![]() “We’re in a very (economically) depressed area and we know there are much greater needs than ours however, we don’t want the building torn down,” said Jennie Self, the club’s restoration chairperson. The current Genoa School, built in 1929, is located just a few feet north of the one-room original. The school is unusual in that it’s one of the few in Ohio located on a campus that’s still used. “If you think about the history of the United States, everybody was trying to survive, but they never forgot that we need education.” “It’s part of our heritage,” explained Dana Vargo, club president. Members hold regular fundraisers to make it happen. Members estimate that $33,000 has been invested to date, and that an additional $52,000 is needed to compete the restoration, including $26,000 for a new roof. The school is one of the last to be used in Stark County, according to members of the Perry History Club, which formed eight years ago to save and restore the building. The centerpiece of Perry’s history is its 1893 Genoa School at 539 Genoa Road SW. ![]() “There also was a major brewery in Richville.”īy 1875, Perry Township operated seven one-room schools. “Thomas Rotch owned two ships that were involved in the Boston Tea Party,” Coates noted. The opening of the Ohio-Erie Canal in the township in the early 1820s led to the founding of Massillon in 1828.Īccording to the club’s archives, members of the Rotch, Wales and Skinner families established Kendall, the township’s first settlement, in 1812. An author and historian, Coates has been working on township history book for seven years.Ĭoates pointed out that a pioneer trail that became Lincoln Way W goes through Perry. ![]() “I think Perry is one of the most interesting places in Stark County,” said Carey Coates, first vice president of the Perry History Club. Though sandwiched between Stark County’s two most populous cities, Perry Township has maintained its history and identity. ![]() ![]() Oliver Hazard Perry won the pivotal Battle of Lake Erie over the formidable British Navy. Like many local communities, Perry Township was named in honor of a handsome and dashing war hero who never set foot in it. ![]()
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