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Sheet and Tube. All of the original structures stand, and are considered representative of the planned industrial community movement of the late 19th and early 20th century. Mark's planned worker community in
Northwest Indiana is regarded as an important cultural resource of architectural and historical significance, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
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in 1912. The final design of
Marktown has been described as an attempt to recreate a gracious English country village. Construction was stopped when only a fraction of the original plans for Marktown were completed due to the aftereffects of World War I, and the sale of his steel plant to Youngstown
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Mark founded The Mark
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President of the Board of Education, Mark facilitated the building of new schools to alleviate crowded conditions, including the Edgar Allan Poe School in Pullman. Many of Mark's efforts were aimed at increasing the efficiency of the school system and increasing attendance. For
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President of the Civic Federation of Chicago from 1907 to 1929, an active reform group that addressed the city's social and political problems. It is noteworthy that Mark worked with Jane Addams on a number of educational and social reforms. Clayton Mark has been
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in 1836 after Mark's father's dry goods business burned down. Cyrus Marks subsequently established another dry goods business in
Carroll. However, Clayton stayed in Chicago to begin his career as a file clerk for Chicago Malleable Iron Co. in 1876, where he advanced to secretary and then to
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In 1917, Mark began construction of a planned worker community “Marktown” to house the workers of his steel mill in
Indiana Harbor, East Chicago, although it was never completed. Marktown was designed to house 8,000 employees in 200 houses, and the plans included a recreation building, both
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example, he advocated the appointment and promotion of teachers based on merit. He also advocated better sanitary conditions, the establishment of school playgrounds, the extension of technical schools, and the incorporation of kindergartens into public schools.
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described by historians as taking part in a phenomenal number of civic affairs with overwhelming energy and drive, and that "…he tried in every way to protect and foster the things in life that made it possible for him so it would be possible for others."
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Chicago with his family in 1872. He was educated in the public schools of Pennsylvania and Illinois, and stopped his formal education after completing seventh grade at Brown School in Chicago. Mark's family relocated to
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elementary and high schools, a post office, a movie theatre, and a recreational park with tennis courts. In contrast to the neighboring planned worker community developed by the
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in which workers were not allowed to own their homes, the residents of Marktown were to have the opportunity to either rent or purchase their homes.
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Myers, P. A. (December 2003). "Marktown by design: the continuing story of the Marktown Historic District".
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vice-president. He was on the Board of Directors until his death.
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Carroll Iowa Historical Society (29 November 1922).
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200:"Clayton Mark, Veteran Steel Executive, Dies".
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