
Black Business on Lincoln Avenue: The First Ice Cream Parlor, 1878
The Black entrepreneurs William H. Fox and Rolla Pryor opened the first “Ice Cream Saloon” on Lincoln Avenue in 1878. We have seen in a Continue Reading
Walnut Hills Historical Society
stories and images from Walnut Hills, Cincinnati
The Black entrepreneurs William H. Fox and Rolla Pryor opened the first “Ice Cream Saloon” on Lincoln Avenue in 1878. We have seen in a Continue Reading
Irene Kirke, an African American woman, was born in 1887 in what was then the small town of Milford, outside of Cincinnati. She attended public Continue Reading
In the previous post we met the Black barber Fountain Lewis, Sr. who was active in Cincinnati for more than half a century from the Continue Reading
The Friends of Music Hall posted a wonderful blog entry on Fountain Lewis, Sr., a Black barber active in Cincinnati from the early 1840s until Continue Reading
Horace Sudduth has generally been cast as a businessman who steered clear of politics. In 1921, however, Sudduth was willing to run for Cincinnati City Continue Reading
We have seen in the previous posts that Horace Sudduth served as his community’s Real Estate agent, selling hundreds of homes to Black owner-occupants. Sudduth’s Continue Reading
Horace Sudduth founded the Industrial Building and Loan Corporation in December 1919. Its main office was in Sudduth’s West End real estate office, but from Continue Reading
When Horace Sudduth began working in the Walnut Hills market, he played much the same role dealing in and managing tenements as he had downtown. Continue Reading
In the previous post we looked at Horace Sudduth’s business dealings in the West End during the 1910’s. We also noted that the Lincoln Theater, Continue Reading
When Horace and Melvina Sudduth moved to Cincinnati in 1910, they settled in the West End downtown. The last of the wealthy neighborhoods in the Continue Reading