Husband

Architect/Firm: John Husband
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Name: John J Husband

Birth/Established: 1820 Death/Dissolved: aft. 1895

Biography:

John J. Husband was born in Virginia. He was listed as a builder and architect from 1844 until 1853 in Philadelphia City Directories. He appears in Cleveland City Directories as an architect from 1853 to 1861. Charles C. Miller worked as a draftsman in his Cleveland office. Miller later went to work as an architect in Toledo and Chicago and was the co-author of an architectural pattern book. In 1860 Husband was living alone in the Weddell House. From 1863 to 1890 he is listed as an architect and civil engineer in Baltimore. He had returned to work in Cleveland in 1865. According to newspaper accounts, after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Husband was overheard in a conversation. A gentleman said that the assassination was perfectly horrible. Husband replied, "Some might think so; others might not. For my part I think it a damned small loss." Because of the remarks he was roughed up by a mob. His name was chipped away from the cornerstone of the Cuyahoga County Courthouse. He returned to live in Baltimore where he was still living in 1893. He is not listed in the 1894 city directory. (Thomas) Arthur & Husband dissolved in 1891.

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Building Name	Date	Address	Status
Methodist Episcopal Churc...	1850	Granby & Freemason Norfolk	unknown
First Presbyterian Church...	1851	Fourth and Main Cincinnati	Demolished 1936
Northern Ohio Lunatic Ass...	1852	Turney Road Cleveland	Demolished 1977
Southern Ohio Lunatic Ass...	1852-5	2335 Wayne Avenue Dayton	Standing
Euclid Street Presbyteria...	1853	1420 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Trinity Church	1854-5	520 Superior Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Cuyahoga County Courthous...	1858-60	Public Square Cleveland	Demolished
Randall Wade Residence	1864	3917 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Public School Number 109	1876	North Broadway and Ashland Baltimore	Demolished
Interior and Exterior Alt...	1891	2558 Memphis Street Philadelphia	Unknown
New Front and Interior	1891	W side Reece, N of York Philadelphia	Unknown

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Baltimore City Directories

Biographical Dictionary of Philadelphia Architects 1700 - 1930

Cleveland City Directories1863-4

Withey and Withey Biographical Dictionary of American Architects c 1956, p.419

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