1. Hinman Hurlbut endowed the Lakeside Hospital, today part of the University Hospitals of Cleveland, and left funds through his will that would later help establish the Cleveland Museum of Art.
17 Facts About Hinman Hurlbut
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Hinman Hurlbut is considered one of the founders of the museum with John Huntington, Horace Kelley, and Jeptha Wade II.
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Hinman B Hurlbut was born on July 20,1819, in St James County, New York, to mother Mary Barrett Hurlbut and father Abiram Hurlbut.
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Hinman Hurlbut's father Abiram was a farmer and moved from Connecticut, where his family resided, to New York.
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In 1837, Hinman Hurlbut relocated to Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked in his brother's law office and in 1839 was admitted to the bar.
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Hinman Hurlbut married Jane Elisabeth Johnson on May 25,1840, and the family lived in a house on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.
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Hinman Hurlbut stopped practicing in 1852 after a lucrative career as lawyer, and thenceforth became more involved in banking.
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Hinman Hurlbut returned to Cleveland in 1852, where he opened his first bank.
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Hinman Hurlbut 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.
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Hinman Hurlbut came back out of retirement in 1871, and became the president of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway the same year.
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An avid art collector, Hinman Hurlbut first became interested in art during his trips to Europe in 1865 and 1881.
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Hinman Hurlbut made purchases for their collection on annual trips abroad and continued making additions after her husband's death.
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Hinman Hurlbut founded the Cleveland City Hospital, which later became the Lakeside Hospital and merged into the University Hospitals of Cleveland in 1925.
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Hinman Hurlbut endowed a chair of natural sciences at the Western Reserve College.
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Hinman Hurlbut is buried at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland.
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Hinman Hurlbut 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.
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Hinman Hurlbut is considered a founder of the museum with John Huntington, Horace Kelley, and Jeptha Wade II.