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| Title | Aurora Street #161 |
| Description | This brick Greek Revival house was built during the prosperity of the 1850s. Seymour Straight (1816-1896), a wealthy cheese manufacturer, purchased the house and added full-length pillars to the front facade. Straight's son, Wellington B. Straight (1842-1928) served as a captain in the cavalry during the Civil War. James W. Ellsworth (1849-1925) bought the house in 1908. He removed the pillars and subsequently added a red tile roof. Longtime resident W.D. Shilts (1881-1971) also occupied this graceful home at one time. More research is needed. |
| Date | 1950 |
| Subject | Hudson (Ohio)
Streets and Roads
Houses
Photography
Aurora Street
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| Names | Moos, William
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| Contributors | Hudson Library & Historical Society
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| Type | Image
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| Format | 5 in. x 3.5 in. |
| Source | HU_Aurora_161.jpg |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Houses of Hudson Collection
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| Rights | This material from the picture file is protected by the copyright law. The library makes this picture available for the personal use of the borrower to be used for private study, scholarship or research. Reproduction, alteration or derivative use of this visual image for the purposes other than those listed above without the express written permission of the copyright holder may constitute an infringement of copyright law. |
| Creator | William Moos
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| About the Creator | William Moos (1919-1984) was a painter, architect and beloved arts and crafts teacher. He also directed the art department at Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio. Mr. Moos was reared in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and studied architecture at St. John's College and Yale University. He later practiced architecture in New York City and worked as a field engineer and interior designer before coming to the academy in 1945. He was responsible for the design work for the restoration of Western Reserve Academy's Chapel and Christ Church Episcopal in Hudson, Ohio. He had a keen sense of historic preservation of buildings and served as a founding member of the Hudson Heritage Association. Later in life he also served as a lobbyist for the American Civil Liberties Union. |
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