HOUGH is a 2 sq. mi. neighborhood and Cleveland Statistical Planning Area bounded by Euclid and Superior Avenues and E. 55th and E. 105th Streets. Originally part of E. Cleveland Twp., it takes its name from one of the area’s major streets, Hough Ave., dedicated in 1873 and named for early landowners Oliver and Eliza Hough.
The HOUGH AREA DEVELOPMENT CORP. (HADC), a locally based organization formed in the spring of 1967 to direct neighborhood redevelopment after the HOUGH RIOTS, undertook several ambitious programs before becoming inactive in 1984.
HOUGH AVE. CONGREGATIONAL. See EUCLID AVE. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST.
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.
HOUGH HOUSE SERVICE CENTER. See EUCLID AVE. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST.
The HOUGH RIOTS, 18-24 July 1966, were a spontaneous outbreak of civil disorder which encompassed a spectrum ranging from angry protest to vandalism, looting, and arson.
The HOUGH-NORWOOD FAMILY HEALTH CARE CENTER was established in 1967 with an Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) grant to serve the needs of the inner-city poor, long neglected by the medical community. The center, at 1465 E. 55th St., offered primary care to any residents of HOUGH, Norwood, or Goodrich whose income fell below the poverty line—about 30,000 of the 76,000 Hough residents.
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.
HOVORKA, FRANK (5 Aug. 1897-9 Apr. 1984), chemistry professor and a leader in electrochemistry, was born to Frank and Anna (Pavlova) Hovorka in Cernicorvce, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (presently the Czech Republic), where he learned barbering and attended business school at night. In 1913, he came to the U.S., settling in a Czech settlement in Amana, Iowa, barbering in nearby Waterloo.
HOWARD DITTRICK MUSEUM OF HISTORICAL MEDICINE. See DITTRICK MUSEUM OF MEDICAL HISTORY.
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 HOWARD WISE GALLERY OF PRESENT DAY PAINTING was a privately owned gallery located at 11322 EUCLID AVE.
HOWARD, NATHANIEL RICHARDSON (23 Apr. 1898-23 Dec. 1980), last editor of the CLEVELAND NEWS, was born in Columbus, Ohio to Carlos N. and Anne M. (Richardson) Howard.
HOWE, CHARLES SUMNER (29 Sept. 1858-18 Apr. 1939), college educator and president of the Case School of Applied Science (1902-29) (see CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY), was born in Nashua, N.H., to William and Susan Woods Howe. In 1878 Howe received his B.S. in Agriculture from both Massachusetts Agricultural College and Boston University.
HOWE, FREDERIC C. (21 Nov. 1867-3 Aug. 1940), Progressive reformer, was born in Meadville, Pa. to Andrew Jackson and Jane Clemson Howe. He graduated from Allegheny College (1889) and Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D., 1892), entered law school in New York, then settled in Cleveland in 1894, working for the law firm of Harry & JAMES R.
HOWELL AND THOMAS was an architectural firm active in Cleveland from 1916-30. Carl Eugene Howell (1879-17 June 1930) was born in Columbus, OH, and died in Monrovia, CA. He attended Ohio State Univ. and studied drawing at the Columbus Art School. Jas. Wm. Thomas, Jr. (8 Nov. 1876-18 June 1973), was born in Wilkes-Barre, PA, and died in Hudson, OH. He attended the Univ. of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1904.
HOYT, DUSTIN, & KELLEY, which existed as such from 1893-1908, was a prominent law firm in Cleveland specializing in business law. Its major partners served as counselors and directors of a number of steamship companies, RAILROADS, banks, and manufacturing firms.
HOYT, HARLOWE RANDALL (1882-24 Oct. 1970) chronicled the Cleveland theater scene as a drama critic for more than half a century. He came by his theatrical interest by inheritance, as his grandfather had owned the local Concert Hall in his birthplace of Beaver Dam, Wis. Hoyt began his career as drama critic with the Milwaukee Free Press in 1902.
HRIDEL, ANNA C. (17 Nov. 1913 - 14 Sept. 1996) had a long career in broadcasting ethnic music on Cleveland RADIO. Born in Cleveland to Anna (Hejma) and Frank Jamek, she graduated from South High School and attended Cleveland College for three years.
The HRUBY FAMILY has produced leading musicians in Cleveland for three generations and was once known as "America's foremost musical family." FRANK HRUBY, SR. (IV), the family's patriarch, was born in Cehnice, Bohemia in 1856. His first musical job, at age 9, was with the Hagenbeck Circus. He stayed with the circus for 12 years and directed three bands at the end of his time.
HRUBY, FRANK, SR. (IV) (1856-9 Dec. 1912) became one of Cleveland's foremost band leaders and patriarch of one of America's most renowned musical families. Born in Cehnice, Bohemia, the elder Hruby obtained his first musical job with the Hagenbeck Circus, beginning at the age of 9 and and finishing as director of its 3 bands.
The architectural firm of HUBBELL & BENES designed several of Cleveland's most noteworthy buildings. W. DOMINICK BENES (1857-1935) began working for the firm of COBURN & BARNUM in 1876, and BENJAMIN S. HUBBELL (1867-1953) joined the firm in the mid-1890s.
HUBBELL, BENJAMIN S. (11 July 1867-21 Feb. 1953), architect active in Cleveland (1895-1930), who played a major role developing UNIVERSITY CIRCLE and who, with W.
