3. Glass Town
• Weston, WV – glass of WV!
• 39°2′31″N 80°28′12″W Lewis County
• There have been over 20 glass manufacturers
that have opened and closed since 1903.
4. Glass Town (cont.)
• The beautiful city of Weston, West Virginia has
stunning mountain views and a variety of interesting
things to do. Several of the area's attractions highlight
the region's rich, glass making history.
• This picture was taken in
1912, shortly after the Art
Glass Tile Company closed
(4th company to open and close
in Weston, WV).
5. Glass Town (cont.)
• The first glass company to open in Weston is
Monarch Tile Company.
• Opened in 1903 and closed in 1908.
• They specialized in the making of glass tile.
7. Crescent Window Glass, Weston, West Virginia, 1903-1920
This site later became the West Virginia Glass Specialty Company that produced
tableware, barware and stemware until 1987. A visit to the site today will provide you
with a view of the ruminants of some of these buildings; the railroad is now Highway
19, the chimneys have been removed, the gift shop of West Virginia Specialty is
overgrown with vines and the roof has collapsed
8. Glass Town (cont.)
• The "Appalachian Glass Company“ (still open
today) manufactures jelly jar candles, 500
plus soda lime crystal products, hand crafted
and hand blown stemware as well as
assorted novelty items like the infamous
witch balls.
9. List of Glass Companies
• Monarch Tile Company (1902-1908) glass tiles
• Crescent Window Glass Company Bestow Manufacturing
Company (1903-1920) window glass
• Bastow Manufacturing Company (1909-1911) novelties
• Art Glass Tile Company (1908-1912) glass tile
• Weston Lamp Chimney Company (1911) lamp chimneys
• Bendale Lighting Glass Company (1912) lamps, globes
• Travis Glass Company (1916-1919) milk bottles
• Weston Glass Company (1919-1932) tableware
• Interstate Window Glass Corp. (1920-1928) window glass
• Louie Glass Company (191926-1998) tableware
• Brilliant Glass Products (1927-1929) milk glass, novelties
10. List of Glass Companies (cont.)
• Blamer-Westite (1929-1930) light fixtures
• Westite Company (1030-1936) tumblers
• WV Glass Specialty Company (1930-1987) tableware
• Weston Glass Company (1944-1951) stemware
• Colonial Glass Company (1945-1975) stemware, vases
• H&M Glass (1948-1949) vases, candy jars, novelties
• McCoy Glass (1954-1956) vases, novelties
• Haleville School (1970-1980) teaching public glass facility
• C&S Glass Products (1998) studio glass, paperweights
• Princess House (1998-2000) stemware, tableware
• GlassWorks, WV (2000-2003) stemware, art glass
• Appalachian Glass Products (2001-present) ornaments (etc.)
• Capridoni Crystal (2003-2006) paperweights
(Dean Six, West Virginia Glass Towns)
11. Chip Turner blowing glass at the
Museum of American Glass in WV
in Weston, WV (2009)
Glass Blowing in Weston, WV
12. • Appalachian Glass Products
• Dean Six
• Google Images
• Weston, WV
• West Virginia Glass Towns, Dean Six
