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Brown plaque № 57005

Oxford, OH, United States

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 th

e 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 th

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