Hinman Hurlbut
Hinman Hurlbut | |
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Born | St. James County, New York, United States | July 20, 1819
Died | March 22, 1884 | (aged 64)
Burial place | Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio |
Occupation | Industrialist |
Known for | Founding of the Cleveland Museum of Art |
Hinman B. Hurlbut (July 20, 1819 – March 22, 1884) was an American industrialist. A native of New York, Hurlbut relocated to
Hurlbut endowed the Lakeside Hospital, today part of the
Early life
Hinman B. Hurlbut was born on July 20, 1819, in St. James County, New York, to mother Mary Barrett Hurlbut and father Abiram Hurlbut.[1] His father Abiram was a farmer and moved from Connecticut, where his family resided, to New York. Through his mother's side of the family, Hurlbut is a relative of Governor Hinman, a colonial ruler of Connecticut.[2]
Law practice and business ventures
In 1837, Hurlbut relocated to
Hurlbut returned to Cleveland in 1852, where he opened his first bank. He purchased the Toledo branch of the State Bank of Ohio in 1856, in collaboration with James Mason, Henry Perkins, Joseph Perkins, Amasa Stone, Morrison Waite, Stillman Witt, and Samuel Young.[2] By 1863, he owned a total of four national banks.[4]
Later life and legacy
Retiring from his business ventures in 1865, Hurlbut took a three-year tour of Europe and returned to Ohio in 1868. He came back out of retirement in 1871, and became the president of the
Hurlbut founded the Cleveland City Hospital, which later became the Lakeside Hospital and merged into the
Hurlbut died on March 22, 1884.[1] He is buried at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland.[10] He left an excess of a quarter million dollars for the founding of an art museum through his will, which would help establish the Cleveland Museum of Art.[1] He is considered a founder of the museum with John Huntington, Horace Kelley, and Jeptha Wade II.[11] Parts of his art collection were also exhibited at the museum in 1917, 1921, and 1922.[3]
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f Hurlbut, Hinman B. 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Johnson 1879, p. 362.
- ^ a b c The Frick Collection.
- ^ Cleveland Museum of Art 2012, para. 7.
- ^ Volpe 2014, para. 10.
- ^ Volpe 2014, para. 11.
- ^ Leedy 1991, p. 3.
- ^ University Hospitals Case Medical Center 2018.
- ^ a b Leedy 1991, p. 2.
- ^ Vigil 2007.
- ^ Cleveland Museum of Art 2012, para. 1.
References
- "Cleveland Museum of Art: Founders". Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Museum of Art. October 22, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- Johnson, Crisfield (1879). History of Cuyahoga County, Ohio: In Three Parts, with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Cleveland, Ohio: Greater Cleveland Genealogical Society.
- "Hurlbut, Hinman B." Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. May 11, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- "Hurlbut, Hinman B., 1815-1889". Archives Directory for the History of Collecting. The Frick Collection.
- Leedy, Walter C. Jr. (1991). Zuppan, Jo; Feingold, Rachel G. (eds.). Cleveland builds an art museum: patronage, politics, and architecture, 1884-1916. Cleveland Museum of Art. ISBN 0940717093.
- "University Hospitals Case Medical Center". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. May 11, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- Vigil, Vicki Blum (2007). Cemeteries of Northeast Ohio: Stones, Symbols & Stories. Cleveland, Ohio: Gray & Company. ISBN 9781598510256.
- Volpe, Andrea (November 3, 2014). "The Rise of the Cleveland Museum of Art". Belt Magazine. Belt Media Collaborative. Retrieved August 15, 2019.