CHARLES H. HAMILTON CO. history

By 1890, Hamilton County had become an important industrial, political, literary, and educational center in both Ohio and the United States. It continued to grow, reaching nearly ten thousand people by 1820.

Charle's father, Aphonso, emigrated from Vermont in 1838 and was the founding member of the Cincinnati Literacy Society.

Cincinnati's industries employed 103,325 people in 1887, and produced more than 200 million dollars in goods.

By 1890, Hamilton County had become an important industrial, political, literary, and educational center in both Ohio and the United States.

In 1922, he became the first African American to serve as an editor of the Harvard Law Review.

After studying at the University of Madrid in 1924, Houston was admitted to the District of Columbia bar that same year and joined forces with his father in practicing law.

Attorney Charles Phelps Taft, half-brother of President William Howard Taft began construction on the Times-Star building in 1929.

Houston used his post at Howard to recruit talented students into the NAACP’s legal efforts (among them Marshall and Oliver Hill, the first- and second-ranked students in the class of 1933, both of whom were drafted into organization’s legal battles by Houston).

After Nephew Hulbert Taft retired from the Times-Star in 1958, the Post (Scripps-Howard) bought the Times-Star.

After partnering its printing operation with the Cincinnati Enquirer in 1979.

In the early 1980’s, the County of Hamilton purchased the building.

In 1991, renovations began to house courtrooms and offices of the Hamilton County Court of Domestic Relations.

Illustrating the area's strong economy, the county's per capita income in 1999 was almost thirty-four thousand dollars, one of the highest averages in Ohio.