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History of The Canal Fulton Glassworks |
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| The Canal Fulton Glassworks was founded in 2006 as a family business by Worth "Bud", Sandy, Brian, and Emily Graham. The Art Gallery officially opened in the Spring of 2009. Brian Graham is a graduate of Kent State University. While at Kent, he studied archaeology and the craft of glass blowing under the noted instructor and studio glass movement pioneer Henry Halem.
Mr. Graham's works are on display at The American Toy Marble Museum in Akron, Ohio. He has also been featured on the television show Applause, which is produced by PBS station WVIZ 25 of Cleveland, Ohio. A little info about our shop building..... Located in Canal Fulton's historic district, the art gallery occupies a circa 1814 timber framed structure. In 1814, Mathew Rowland platted the city of Milan, Ohio. The gallery was built on lot 44 in the Town of Milan- see map below. Later after the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal, Milan was absorbed into the newly formed town of Fulton. In 1832, the name of the town was change to Canal Fulton.
Click on the images above to enlarge. Left: Original plat map for the town of Milan, Ohio - 1814. Right: Advertisement for the new Town of Fulton. Ohio Repository - 1827.
The Canal Fulton Glassworks Gallery building as it looked in about 1890.
The building as it looked in 1973. Tired and in need of some work.
This is the building as it appears today. Not too bad for a building that is almost 200 years old. The art gallery & glassworks sit along the winding Tuscarawas River and overlook the famous Market Street stone arch bridge. The Ohio and Erie Canal towpath trail is located only a short distance beyond the river.
The Market St. stone arch bridge - built in 1900.
Old postcard of the stone bridge.
Click to enlarge. Newspaper announcement about building the original bridge in 1818.
A view of the property from the stone arch bridge.
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