From History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties

Vol. I  Pub. by H. Z. Williams & Bro. 1882 

Page: 280                        





                Dana's Musical Instatute.

Dana's Musical Institute is one of the Many interesting places in Warren, an

institution of which the city has just reason to be proud.

It is wholly there own. its president, a native of the place, conceived the

plan upon which he, with a corps of six or eight professors and teachers,

are now woking with very marked success.

The school opend in October, 1896, in rooms on the third floor of the building

at the corner of Main and Market streets, and now occupied by the

Knights of Pythias.

Before close of the year it became evident that greater accommodaitions were

needed, and accordingly, in July of 1870, the large building at the corrner of

Park avenue and High steet was bought and fitted up for use of the institute.

Fourty rooms in all are used for the various departments. The building is a

substantial brick, four stories high above the basement. the basement contains

the fule, tank, boiler, and closet rooms. On the first floor are the reception rooms 

presedent's room, buisness office, and the piano and organ rooms, in which is a 

magnificent pipe organ. The second floor is occupied by the vocal class room and 

piano practice rooms. 

The third floor has the violin and theory class rooms, and organ and piano practice

rooms. The organ practicee rooms are on the forth floor.

The entire building is used for the school purposes. The rooms throughout are kept 

in excelent condition. It is heated by steam and lighted with gas. 

Everything required in the study and practice of music is supplied. Pianos, organs,

violins, and other stringed instruments, and every conceivable kind of wind instruments,

are to be seen in there appropriate places.

The president, William H. Dana, is meeting with success in his proffession, is abmitious

to excel, and devotes his time to his profession. He is now visiting the northern countries

of Eourope. Janius Dana, Esq., a gentleman of ample means, is the financial head of the

institute. He was born in southwestern New Hampshire, in 1821, and at the age of seventeen

he came to this State wiht his father, spending the first five years on the farm: afterwards

he attended school, then taught six years. In 1863 he was elected county auditor, and has

been sucessfully engaged in a number of enterprises. In 1844 he was married to Miss

Martha Parker.