HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY COURT HOUSE

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HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY COURT HOUSE

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Fred Corkery

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HISTORY OF STARK COUNTY COURT HOUSE
From Records of Fred Corkery and a Clipping From Dickinson Press, July 2, 1957.

The building which housed the Dickinson Press was used for our first court house until the building could be built for $15,000 in 1886. The corner stone had the following inscription: Erected in 1886, H. L. Dickinson, T. S. Underhill, R. Lee, Commissioners. P. Plettenberg and Renken, builders. The new court house was built in 1936 and dedicated June 16, 1937. It required a bond issue of $95,000. The mill levy at that time was 10.4 mills. The general committee in charge of the dedication consisted of chairman Kellogg; Henry Brown, Sam Zook, Ed Tobin, Roy L. Swenson and M. F. Lenhardt.

May 30, 1883 was the first meeting of Stark Co. commissioners. H. L. Dickinson was elected chairman, James G. Campbell was elected clerk of the board and James Collister was third member. The board voted for temporary location of the county seat. The vote was Dickinson two votes and Gladstone one vote. The county seat was declared to be Dickinson. The board appointed N. S. Lawrence as register of deeds and county clerk, William Cuskelly as sheriff, R. E. Lamoreux as treasurer, Charles Kleinfelter as assessor, Charles Burke as county superintendent of schools, and John Nagle as justice of peace. License for sale of liquor was $200 a year.

At a meeting June 4, 1883, the Dickinson Press was declared the official newspaper. At a meeting June 18, 1883, Hiran F. Merril and Cuskelly Brothers were issued licenses to sell liquor.

1977 county officials include Warren Vranna, Mike Ehresman and Alex Hauck as county commissioners; Delores Mischel — auditor; Philomine Faimen — treasurer; Thomas Ewing — judge; Leo Sticka — register of deeds; Eddie Malone — sheriff; Irene Smole — clerk of court; and Albert Hardy states attorney.