LANCASTER, Ohio ( WCMH ) — A building that once housed the Fairfield Shoe Company will be converted into a commercial space that includes apartments.
The renovation of a century-old factory at 219 N. Columbus St. will usher in “The Shumaker” — a mixed-use project that will include 60 residential apartments and five short-term rentals. The property will additionally feature three interior courtyards.
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Built in the early 1900s, the building being used for The Shumaker once housed the Fairfield Shoe Company, which employed nearly 2,000 people and was manufacturing 20,000 pairs of shoes a year by 1919. Given that history, Urban Restorations renamed the building to The Shumaker to acknowledge its history.
Stephanie Bosco, Lancaster’s economic development director and executive director of the Lancaster Port Authority, said that the gears started turning on the project more than two years ago when former mayor David Scheffler and former economic development director Mike Pettit met with Bob Schilling, president of Urban Restoration.