Historic marker for quarrymen gets repainted with help from Albion students
Photos courtesy of Tim Archer
ALBION – The historic marker about immigrants who worked in the Medina Sandstone quarries has a new coat of paint. The marker is next to the First Presbyterian Church of Albion on Main Street.
The immigrants came from Poland, England, Italy and Ireland to work in the quarries. The church with its 175-foot-high steeple is one of the most prominent examples of their work, according to the historic marker.
Some Albion eighth-graders teamed with Melissa Ierlan with giving the marker a facelift. This photo shows students in a social studies enrichment class – Jessie Moore, Monica Thomas and Alayna Flugel – with Ierlan. This is the 37th historical marker that Ierlan has scraped and repainted.
