Category: Business and Industry

The HILDEBRANDT PROVISION CO., a family-owned meat-processing firm, was begun by German immigrant Charles R. Hildebrandt who, along with his brother-in-law, August Habermann, bought the meat-packing house of Xavier Armbruster at 453 Sterling (E. 30th) St. in 1887.

The HILL ACME CO. was one of Cleveland's oldest firms engaged in the heavy manufacturing business. Jacob Perkins and Harry Hill founded and incorporated the firm in 1886 as the Hill Clutch Co., with a plant located near present-day EDGEWATER PARK. In 1906 Perkins established a foundry for Hill Clutch on W. 65th St.

HILLHOUSE, JAMES H. (20 October 1754-29 December 1832) a lesser-known but important figure in the early days of the WESTERN RESERVE, did much to stabilize the finances of both settlers and the Connecticut School Fund. Born in Montville, in the

HLAVIN, WILLIAM S. (29 Jan. 1910 - 14 April 1997), electrical engineer and a pioneer in local radio and television, was born in Cleveland to Antoinette "Nettie" Charvat and Stephan Hlavin, both originally from Bohemia. Hlavin worked his way through FENN COLLEGE during the Depression, graduating B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1933.

The HOLLENDEN HOTEL, once the most glamorous and colorful of Cleveland's hostelries, opened on 7 June 1885. It was the first large hotel for transients east of PUBLIC SQUARE and offered accommodations for permanent residents as well. LIBERTY E.

The HOLTKAMP ORGAN COMPANY has been located at 2909 Meyer Avenue in Cleveland since 1922.  Its origins date from the G. F. Votteler & Co., a small regional organ company established in Cleveland in 1866.   The company was run by two generations of Votteler before Herman Heinrich Holtkamp, also known as Henry Holtkamp, moved to Cleveland to join Henry Votteler, who was retiring.

HORSBURGH AND SCOTT CO. produces gears and industrial transmissions and has prospered over a century of operation. Founded in 1886 by millwrights Frank Horsburgh and Thos. Scott, the company operated a machine shop at 108 Canal St. producing wire trolley switchovers, wire connectors, and allied parts for local streetcar companies.

HOTELS. For nearly 200 years, the inns and hotels of Cleveland, from the oldest roadside taverns to early mercantile hotels, and from the modern convention hotels to the motels of the automobile age, have followed the developments characteristic of most cities of Cleveland's size and age.

HOUGH BAKERIES, INC. was noted for its high quality food and baked goods throughout northeast Ohio. Founded by Lionel A. Pile, who came to Cleveland in 1902, Hough Home Bakery opened 25 (27) May 1903 at 8708 Hough Ave. with 4 employees.

The HOUSE OF WILLS, a funeral home established in 1904 as Gee & Wills, was among the most long-standing and successful AFRICAN AMERICAN businesses in Cleveland.

HOWARD HANNA SMYTHE CRAMER, one of the largest real estate firms in the country, can trace its roots to the 1903 founding of the A. B. Smythe Company in Cleveland, Ohio. Following his graduation at Oberlin College, Alfred Burns Smythe established a real estate office under his own name in the Citizens Building on Euclid Avenue.

The HULETT ORE UNLOADERS were invented by Clevelander GEORGE H. HULETT in 1898, as a means to quickly unload lake ore carriers. The 100-foot-tall, 800-ton machines were capable of shoveling up to 17 tons of iron ore, coal, and limestone in a single gulp from lake freighters through the use of cantilevered arms and massive buckets.

HUNKIN-CONKEY CONSTRUCTION CO., noted contractor for public works throughout the U.S., began in 1900 when Samuel and William Hunkin, who had been in Cleveland's building trades since 1870, formed a partnership as the Hunkin Bros. The firm was incorporated in 1903. A nephew, Guy E. Conkey, was put in charge of the Cleveland operation after Sam Hunkin was killed and Wm.

The HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK OF NORTHEAST OHIO is one of Cleveland's major banks and a principal subsidiary of the Columbus-based Huntington Bancshares, Inc. The original Cleveland bank was organized in Dec. 1920 when 20 area financial institutions merged to form the Union Trust Co. with $322.5 million in resources and offices in the Citizens Bldg. at EUCLID AVE. and E. 9th St.

The HUPP CORP. began as a car maker and then was revitalized as an appliance and heating-system manufacturer. In 1908 the Hupmobile Corp. began producing the Hupmobile car in Detroit and came to Cleveland in 1928 to manufacture a low-priced version of its automobile.

HUTCHINSON AND CO. represented family Great Lakes shipping interests that dated back to ca. 1861, when John T. Hutchinson became part-owner of a scow (schooner) as payment of a butcher bill. As he acquired income and secured loans, he purchased more vessels. His son, Charles L., began his career on a Hutchinson sailing vessel as a cabin boy at the age of 16 and rose rapidly through the ranks, becoming its captain at 20.

The I-X CENTER, an exhibition building located at 6300 Riverside Dr. in BROOK PARK, was originally built in 1942 as the Cleveland Bomber Plant, but known through most of its history as the Cleveland Tank Plant. Owned by the War Department during WORLD WAR II, the facility was operated by General Motors as the Fisher Body Aircraft Plant No.

The I. N. TOPLIFF MFG. CO.was the brainchild of Connecticut- born inventor and industrialist Isaac Newton Topliff. Though first working as a schoolteacher Topliff's mechanical penchant led him to the midwest and the carriage industry during the 1850s. After a brief stay in Elyria, OH where he worked with his brother John A. Topliff at carriage making, he went on to spend ten years running his own shop in Michigan.

IDEAL MACARONI CO., a family-owned pasta company located in the Cleveland area for over 90 years, began in 1903 when grocer Pasquale Ippolito first rolled out pasta behind the family store at 1506 Scovill Ave.; by 1919 he had organized the Ideal Macaroni company. After Pasquale's death in 1920, Ideal was operated by members of the Ippolito and Dodero families with his son, Leo C.