much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . november 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message the belden brick company type private industry manufacturing and distribution founded 1885 canton ohio usa headquarters canton ohio usa key people robert f. belden chairman president and ceo products brick tile owner the belden brick company number of employees 525 as of 11 1 2008 slogan the standard of comparison . website www.beldenbrick.com the belden brick company is an american manufacturer and distributor of brick and masonry related construction products and materials . founder henry s. belden july 4 1840 april 21 1921 chartered the company in canton ohio as the diebold fire brick company in 1885 on the belden farm . the belden family belongs to the weatherhead school of management family business hall of fame at case western reserve and the company is one of the largest family owned brick manufacturers in the u.s. citation needed contents 1 history 2 manufacturing plants 3 buildings 4 references 5 external links history edit henry s. belden was born in canton on july 4 1840 the son of judge g.w. belden . henry became an attorney in the law firm of belden & mckinley of which judge g.w. belden was the senior partner . 1 according to the biography of william mckinley by margaret leech she describes mckinley s visit to canton in 1867 armed with a letter of introduction to judge g.w. belden as the belden law firm was well known in legal circles . william mckinley was accepted as a partner and then went on to become a us congressman governor of ohio and was elected president of the united states in 1896 . 2 henry s belden also entered politics and was elected mayor of canton . at the age of 32 a severe throat infection forced him to move to the belden farm with the hope that the open air would improve his health which it eventually did . on the farm henry discovered large deposits of coal shale and clay . he built a small kiln to study the effects of firing temperatures on clay and shale . in 1874 he invented the belden burner made of clay which gave better light than any other type then in use . he held a total of 13 patents for gasoline vapor street lights . he secured a large number of contracts for lighting cities and towns all across the united states . 1 in 1876 henry went to the centennial exposition in philadelphia and there saw the original stiff mud brick making machine . he became inspired to make paving and fire brick . henry s paving brick was the first known use of paving brick in the city of canton . brick pavements then spread quickly throughout the county and state . 3 in 1885 henry s. belden established the diebold fire brick company near canton in stark county oh . 3 in august 1895 stockholders of the diebold fire brick company incorporated the canton pressed brick company as the successor company to the diebold fire & brick company . officers of the new company included henry s. belden president ; c.j. diebold vice president ; james g. barbour secretary treasurer ; s.j. allen superintendent . the first annual meeting of the canton pressed brick company was held in 1896 . 4 in 1904 paul belden henry s youngest son returned to canton to assist his father as the company was in dire financial straits . paul s friend p.d. hardy went along to see if his own business experience might be helpful . they arrived in canton in 1904 and began to pick up the ruins of the canton pressed brick company . 4 in 1909 paul belden was authorized to obtain any capital needed to operate the business . paul belden met with l. b. hartung a well known plumbing contractor in canton . mr. belden was successful in persuading mr. hartung to invest money in capital stock of the canton pressed brick company . l.b. hartung became an important shareholder owning about 30 % of the capital stock . 5 by 1912 paul belden had successfully raised enough capital to fund the company . the company included operations now in canton and perry county ohio referred to as the somerset plant . operations were consolidated operating under one company the belden brick company . 5 between 1909 and 1920 paul belden encouraged a philosophy of automation . in addition the company acquired an additional brick making operation in uhrichsville oh a majority interest in the belden face brick company also founded by henry belden and built two new kilns . 5 in march 1930 the belden stark brick company of detroit was incorporated as a joint venture of the belden brick company and stark ceramics inc. for the purpose of promoting and distributing belden brick and stark ceramic products in the detroit area . this was followed in june 1930 by the incorporation of the belden stark brick corporation of new york to do the same thing in the new york metropolitan area . these two subsidiary companies were to play a large part in the promotion of clay products and in obtaining architectural specifications for the belden brick company . 6 in 1946 belden acquired the plants of the finzer brothers company in sugarcreek oh in tuscarawas county oh . 7 in 1957 plant 6 was built in sugarcreek oh . 7 in 1968 plant 8 was built in sugarcreek oh and was the largest brick plant ever built under one roof . 7 in 1970 plant 1 in canton was closed down and belden brickmaking in canton ceased while the corporate headquarters remained . 7 in 1973 the belden brick company acquired the assets properties and manufacturing facilities of the moomaw brothers at sugarcreek oh . the shepfer moomaw plant was designated as plant no. 9 . there were 8 plants in operation that year . 7 in 1974 the strasburg brick company was acquired in strasburg oh near the sugarcreek facilities . the plant was designated plant 1 . the belden brick company bought out the remaining interests of stark ceramics in the detroit and new york sales operations and constructed plant 3 in sugarcreek oh to produce molded brick with a deboer molded brick machine . in 1982 the uhrichsville plant and assets are sold to stebbins manufacturing . 8 in 1983 the mothballed port washington oh plant and assets are sold to empire coal . 8 in 1994 the belden brick company becomes the first brick company ever certified under iso 9000 . 9 in 1996 belden purchases redland brick inc. with plants in williamsport md pittsburgh pa and hartford ct. redland brick continues operating as a wholly owned subsidiary . 8 in 2000 plant 2 is built in sugarcreek oh . with a capacity of 45 million brick equivalents 3 in the same year the belden family was inducted into the family business hall of fame at case western reserve s weatherhead school of management . 10 manufacturing plants edit the belden brick company manufactures brick primarily for u.s. customers at plants located in sugarcreek ohio plant 2 extruded face brick pavers and split tile plant 3 sandmold hand formatic plant 4 extruded and fired in periodic kilns plant 5 thin brick plant 6 extruded plant 8 extruded and sandmold plant 9 extruded buildings edit ruthmere mansion elkhart indiana 1910 herman t. mossberg residence south bend indiana 1948 pro football hall of fame canton ohio 1963 tycon center fairfax county virginia 1986 pearson hall miami university oxford ohio 1986 midwest express center milwaukee wisconsin 1998 seaport hotel and seaport world trade center boston massachusetts 1998 busch stadium st. louis missouri 2006 infocision stadium summa field akron ohio 2009 11 references edit a b the belden brick company 1885 . retrieved 2008 11 24 . leech martha 1999 . in the days of mckinley . american political biography press . isbn 0 945707 24 x. a b c frederic jim . belden brick s plant 2 supplies a variety of products for the architectural market . brickyard road . pendleton sc denis brosnan . 7 1 8 12 . a b the belden brick company 1895 . retrieved 2008 11 24 . a b c the belden brick company 1909 . retrieved 2008 11 24 . the belden brick company 1930 . retrieved 2008 11 24 . a b c d e the belden brick company 1946 . retrieved 2008 11 24 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name bb5 defined multiple times with different content see the help page . a b c the belden brick company 1974 . retrieved 2008 11 24 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name bb6 defined multiple times with different content see the help page . frembes linda . belden brick company brick house . the manufacturer . london england sayonemedia march 2005 . weatherhead adds to family hall of fame . case western reserve . 2000 06 15 . retrieved 2008 11 22 . http www.cantonrep.com news business x393524463 belden brick turns 125 years old external links edit official belden brick company website redland brick inc. brick industry association retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title belden brick company & oldid 742905661 categories brick manufacturersbuilding materials companies of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in ohiomanufacturing 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