Henryville Canning Company

Originally, a canning factory, this was also the site of the spring manufacturing company, which closed in the 1940s-1950s and moved to Evansville. For a short time in the 1970s, it had been a truck topper factory. It is now used as a tow yard for Furnish's Garage as seen in the first photo and a practice area for the Monroe Township Fire Department as shown in the second.

The third photo is of two cans with the Henryville Tomatoes label as seen on store shelves back in the day. Our special thanks to the Clark County Museum for this display.

The Cannery was organized by Matthew Dunlevy. An interesting individual who has been forgotten for his contribution to our town, for example:

According to 'Baird's History of Clark County'; "In 1902, Mr. Dunlevy was a 'moving spirit' in establishing the Henryville Canning Factory."

He is noted for helping to start the Henryville Bank, he owned his own mercantile store, helpied to establish the State Forestry Reservation and became publisher of the Henryville Times newspaper. Mr. Dunlevy is credited for helping to bring electricity and a phone system to Henryville, and was for a time the postmaster.

He and his wife are buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery. We owe this man far more than we realized and thank him for his love of our town.