Gloversville
| Gloversville | |||
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Location in New York
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1853 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | new York | ||
| County : | Fulton County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 3 ′ N , 74 ° 21 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 15,665 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 1,186.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 13.2 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 250 m | ||
| Postal code : | 12078 | ||
| Area code : | +1 518 | ||
| FIPS : | 36-29443 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0951265 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofgloversville.com | ||
| Mayor : | Vincent DeSantis ( D ) | ||
Gloversville is a city in the US state of New York in Fulton County . The name of the city comes from the many glove companies based there. Since the mid-19th century, Gloversville (along with the neighboring town of Johnstown ) had been the center of the American glove industry for over a hundred years.
geography
The city is located in the southern foothills of the Adirondack Mountains . Cayadutta Creek flows south through the city, with Great Sacandaga Lake to the northeast . In an east-west direction, New York State Route 29A (Fulton Street) runs through the city.
founding
As a reward for his services during the "French and Indian War" , the former major general of the British armed forces William Johnson received large tracts of land in what is now Fulton County, which is historically known as "Kingsborough". In 1752 Arent Stevens bought the land. At the end of the 18th century were there Puritans from New England down. Gloversville became the official name of the parish after a US post office was established in 1828. Gloversville has had city status since 1890.
Leather industry
The wooded area was characterized by the hemlock (hemlock), the bark of which was an important substance in the tanning of leather. The Cayadutta Creek (a tributary of the Mohawk ) supplied the water that was also needed.
The industrial development was also favored by the connection to the rail network. From 1870 there was a rail connection to Fonda , a few kilometers on the Mohawk , later to Schenectady in eastern New York State and from there to New York Central Station . Railway operations were stopped in 1984. The route was later expanded to become a hiking and biking trail ("Fulton County Rail Trail").
Large tanneries and glove shops employed nearly 80 percent of the population of Gloversville and the surrounding area. Between 1890 and 1950, 90 percent of all gloves sold in the United States were made in Gloversville. Many other production and service companies established themselves around leather processing (cardboard manufacturers, sewing machine mechanics, weavers, dealers, etc.). The peak of this industry was around 1905, when 237 factories were operating in Johnstown / Gloversville. See fold-out menu
At the beginning of the 21st century, only a few industries remained in Gloversville. Many of the old factory buildings are still there, but they are empty and left to decay.
Fulton Montgomery Chamber of Commerce at the corner of Fulton and Main Street
Main Street
Washington Street
Fremont Street
Former factory building in the city center
Former factory building in the city center
Formerly Daniel Hays Co. Glove Factory, Fulton Street
Formerly "Louis Meyers & Son Glove Factory", Pine Street
Selection of companies in the leather processing industry:
- A. Tipaldi
- Anthony J. Kaiser
- Armor Leather Company
- Baggs-Texier Glove Corporation
- Borman Sheep Lined Coat Co., Inc.
- Buscarlet Glove Co., Inc.
- C&B Leather Coat Co.
- Care Leather Finishing, Inc.
- Cayadutta Tanning Co.
- Charles G. Potter Leather Co., Inc.
- Charles King
- Clark's Leather Splitting Company
- Colonial Tanning Corp.
- Crown Leather Finishing Inc.
- D. Berger
- Daniel Hays Co. Glove Factory
- Diana Knitting Co.
- Eastmor Leather Trading Corp.
- Elmer Little Sons, Inc.
- Ernesto Baumann
- Fashion Tanning Co. Inc.
- Fire Hide & Skin Corp.
- Frank Kerdyk
- Gates Mills
- Geo. A. Steward & Co.
- Geo. F. Mills
- George Johns
- Glen Ayr Mills, Inc.
- Gloversville Leather Manufacturing Corp.
- Gloversville Silk Mills
- Goliger Leather Co., Inc.
- HB Ten Eyck
- HE Rosenberg
- H. & P. Glove Co.
- Hudson Tanning Co., Inc.
- Ideal leather finishers
- Independent Leather Manufacturing Corporation
- JI Mc. Martin's & Sons
- JP Miller & Co.
- James Heagle
- Johnstown Mocha Mills Co., Inc.
- Jones & Naudin Leather Corp.
- Joseph Conroy
- Karg Brothers Inc.
- Laon F. Swears Inc.
- Leavitt-Berner Tanning Corp.
- Libdresco Leathers, Inc.
- Liberty Dressing Corp.
- Licardo Gloves
- Louis Meyers and Son Glove Factory
- MF Adams & Son Inc.
- Mario Papa & Sons, Inc.
- Maylender Brothers
- Meltzner Fur Co.
- Milton Berger Leather Corp.
- Mocha Dressing Co., Inc.
- Model Fur Co.
- Northrup Glove Mfg Co
- Pagano Gloves Inc.
- Peerless Tanning Co., Inc
- Perrone Leathers, Inc.
- RL Kilmer & Sons. Co.
- RR Sands & Son
- # Revanson
- Rowles-Newnham Glove Corp.
- Sasco
- Serfis Glove Company
- Stewart & Briggs
- Suberb
- T&R Toggling Co.
- The Leather Group
- The Naptan Company, Inc.
- The Reliable Glove Co.
- Topp & Ireland
- Topp's Lambskin Fashions Inc.
- Twin City Leather Co., Inc.
- Vallier
- Warren Miller & Sons
- William E. Dovey
- Winig Glove Company Inc.
- WN room & Sun
- Wood & Hyde Leather Co. Inc.
Associated with Gloversville
- The film producer Samuel Goldwyn worked in Gloversville until 1912 in the glove industry.
- The medic Albert Hewett Coons was born in Gloversville.
- Actress Elizabeth Anne Allen (who played Amy Madison in Buffy the Vampire Slayer ) grew up in Gloversville.
- The writer Richard Russo grew up in Gloversville.
literature
- Herbert M. Engel: Shtetl in the Adirondacks: The Story of Gloversville and Its Jews , Purple Mountain Pr Ltd; Reissue edition 1991, ISBN 0-93579-622-3
Web links
- Map of Johnstown and Gloversville with the "Fulton County Rail Trail", PDF
- gloversandtanners.com, extensive presentation of the industrial history (English)
- www.albany.edu: On the workers' strike in 1914 (English)
- "Leather Soul - Tannery Work" on youtube (English)
- "Our Old Home Town" on youtube (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ DeSantis appointed Gloversville Mayor. In: The Daily Gazette , January 10, 2019, accessed April 4, 2020.
- ↑ Livingplaces.com: "Kingsboro Historic District"
- ↑ cityofgloversville.com: "Gloversville's History and Culture" ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ fjgrr.org: "The Beginning Of The Fonda Johnstown And Gloversville Railroad"
- ↑ nytimes.com: "Heir to a Glove Town's Legacy"
- ↑ gloversandtanners.com: "Gloversville Glove & Leather Directory"
