Zeiher and Millar, Building Contractors

Peter J. Zeiher and Thomas C. Millar formed a partnership in 1914. In the early years, Zeiher & Millar focused on brick and stone work, but as time went by, they broadened their scope and they became general building contractors. Mr. Zeiher and Millar are in the group photo below, taken outside the Erie County Courthouse, when the 11th Annual Conference of the Bricklayers, Masons, Plasterers and Marble Masons met in Sandusky in May of 1916.

Zeiher & Millar are remembered for several important building projects in Sandusky, Ohio and throughout northern Ohio. In 1924, they were the contractors for the new Sandusky Butter and Egg Company, located on West Water Street, where Feddersen’s Bakery later was in business from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s. This advertisement appeared in the Sandusky Star Journal on February 25, 1928, when the new Junior High School was dedicated in Sandusky.

In the fall of 1928, Schine’s State Theater opened, which was yet another building constructed by Zeiher & Millar.

The Star Journal of October 12, 1928 featured an article about the firm:

Zeiher & Millar went out of business in the early 1930s. Peter J. Zeiher continued to work as a masonry contractor, and Thomas C. Millar went to serve as superintendent of maintenance for Sandusky City Schools for over twenty years. Mr. Zeiher passed away in 1964, and Mr. Millar died in 1966. The final resting place of both men is in Oakland Cemetery in Sandusky, Ohio.