Lane-Hooven House
Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio
Marker Inscription
Lane-Hooven House James Elrick, a local carpenter, built the Lane-Hooven House in 1863 for Clark Lane (1824-1907), a Hamilton industrialist and philanthropist. Lane, who first came to the area at age twenty-one as a blacksmith, resided in the house for more than eleven years. In 1866, Lane built the library, originally an octagon, across the street. In 1868, he conveyed the library to the city. The C. Earl Hooven family resided in the house from 1895 to 1942. In 1943, Bertrand Kahn purchased the residence and presented it to the community for civic and charitable uses. It was donated as a memorial to his father, Lazard Kahn, a Hamilton industrialist and civic leader. The Lane-Hooven House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Erected by Hamilton Community Foundation and The Ohio Historical Society
The Story
Local carpenter James Elrick built this house in 1863 for Clark Lane, a Hamilton blacksmith-turned-industrialist and philanthropist who lived here for more than a decade. Across the street Lane erected an octagonal library in 1866 and gave it to the city, part of a lifetime of civic generosity. Later home to the Hooven family and then donated by Bertrand Kahn as a memorial to his father, the Lane-Hooven House has long served charitable and civic uses and joined the National Register in 1973.
Why it matters
The house reflects the rise of a Gilded Age manufacturing city and the philanthropic ethos of the industrialists who shaped its civic institutions.
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Related people
- · Clark Lane
- · James Elrick
- · Bertrand Kahn
- · Lazard Kahn
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