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Emmet D. Sharp and the Sharp Building of New Philadelphia

The pediment above the Sharp Building on Fair Avenue NE in New Philadelphia, Ohio, 2024.

A building down the street from my home is lovingly being given a new life and purpose as a community gathering place. I thought I would take a look at the man responsible for its original construction over 100 years ago. John Sharp (?-1853) immigrated from England to the United States before the 1830s andContinue reading “Emmet D. Sharp and the Sharp Building of New Philadelphia”