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Biographies
Source:
20th
Century History of
Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio
and Representative Citizens -
Publ. Biographical Publ. Co.
Chicago, Illinois -
1907
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CALVIN OSBORNE
Source:
20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. -
Chicago, Illinois -
1907 - Page 701 |
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CHARLES
H. OWSLEY, senior member of the firm of Owsley & Boucherle
Co., architects, at Youngstown, was born at Blaston,
Leicestershire, England, where he was reared and educated, his
studies being in the line of his profession.
Mr. Owsley came to America at the age of 22
years. After living for a time at Toronto, Canada, he came to
Youngstown, and here, for the past 35 years, he has been engaged as
an architect, during 20 years of this period having been associated
with Louis Boucherle, under the firm name of Owsley &
Boucherle Co. This firm has been concerned in almost all
of the important building operations of Youngstown and vicinity, for
many years. It designed the Young Men's Christian Association
Building, the Dollar Bank Building, the Tabernacle Church, the
Memorial Presbyterian Church, the Richard Brown Memorial Sunday
School, the larger number of the school buildings, several
substantial business blocks and many imposing private residences,
all the above at Youngstown. The firm also made the plans for
the Buhl club house at Sharon, Pennsylvania, and for school houses
at Ashtabula, Bradford, Geneva, Franklin, East Liverpool, Martin's
Ferry and Warren, Ohio. They built the beautiful Presbyterian
Church at Butler, Pennsylvania, and have designed many elegant
country homes in the rural districts. They have been
commissioned the prepare designs and to execute plans for the new
Mahoning County Court House, a view of which may be seen on another
page of this volume. The present activity in building, at
Youngstown, will produce several important buildings designed by
this firm, creating an architectural standard not exceeded in
any city of the State.
At Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England, in 1886, Mr.
Owsley was married to Mary Williams, who was born at
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland County, England, and they have
five surviving children, viz.: Dr. H. F., who has been
a practicing physician and surgeon in New York city, for the past
six years, a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and
of the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, London, England; Louise,
wife of Edward Beadel, residing at New Castle, Pennsylvania,
chief engineer and general manager of the Pennsylvania Engineering
Works; William M., a successful practitioner of law at
Youngstown, a graduate of the New York Law School; Charles F.,
who is associated in business with his father; and Martha M.,
residing at home, a graduate of Miss Baldwin's School, Bryn
Mawr, Pennsylvania. Of the above family, Charles F. Owsley
began his studies in 1896, as a pupil under Architect E. L.
Masqueray, of New York City, graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania, with the degree of B. S. in architecture, and then
studied this art in Paris and subsequently traveled extensively
through Europe.
Charles H. Owsley is a valued member of the
Youngstown Chamber of Commerce, and is a member of the committee on
postal affairs. Fraternally he is a Mason and an Elk.
With his family he belongs to the First Presbyterian Church.
Source:
20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co. - Chicago,
Illinois -
1907 - Page 728 |
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