The Glass Factory School was located in Dyberry Township, in the area known since the very early days of Wayne County as the “Old Glass Factory Road” or “Coffee-Pot Road.” The latter name supposedly came from the pupils at the Glass Factory School heating their lunch beverage on the school stove.

The glassworks were started in 1816 by a group of Germans led by Christian Faatz. They had started a business in Philadelphia without much success and decided to try their luck in the Beech Woods, as the entire area was then called. The spot they selected for their enterprise was in the heart of a wilderness, but the area offered everything they needed for the manufacture of window glass—plenty of water, wood and stone—except clay for the melting pots, which was brought from Philadelphia. Eventually the original group failed, and the factory passed through several owners and closed for good in 1845 after a disastrous fire.

 From the collection of the Wayne County Historical Society, 810 Main St., Honesdale. The museum and research library are open Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and museum only 12 noon to 4 p. m. Sunday.