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The home was built in 1882–1885 and demolished in 1923. Samuel Andrews (1836–1904) was a chemist and inventor. Born in England, he immigrated to the United States before the American Civil War and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. He is best known as a partner in the oil refining firm of Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler, the major predecessor ...
In 1863, John D. Rockefeller encouraged fellow business partner, M. B. Clark to agree to a decision which would eventually lead to the creation of the multimillion dollar company Standard Oil. The duo financed and joined with chemist Samuel Andrews in starting the oil refining business Andrews, Clark, and Co. Two years later, Rockefeller and Andrews bought out Clark's interest and became ...
Euclid Avenue's "Millionaires' Row" was home to some of the nation's most powerful and influential industrialists, including John D. Rockefeller. Around the turn of the twentieth century, Baedeker's Travel Guide dubbed Euclid Avenue the "Showplace of America" for its beautiful elm-lined sidewalks and ornate mansions situated amid lavish gardens. The concentration of wealth was unparalleled ...
Aug 31, 2011 · The 26-year-old Rockefeller won, for a price of $72,500 (the equivalent today of about $820,000). Clark thought he had gotten a bargain—but given what Rockefeller was to accomplish in the next ...
By 1870, the firm of Rockefeller, Andrews, and Flagler was, thanks to Rockefeller’s vision, a super-efficient refining machine, generating more than fifteen hundred barrels a day 38 — more than most refineries could produce in a week — at lower cost than anyone else. And in that year, the firm became the Standard Oil Company of Ohio — a joint-stock company, of the type used by ...
BP AMERICA, formerly the Standard Oil Co. (Ohio), which was the original Standard Oil Co. founded by JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER in 1870 along with his brother, William, HENRY M. FLAGLER , SAMUEL ANDREWS, and STEPHEN V. HARKNESS . Rockefeller entered the oil business full time in 1864 when he bought Andrews & Clarke Co., a firm which sold kerosene ...
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Oct 13, 2016 · One of the only surviving Millionaires' Row homes belongs to Samuel Mather, who owned a dominant shipping and iron mining company called Pickands Mather and Company. His 43 room mansion cost $1.2 million when it was built in 1910. Cleveland State University currently owns the building, which they renovated and currently use for meetings.
