Residential

Emily Alley, located across from Brown, Bonnell & Company, was dedicated on November 10, 1847. The land was mapped by county surveyor Joseph C. Houston at the request of Thomas Bane, Henry Wick, and Hugh B. Wick. Multiple services, such as a grocery store, pharmacy, blacksmith, boarding houses, and places of worship were within walking distance from Emily Alley. Emily Alley was renamed Freeman Street in 1910. However, residents continued to refer to it as Emily Alley. Emily Alley's dwellings were torn down by the B&O Railroad Company to make room for a freight warehouse.

The charts below provide information from the 1900 and 1910 federal population census on the ethnic makeup of the residents of Emily Alley. The change in the ethnic makeup resulted from increased immigration into the area to fill positions in the mills and find other work in Youngstown.

Laura Rothermel, "Residents of Emily Alley: 1900-1910." Youngstown State University, 2003, pp. 1-5.