A Little piece of Paradise… College Hill, Ohio - SELFCRAFT

of the O. M. I., Pierson’s Panel Homes was created. These easy to assemble home kits were very popular.This concept also eliminated one of the problems of the lumber business - lumber companies wouldsupply the lumber to a contractor but wouldn’t get paid until the house was sold. The results would becash-flow problems and Pierson’s would find themselves with houses in their inventory if the buildingsdidn’t sell. The company was sold to Ace Doran Trucking and Rigging in the 1950’s.Mr. Thornell’s hobby was home radio. He made his own components and was a friend of PowelCrosley, Jr. Thornell’s radios are now part of the radio collection at the Cincinnati Museum Center.Pounsford was once a name synonymous with stationary in Cincinnati. The patriarch of the family herewas William, who advertised book binding as early as 1812. His son, Arthur, purchased in 1883 theproperty of A. D. E. Tweed, that sat on a prominent Belmont Avenue hill. Arthur was a founder of theApplegate and Pounsford Co.The Pounsford Stationary Company was first located at Second and Main Streets, in downtownCincinnati, an address that was at the center of the wholesale trade. The business stayed in the family until1948 when it was purchased by the Chicago firm of Horder’s Inc.Arthur was a nephew of Dr. Daniel Drake, and spent much of his youth at the doctor’s home. Duringhis ownership the company became known for general publishing, printing and wholesale stationary. Heplanted thousands of trees in College Hill, which lent the streets a park like atmosphere. He was active inthe building both of Town Hall and the Presbyterian church. He also was instrumental in having street carservice extended to College Hill. Arthur’s great-grandfather, Thomas Graham, founded the first papermakingmachine used in the west. His grandfather, James Graham, built Graham’s Paper Mills along theMiami River. His grandmother was a niece and ward of Ethan Allen Brown, U. S. Senator and Ohio’sformer governor.His son, Harry G., graduated from Farmers’ College and joined his father in the company in 1888,under the name of A. H. Pounsford & Company. He extended the company into the paper manufacturingbusiness and became a sixty year director for the Champion Coated Paper Company. He also was part ofthe College Hill Realty Company, which controlled the former Glenwood Apartments. Harry was a wellknown figure, riding the #17 bus to and from his shop on Walnut Street. He was active in manyphilanthropic societies and a director of the Y.M.C.A. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church for 30years and a fifteen year member of College Hill’s council. At his death in 1963 he left $195,000. of hisestate to various charities.Harry’s hobby was growing flowers and distributing them to businesses near his office on 4th Street,and to patients at Christ and Jewish Hospitals. His extensive garden at 5805 Belmont Avenue bloomedprofusely from tulips to chrysanthemums.The former Tweed house overlooked the city and sat on six acres, mostly lawn and gardens. Theproperty was studded with old and unique trees left over from the Farmers’ College days. Along the rearof the property is the abandoned College Hill Railroad tracks.Harry married Susan Aiken, daughter of Charles Aiken. His half-sister Sarah lived with him towardthe end of her life. Sarah was one of the first graduates of the Western College for Women (now MiamiUniversity), Oxford, Ohio. She died in 1939 after being an invalid during the last fifteen years of her lifedue to a street car accident in College Hill. After Harry’s death in 1963 the property was sold in 1968 toRev. Karl Kollath of the Hoffner Street Church in Northside. The church moved to Belmont Avenue yearslater when a tornado heavily damaged the Northside church.Harry and Susan had Arthur G. and Stanley M. Pounsford. Arthur G. 28 attended the O.M.I. andgraduated from Cornell University with a degree in engineering. He was chief engineer for the ChampionPaper & Fibre Co. at Canton, N. C. and then erected a pulp and paper plant for Provincial Paper, Ltd., atPort Arthur, Canada. He became a Canadian citizen and lived in Port Arthur.28 Times-Star, June 10, 1943190