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| Title | Hudson Street #120 |
| Description | Leander Starr (1804-1885) built this gambrel-roofed home in the early 1830s for Western Reserve College professor Elizur Wright, Jr. (1804-1885). It is considered one of the earliest gambrel roofs on a residence in the Western Reserve. Wright was such a strong supporter of abolition in the hotly debated abolition-versus-colonization controversy that he resigned his position at Western Reserve College in 1833 over the debate. Wright was also editor to several anti-slavery magazines. Wright perhaps is best known for his work in life insurance. He published several books on the subject, served as the commissioner of insurance in Massachusetts, and often has been called the "father of life insurance." |
| Date | 1950 |
| Subject | Hudson (Ohio)
Streets and Roads
Houses
Photography
Hudson 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_Hudson_120.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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