gun Club, circa 1956. Pictured are the donor Leo A. Teachout and his sister Mary. The club is private and was formed in the 1920s.

An Ohio Central locomotive on the Ohio Central main line. The tracks of the Ohio Central run parallel to the CSX tracks. OC trains mainly bring empty cars to the mill.

The control stand of the New Burlington Northern Santa Fe locomotive, having just brought in empty hopper cars.

A dumper car transferring ore into ore pits. Ore transfer is done in the summer when ore can be shipped to Ashtabula from Canada over Lake Erie.

Steel is rolled into coils and banded, then the coils are picked up by a crane and loaded onto trucks or locomotive gondolas. They are then sent to automotive factories and other plants and manufacturers. These coils are in the galvanizing department warehouse at WCI, Severstal.

French Mittal car containing a certain grade of coal to be mixed with other coal grades in order to make a variety of coke.

The Dover Street side entrance to the WCI plant with the security guard check point. The engineer had to have a pass to enter the bridge, which served both trucks and locomotives.

Army tanks being delivered from the Ravenna Arsenal to Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. The Conductor, Michael Melcusney is checking is checking to make sure the tanks are secured to the flatbed cars.

Army tanks en route from the Ravenna Arsenal to the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland, crossing Route 5 in Warren.

An uncoupled caboose in high grass in Niles at Reichard Industries, waiting for the locomotive to pick up a new hot metal car bound for a steel mill in Chicago.

A brand new hot metal car manufactured at the Reichard plant in Niles, sitting on a spur track in Lordstown.

The CSX auto ramp on Lyntz Road in Lordstown. Trains are loaded with automobiles and set on tracks to be coupled together. The autos are removed from the railroad cars with the ramp and are sent to the dealerships

Photograph of submarine in downtown Warren.

1915 calendar with photo of Second Hand Store, 21 Park Avenue.

Panoramic view of downtown Warren looking northeast from Courthouse Square towards the corner of High Street and Park Avenue.

Panoramic view looking North from Courthouse Square at the corner of Mahoning Avenue and High Street.

Panoramic view looking North at the corner of West Market Street and Mahoning Avenue.

Panoramic view of Courthouse Square and the Trumbull County Courthouse, looking North towards High Street, with Mahoning Avenue and Park Avenue angling off to the left and right.

A view of Courthouse Park looking Northwest.

South Street Bridge.

Signed print of illustration depicting Warren’s second City Hall, located on Market Street, which was destroyed by flames in 1916.

To its right are the Soldiers’ Monument, First Presbyterian Church and the Packard house, home to both the National American Women’s Suffrage Association and the local order of the Elks.