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	Search results for Company > 1950 > Hudson (Ohio)    Refine your search Creator William Moos (46) Type Image (46) results 1-20 of 46 item(s)  page 1 of 3 : ( <<  1  2  3  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. College Street #94 - Western Reserve Academy - Observatory Hudson (Ohio); Streets and Roads; Photography; Western Reserve Academy; Western Reserve College; Schools; Private Schools; College Street; A plaque on the observatory honors Professor Elias Loomis (1811-1889) and Charles Young (1834-1908), two Western Reserve College professors noted for their astronomy research. Loomis, for whom this observatory... 2. South Main Street #146 Hudson (Ohio); Streets and Roads; Houses; Photography; South Main Street - Hudson; Artist Lamont "Monty" Rauch once lived in this 1940s home. Rauch began his studies at the Arts Student League in New York under American painter Reginald Marsh (1898-1954). He graduated from the Cleveland... 3. Maple Drive #78 Hudson (Ohio); Streets and Roads; Houses; Photography; Railroad Street; Maple Drive; Charles Higgins (1830-1892) and his wife Mary (1819-1877) once owned this home. Both were practicing Catholics. Conveniently, St. Mary Catholic Church was within walking distance of their house. Charles... 4. North Main Street #433 Hudson (Ohio); Streets and Roads; Houses; Photography; North Main Street - Hudson; David G. Hood (1904-1990), a former resident of this circa-1940 home, was a sales manager for the Diamond Alkali Corp., the once-Cleveland-based chemical, oil, and gas company. Hood's wife June (1901-1981)... 5. Streetsboro Street #36 - Turner Lumber & Supply Company Hudson (Ohio); Streets and Roads; Photography; Streetsboro Street; Businesses; Turner Lumber & Supply Company; Edgar B. Ellsworth (1815-1883) built this lumber mill in the 1850s. The building has served many purposes throughout its long history. For a few years, until 1873, the building was used as a chair factory.... 6. South Main Street #95 Hudson (Ohio); Streets and Roads; Houses; Photography; South Main Street - Hudson; Franklin H. Jones (1881-1961), bookkeeper for the J.L. Horning Co., once lived in this home. Horning, a building supply company, would become Horning Building Supply and, later, Collinwood-Horning. It... 7. Hudson Street #109 Hudson (Ohio); Streets and Roads; Houses; Photography; Hudson Street; Harvey Baldwin (1798-1880), son-in-law of Hudson's founder, built this home in 1855. Before remodeling, this home was identical to the residence at 113 Hudson St. Residents of this home have included Howard... 8. North Main Street #401 Hudson (Ohio); Streets and Roads; Houses; Photography; North Main Street - Hudson; Hudson Township Trustee and Village Councilman William H. McConnell (1907-1974) and his wife, Helen McConnell (1907-1985), were the first owners of this late-1940s home. Before his retirement, William... 9. Streetsboro Street #36 - Turner Lumber & Supply Company Hudson (Ohio); Streets and Roads; Photography; Streetsboro Street; Businesses; Turner Lumber & Supply Company; In 1942 a motor in a gravel conveyor at the Turner Lumber & Supply Co. caught fire, eventually causing the gas tank in the conveyor to explode. Owner Francis Turner (1873-1943), who had been trying to... 10. Atterbury Boulevard Hudson (Ohio); Streets and Roads; Photography; Atterbury Boulevard; In the 1920s, Cleveland company S. H. Kleinman Realty acquired land in Hudson to build a large subdivision complex, which was intended to include 1,000 homes, a country club, a park, and shopping areas.... 11. Ravenna Street #115 Hudson (Ohio); Streets and Roads; Houses; Photography; Ravenna Street; It is known that the Ingersoll family once inhabited this 1850s property. Sanford B. Ingersoll (1828-1874) and his brother, Edward D. Ingersoll (1830-1882), were both sawmill and lumber dealers. Edward... 12. Thirty Acres Lane #5 - The Pond House Hudson (Ohio); Streets and Roads; Houses; Photography; South Main Street - Hudson; Thirty Acres Lane; Lemuel Porter (1775-1829) likely built this circa-1845 home for abolitionist John B. Clark (1793-1872), who was said to have served as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Clark, a farmer, once served... 13. Clinton Street #21 - Morse Instrument Company Hudson (Ohio); Streets and Roads; Photography; Businesses; Morse Controls; Clinton Street; Morse Instrument Company (later Morse Controls) began in this building and operated at this site for over 60 years. In 1941 John F. Morse, Jr. (1905-1994) opened a small four-person photographic equipment... 14. Ravenna Street #45 - Phillips Petroleum Hudson (Ohio); Streets and Roads; Photography; Ravenna Street; Businesses; Phillips Petroleum Company; On Nov. 12, 1970, Hudson experienced one of the most tragic days in its history. At 7:10 a.m. multiple gas-induced explosions occurred at the Hudson propane company Fuelgas Corp., a subsidiary of Propane... 15. Church Street #19 - Hudson Fire Department Hudson (Ohio); Streets and Roads; Photography; Fire Department; Church Street; Town Hall; Hudson Town Hall; On Sept. 1, 1842, the first hook and ladder company in Hudson was formed with John Buss (1811-1876) as secretary. Although the fire department was formally organized (with documents) in 1849, from that... 16. Aurora Street #78 Hudson (Ohio); Streets and Roads; Houses; Photography; Aurora Street One of two houses sharing this lot, this home was built by contractor Charles Witty (1829-1911) in 1880. The earlier one was moved to 80 Oviatt Street in 1920. The Morse family once lived here. One of... 17. Ravenna Street #240 Hudson (Ohio); Streets and Roads; Houses; Photography; Ravenna Street; Residents of this home in the 1950s include Lenior (1906-1977) and Mildred Honeycutt (1912-1995) and Paul Graber (1919-2008). Lenior worked in production control for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Graber... 18. Ravenna Street #45 - Phillips Petroleum Hudson (Ohio); Streets and Roads; Photography; Ravenna Street; Businesses; Phillips Petroleum Company; Six tragic deaths occurred as a result of a fire here on Nov. 12, 1970. Hudson firefighters sought to protect the community from further devastation by cooling and removing an explosive portable fuel tank... 19. North Main Street #245 Hudson (Ohio); Streets and Roads; Photography; Businesses; North Main Street - Hudson; Western Reserve Telephone Company; The building at 245 N. Main Street was remodeled for the Western Reserve Telephone Co., which moved its office to this location in 1948. Telegraph operator Weldon Wood (1866-1936) founded the Western Reserve... 20. College Street #88 - Western Reserve Academy - Hayden Hall Hudson (Ohio); Streets and Roads; Photography; Western Reserve Academy; Schools; Private Schools; College Street; Businesses; Libraries; The building known as Hayden Hall, which today houses the music department at Western Reserve Academy, was once used as a cheese warehouse, a feed mill, a clubhouse, library, day school and restaurant.... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-20 of 46 item(s)  page 1 of 3 : ( <<  1  2  3  >> ) :: previous : next
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