Heaton's Furnace
James Heaton
James Heaton's "Maria" blast furnace built in 1812 on the west bank of the Mosquito Creek. Its fires went out in 1854.
The Rebecca iron furnace in Lisbon, Ohio built by Gideon Hughes and operated by William McKinley, Sr., father of President McKinley, at one point
Drawing of typical blast furnace in the 1800s.
A photo made of a picture in the newspaper of the children of the "Little White Schoolhouse" where President McKinley attended. Among others, Joseph Butler and Maria Heaton are in the front row.
In 1818 James Heaton built this house on the southwest corner of what is now Robbins Avenue and Cleveland.
The home was built in 1806 by Gideon Hughes, the founder of the Rebecca Jane furnace in Lisbon, Ohio.
