Andrew J. DeHart: Insurance, Financial, and Philanthropic Leadership, 1886-1909
We have seen that Andrew J. DeHart had joined the Grand Unified Order of Odd Fellows as a young teacher in Cincinnati in the mid-1870s. Continue Reading
Tag: Philanthropy
Horace Sudduth: Businessman, Philanthropist, WH Resident
Horace Sudduth (1888-1957) was one of the most influential businessmen in Cincinnati. His work in real estate — both in the West End and in Continue Reading
Frederick Alms
Frederick Alms, a native Cincinnatian born in 1839, graduated from Woodward High School and began to work for an uncle in the dry goods business. Continue Reading
Low Cost Housing: Gordon Hotel
Jacob Schmidlapp (see a recent low-cost housing post) continued his mission to produce affordable, decent housing in Walnut Hills from 1911 until his death in Continue Reading
Low Cost Housing History – Jacob Schmidlapp
Jacob Schmidlapp moved from his native Piqua, Ohio, to Memphis, Tennessee shortly after the civil war, where he went in to the tobacco and cigar Continue Reading
Dow Drugs
The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw an explosion of consumer products, and produced a revolution in retail sales. Where were the new economic Continue Reading
Mary Emery
Mary Emery, one of the founders of what became Children’s Hospital, moved with her husband into a mansion they built in Walnut Hills in 1881. Continue Reading
Children’s Hospital founders
In 1883, three Episcopalian women determined to open a new hospital in Cincinnati to care for sick children. The idea originated with a Mrs. Robert Continue Reading