HUBBELL, CHARLES HERMAN (1 Nov. 1898-7 Oct. 1971) was one of the most recognized the commercial aviation artists in the country. He created over 500 paintings, many of which are part of the WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY's Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum collection.
HUDSON, CHARLES LOWELL, M.D. (5 Aug. 1904-30 Aug. 1992) served as president of the American Medical Association (AMA) in 1966.
HUDSON, JEAN ROBERTA (6 Dec. 1919-2 July 1992), educator and expert on Cleveland history, was born in Philadelphia, the only child of J. Jones and Mary Porter Hudson. After graduation from CLEVELAND HEIGHTS High School in 1938, she attended the College of Wooster, receiving a B.A. degree in sociology in 1942. She obtained an M.A.
HUGHES, (JAMES) LANGSTON (1 Feb. 1902-22 May 1967), Black poet, playwright, novelist, and lecturer, was born in Joplin, Mo. to James Nathaniel and Carrie M. (Langston) Hughes. Carrie and James divorced shortly after Langston's birth, and James left the United States for Mexico. His mother and step-father moved the family to Cleveland in 1916.
HUGHES, ADELLA PRENTISS (29 Nov. 1869-23 Aug.
HUGHES, JOHN ARTHUR (2 Nov. 1880-25 May 1942) Congressional Medal of Honor recipient for service during the landing at Vera Cruz, Mexico, was born in New York City, enlisting in the U.S. Marines there on 22 April, 1914.
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.
HULETT, GEORGE H. (26 Sept. 1846-17 Jan. 1923), inventor of ore-unloading machinery, was born in Conneaut, Ohio, to Erastus and Amanda Norton Hulett. Hulett came to Cleveland at age 12 and graduated from HUMISTON INSTITUTE in 1864.
HULL, JESSIE (JESSE) REDDING (27 July 1932-20 Dec. 1992), author and speech therapist, wrote and published books for CHILDREN AND YOUTH and learning-disabled adults, as well as poetry.
The HUMILITY OF MARY SISTERS have pursued an apostolate of teaching, health care and community service in Cleveland since 1864. Sisters from the order have served throughout the country and in El Salvador. The Roman Catholic religious order was founded in 1854 by the Reverend John J. Begel in Dommartin, France.
The HUMISTON INSTITUTE, also known as the Cleveland Institute, was a private coeducational school for secondary education during the 1860s. Prof. Ransom F. Humiston, an accomplished Cleveland teacher, founded the school in 1859, when it opened in the unused CLEVELAND UNIV. Bldg.
HUMPHREY FOUNDATION. See GILBERT W. & LOUISE IRELAND HUMPHREY FOUNDATION.
HUMPHREY, DUDLEY SHERMAN II (19 May 1852-7 Sept. 1933) was owner and operator (with his family) of EUCLID BEACH PARK. One of 5 children, Dudley Sherman II was born on the family farm in Wakeman Township, Huron County, the son of Dudley Sherman I and Mabel Fay Humphrey. After completing his education at local schools, he attended Buchtel University in Akron.
HUMPHREY, GEORGE MAGOFFIN (8 Mar. 1890-20 Jan. 1970), lawyer, industrialist, president of the M. A. HANNA CO., and secretary of the treasury (1953-57), was born in Cheboygan, Mich., to Watts Sherman and Caroline Magoffin Humphrey. He received his LL.B degree from the University of Michigan in 1912, and practiced law in Michigan, becoming a partner in his father's law firm.
HUNGARIANS. Cleveland was at one time referred to as “the American Debrecen” following the popularly held belief that it was the city with the second largest population of Hungarians, outside of Hungary, after Budapest.
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.
HUNTER, JANE EDNA (HARRIS) (13 Dec. 1882-17 Jan. 1971), prominent African-American social worker, founded the PHILLIS WHEATLEY ASSOCIATION. The daughter of a sharecropper, she was born Jane Edna Harris at Woodburn Farm near Pendleton, SC. She acquired her last name by a brief marriage.
HUNTER, JOSEPH L. (16 May 1913 - 23 Aug. 1996) was an internationally recognized acoustics expert who became a leader in the field of supersonic research in 1938. He was born in New York to Francis and Helen N. (Higgens) Hunter. He earned his BS from Manhattan College in 1934, and his MS (1936) and Ph.D. (1940) in physics from Catholic University of America.
HUNTING VALLEY,originally part of Orange Twp., incorporated as a village in 1924. It is an 8 sq. mi. (7 sq. mi. in Cuyahoga Co. and 1 sq. mi. in Geauga Co.) residential village of private estates, farm acreage, and large suburban homes, located approx. 15 miles east of downtown Cleveland.
The HUNTINGTON BUILDING, when it was built in the early 1920s, was the 2nd-largest office building in the world. Originally known as the Union Trust Bldg., it later became the Union Commerce Bldg. Designed by the Chicago firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, the Huntington Bldg. was erected between 1923-24 at a cost of $17 million. The Union Trust Co. owned the building until 1933, when the bank became insolvent.
HUNTINGTON FUND FOR EDUCATION. See JOHN HUNTINGTON FUND FOR EDUCATION.
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.
HUNTINGTON POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE. See JOHN HUNTINGTON POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE.
HUNTINGTON, JOHN (8 Mar. 1832-10 Jan. 1893), industrialist, inventor, and philanthropist, was born in Preston, Lancashire, England, the son of Margaret (Brace) and Hugh Huntington. He immigrated to Cleveland in 1854, and started his own contracting business in 1857.