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| Title | Aurora Street #333 |
| Description | This home was built circa 1824 by Dr. Jonathan Metcalf (1787-1869), a War of 1812 surgeon and local physician. Dwight E. Murray (1843-1863), a neighbor and friend, was a frequent visitor of the Metcalfs. Unfortunately Dwight, who was a Civil War color-bearer, got lost while on patrol in Tennessee and was killed by a rebel ambush. This Federal/Greek Revival transitional home was later owned by William I. Chamberlain (1837-1920), an agriculturalist and well-known editor of the "Ohio Farmer." The Chamberlain Farm was known for advanced farming methods and high-yielding crops.
The present front-gabled, two-story core was the original house and was used in the early 1900s as a tenant house on the Edward Fitch (1873-1924) farm. Bessie McFarlin Fitch (1878-1949), Edward's widow, moved the house to this location in 1924. This home was also the residence of John D. Sorgi (1951-2006), former president of American Fireworks Co. |
| Date | 1950 |
| Subject | Hudson (Ohio)
Streets and Roads
Houses
Photography
Aurora Street
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| Names | Moos, William
Carabell, Alarcia S.
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| Contributors | Hudson Library & Historical Society
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| Type | Image
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| Format | 3.5 in. x 3.5 in. |
| Source | HU_Aurora_333.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. |
| About this Collection | http://www.hudsonlibrary.org |
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