Gordon Strong
Henry Gordon Strong | |
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| Born | June 3, 1869 |
| Died | February 24, 1954 (aged 84) |
Henry Gordon Strong (June 3, 1869 – February 24, 1954) was a Chicago businessman and founder of Gordon Strong and Company in 1927 which still operates today.
Life[edit]
He was born in Burlington, Iowa to Henry Strong and Mary Jane Halstead. He was married first to Roberta Margaret Hubbard, May 15, 1901 and second to Louise Ann Snyder on October 8, 1914, both weddings taking place in Chicago. His father was a well known Chicago attorney and president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. His father served as a Colonel in the U. S. Army in the 124th Field Artillery in WWI and as a Lt. Colonel in the 108th Engineers in the Spanish American War.
On February 27, 1898, Gordon Strong was appointed Captain for the Battery A, Light Artillery company of the West Virginia National Guard.[1]
In 1899, Gordon Strong, along with Paolo Troubetzkoy and Count Cassini formed the Washington Fencing Club.[2]
In May 1912, as part of a social experiment Gordon temporarily adopted two children, a two-year-old, and a six-year-old.[3]
In 1926, Strong created a scholarship fund for students are George Washington University.[4]
Legacy[edit]
Gordon Strong, the name which he used for most of his life, made several real estate acquisitions centered around his Strong Mansion at Sugarloaf Mountain in Montgomery County, Maryland a monadnock mountain with views of the Potomac River and Monocacy valleys. The property was deeded to Stronghold, Inc.,[5] a non-profit land trust created in 1946 which still owns and continues to maintain the property for public access.[6]
In 1925, he engaged Frank Lloyd Wright to develop plans for what became known as the Gordon Strong Automobile Objective[7] This project was never started and the land remains in a more rustic and natural state.
References[edit]
- ^ "Artillery Company Organized at Berkeley". The Washington Post. February 28, 1898. p. 3. ProQuest 143998342.
- ^ "Skill With The Foils". The Washington Post. July 7, 1901. p. 28. ProQuest 144253214.
- ^ "Bachelors and Babies". The Washington Post. May 30, 1912. p. 6. ProQuest 145170960.
- ^ "Student Loan Fun at G.W.U. Founded by George Strong". The Washington Post. May 30, 1926. p. M9. ProQuest 149677126.
- ^ "Stronghold, Inc. Website".
- ^ White, Jean (February 26, 1954). "Strong Dies; Gave Public A Mountain". The Washington Post. ProQuest 152639727.
- ^ "Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape, 1922-1932 Gordon Strong Automobile Objective". Library of Congress.
External links[edit]
- "Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape, 1922-1932 Gordon Strong Automobile Objective". Library of Congress.
- "Henry Gordon Strong Mausoleum". FindAGrave.
- "Stronghold, Inc.". Sugarloaf Stronghold, Inc. Website.
- "Chicago Tribune Obituary". Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, 25 Feb 1954, Thu • Page 32
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