Building date: Unknown, razed after 1953-54
Original use: Blacksmith shop
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 43°08'27.82"N 77°11'25.85"W.
Town of Marion and Wayne County 1978 Highway Maps
"Cobblestone Structures of Wayne County" Marion Canning Company excerpt, 1955, Verlyn Edward Klahn, pages 139 and 140. Essay submitted for Hoffman Foundation, Wayne County History Scholarship, awarded 1955. Reprint permission granted by Wayne County Historian.
William E Henion Blacksmith Shop history sheet. From the personal research of cobblestone historian Karen Crandall.
James B Malcolm Co - Marion Canning Company history sheet. From the personal research of cobblestone historian Karen Crandall.
Editor's Note: There were family ties between the William E Henion Blacksmith Shop and the James B Malcolm Co - Marion Canning Company, with the blacksmith shop structure eventually becoming part of the canning company.
Wayne Historians Organization (WHO), Historic Sites Inventory Cobblestone Blacksmith/Cooperage
![]() 1858 Wayne County Map Mar-27 Excerpt.jpg ¹ | ![]() 3736 S Main St, William E Henion BSS-1-Enhanced.jpg ² | ![]() 3736 S Main St, Wm E Henion BSS-Enhanced.jpg ² | ![]() 3736 S Main St, W E Henion BSS with J_B Malcolm Evaporator Enhanced.jpg ³ |
![]() 1955 photo of Wm E Henion BSS.jpg An apple processing chute is in front of the cobblestone building. ³ |
¹ 1858 Wayne County Map Mar-27 Excerpt courtesy Library of Congress.
² Image courtesy Carolyn Adriaansen, former Town of Marion Historian, provided by Karen Crandall.
³ Attribution not provided.