Frank H. Buhl gave this club for the innocent recreation of the men of Sharon, so they would not have to spend their evenings in saloons drinking and getting into even worse trouble. As the Buhl Community Recreation Center, it is still going; it now admits women as well. The original building was put up in 1902; the architect was Buhl’s favorite, Charles H. Owsley of Owsley & Boucherle in Youngstown.1
- The SAH Archipedia article on the Buhl Club attributes it to Charles F. Owsley, son of Charles H., but that is almost certainly a mistake in the easily confused middle initial. Charles F. was only 22 years old in 1902, and he had not yet joined his father’s firm. ↩︎