Fostoria is located at 213 South Main Street, Fostoria, OH 44830.
Phone: 419-435-8282.
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The Fostoria [†] glass era began when natural gas was discovered in the mid 1880s at "Godsend," five miles west of town. Aided by former governor Charles Foster, Fostoria attracted more than a dozen companies that manufactured utilitarian and decorative glassware from 1887 to 1920. These companies produced windows, bottles, tableware, lamps, shades, and electric incandescent lamps. The Fostoria Glass Company was the best-known manufacturer of glass in Fostoria. From 1887 to 1891, it made a wide variety of decorative glass including its famous "Victoria" pattern tableware. Even after the company relocated to Moundsville, West Virginia following the depletion of natural gas in the area, it retained the name "Fostoria," which is still synonymous with excellence in the glass-making art.
The Fostoria Glass Company [‡] was founded in 1887 in Fostoria, Ohio. They made clear pressed glass and oil-burning lamps from the simplest to the fanciest, including painted "Gone With the Wind" lamps. The fuel supply ran out in Fostoria, so the plant was moved to Moundsville, West Virginia in 1891.
† Text from the Ohio Historical Society market 5-4. The missing marker was located at North County Line Street (U.S. Route 23) and Perrysburg Road (Ohio Route 199),
† Glass Factories on Postcards, www.eapgs.com, accessed December, 2023.