Gem City Jewel: Largest magazine printer under one roof

McCall Corporation once had a printing plant in Dayton that was the largest of its kind under one roof. Although the plant was only one story high, it covered an area of over 400,000 square feet.

Located at 2219 McCall Avenue, by the early 1960s the vast plant was printing everything from dress patterns to nearly 50 magazines, including McCall’s, Newsweek, Red Book, and Popular Science. The plant never shut down, running 24 hours, 7 days a week.