Amasa Stone was an American industrialist who built railroads and invested in mills in Ohio. He was a major benefactor of Western Reserve College, which became part of Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA...

 in 1967. Amasa Stone Chapel was built after his death in his memory. The building named after his son, Adelbert Hall

Adelbert Hall

Adelbert Hall is an administration building at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and a registered historic building, listed in the National Register on 1973-10-30. It was built in 1881 to serve as the home of Western Reserve College and named after Adelbert Stone, the son of...

, is still the home of the university administration.

Stone committed suicide by gunshot two years after the Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster

Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster

The Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster was a train disaster caused by bridge failure...

. He was one of the designers of the faulty bridge and was found to be partly at fault for the bridge's collapse.

In 1905 Mesaba Steamship Company launched a Great Lakes bulk freighter named in honor of Amasa Stone, managed by Pickands Mather, eventually sailing under the Interlake Steamship banner. She sailed until 1960. Since 1965 the hull of the Amasa Stone has served as a breakwater for the St. Mary's Cement shipping terminal in Charlevoix, Michigan along with the hull of the Charles S. Hebard.

External links

• Amasa Stone biography on Hathaway Brown school website
• Amasa Stone Chapel