Stambaugh Building

[Youngstownshrimp]

Are there anymore Titans of industry to come up from the ashes of what was once proud Youngstown?  The threat of redistribution of wealth have made them flea to Asia.

[Rick Rowlands]

I think that you will find that the additional four stories were added to accommodate Youngstown Sheet and Tube.  That building housed the HQ of a company that for part of the 20th century was the largest employer in Ohio.  Think about that!  Largest employer in Ohio!  Third largest steelmaker in the United States! What happened in that building was talked about in business circles across the country.  A supreme court case, YS&T Vs. Sawyer, initiated in that building still has reverberations today, and is a primary defensive weapon that will be used in the upcoming fight against the new unconstitutional health care law.

Its one of the most historic buildings in downtown, and certainly deserves a fate better than to be left to rot away.

[northside lurker]

I like the second cornice line on the Stambaugh building.  That, IMO, is what gives the building so much character, and makes it one of the best in downtown.

[Towntalk]

The Sheet and Tube Co. indeed had their main offices in that building until the 1950's when they built a new building in Boardman.

When the company first formed, their offices were located on North Phelps  but later moved to the Stampaugh Building along with the Brier Hill Steel Co. The two companies merged.

Standard Slag also had its main offices in the Stambaugh Building.

[AllanY2525]

When Mr. Stambaugh moved his offices into the the Euwer's Department Store buidling, Albert Khan
(the original architect) was called upon to design and add four additional floors to the building.

This is why there is a second row of decorative trim four floors below the top of it.  And of course,
it was renamed to the Stambaugh Building.

Someone told me that Youngstown Sheet and Tube used to have some offices there (?)

[Towntalk]

Most folks today don't know it, but the Stambaugh Building started out its life as a department store, and a major one at that complete with restraunts ... one of the very few that had in store restraunts. It was also the largest store at the time, and was known as Euwers Department Store.

Euwers later moved to another location on West Federal Street, but in its day it was a top shelf store.