Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
Misc. Notes
Roaring Run Quarry* was opened in 1888 by a Frederick Snyder, who first spent $25,000 to make a railroad up Roaring Run, from the landing at the mouth of this run out to the quarry two miles north of Curwensville. In 1889, Mr. Snyder and his nephews, George, James, Jake and David were the owners of the business. Later, A. E. Patton and the Snyder Brothers owned it.902
[There is a photo of Frederick Snyder at this source]
*There were many uses for the stone quarried from this location in numerous construction projects, including immediately following the Johnstown Flood in 1889. Projects around the eastern U.S. included bridge projects (road as well as railroad), railroad terminals, reservoir towers and spillways and buildings including the Chapel at Princeton University, a Church Chapel in Detroit, Michigan, the New Castle, PA Post Office and Machinery Hall at the Chicago World's Fair.
Local uses in Curwensville included in 1890, brick plant; Methodist Church (1893): Post Office (1938); Chapel at Oak Hill Cemetery (1932); Charles E. Patton built his home (now [1949] J. R. Hoblitzell) Stone walls fronting the former residences of A. E. Patton and C. S. Russell (now [1949] J. Hamer Tate and Civic Center); Joseph F. Bartell home, and others.
Stone used for building or other purposes before the local quarries were operated, was not finished and has a rough appearance, as in the Presbyterian Church. The quarry industry brought in a large number of stone masons from Italy where they had learned the art of cutting and finishing. The men employed at the Roaring Run Quarry were: Northern Italian, American and Irish.902
[There is a photo of Frederick Snyder at this source]
*There were many uses for the stone quarried from this location in numerous construction projects, including immediately following the Johnstown Flood in 1889. Projects around the eastern U.S. included bridge projects (road as well as railroad), railroad terminals, reservoir towers and spillways and buildings including the Chapel at Princeton University, a Church Chapel in Detroit, Michigan, the New Castle, PA Post Office and Machinery Hall at the Chicago World's Fair.
Local uses in Curwensville included in 1890, brick plant; Methodist Church (1893): Post Office (1938); Chapel at Oak Hill Cemetery (1932); Charles E. Patton built his home (now [1949] J. R. Hoblitzell) Stone walls fronting the former residences of A. E. Patton and C. S. Russell (now [1949] J. Hamer Tate and Civic Center); Joseph F. Bartell home, and others.
Stone used for building or other purposes before the local quarries were operated, was not finished and has a rough appearance, as in the Presbyterian Church. The quarry industry brought in a large number of stone masons from Italy where they had learned the art of cutting and finishing. The men employed at the Roaring Run Quarry were: Northern Italian, American and Irish.902