lafinken(a)aol.com wrote:
My gg grandfather George Mangas was an Architect in Union City till
about 1929 when he moved to Ohio.
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He was in a firm and Gettinger and Mangas.??? I was wondering if there is a way to find
out what buildings he
helped with the Architecture of.? Or newspaper clippings?? Are the newspaper at the
historical society indexed
in any way?
Thanks
Lindsey
Lindsey,
I have nothing on George Mangas but have no doubt he was a
collaborator with Hampton Gettinger. Below is what I have on Mr. Gettinger.
Billy
Union City Evening Times, Tuesday, November 8, 1938
History of Union City Architecture Was Credited To Hampton Gettinger Of
This City. - Built Many Buildings And Churches In And Around This Part
Of Two States.
"Wm. Hampton Gettinger attended the schools of his neighborhood until
1865 and learned the carpenter's trade in his immediate neighborhood
where he worked until 1880, constructing for all kinds of building from
1874 onward.
"He was born an architect and crafting was an instinct. In 1875 he
took the contract for the Union City Christian Church which he completed
in 1876 and also finished a number of equally good contracts.
"In 1880 he settled down to a systematic course of studying the
science of architecture, and read all the standard works acquiring a
thorough knowledge of architecture without the aid of tutor or
preceptor. He visited the principal cities of Indiana and Ohio, studied
all the models and better class of structures, and in 1885 began drawing
plans and then taking contracts.
Among his earlier achievements were the Kelly Block at Winchester, the
school building at Harrisville, the Union City Public School at a cost
of $35,000 in modern renascence, with 12 rooms and offices and all in
brick with stone trimmings, and considered by school men as one of the
best in the state, taking cost into consideration. He really began the
work of an architect in 1880 since when he has furnished plans for the
Catholic Church, Union City in Gothic of the 12th century cost of
$20,000; a schoolhouse at Dunkirk and Briscoe Block at Hartford,
100x120; The Catholic Church at Muncie, Gothic, 12th century, $35,000;
Anderson Catholic Church, modern Romanesque, $37,000; the Marion
Catholic Church, early English, about $20,000; the New Light Christian
Church at Ansonia, Ohio, $4,500. He has also made numerous plans for
many other buildings in Indiana and Ohio."
He was the architect for 13 Catholic Churches. He built the one at
Elwood and he was always proud of its architecture. Churches in Union
City, Catholic, Methodist, Christian, Presbyterian, United Brethren,
also many of the finer residences, also many business places.