The Other Harmon The Other Harmon While Clifford B. Harmon earned recognition as a prominent aviator and real estate developer who created the suburban community of Harmon along the Hudson River, his brother William E. Harmon left a more culturally…

in the world. The business relationship with his brother and uncle concluded in 1907 but William continued on in the position of chairman of the board of the Harmon Real Estate Corporation. William Harmon with his children. Harmon, just 38…

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benefactor of lore was none other than the real estate developer William Harmon, aka Jedediah Tingle, who had cleverly distributed monetary gifts under the name of his maternal great-grandfather. William Elmer Harmon. Programs / Articles / Silver

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Main Street by another philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie. Next to the library, he constructed Harmon Hall, a community recreational facility. The building has housed the Warren County Historical Society Museum since 1961. 1928 Harmon Foundation

fund. William Harmon was one of many white Americans intrigued by the flowering of African-American art and literature in the 1920s. In 1926 the Harmon Foundation began recognizing African-American achievements in music, visual arts, literature,

real estate development. “When wealthy real estate developer William Elmer Harmon founded the Harmon Foundation in 1922, it originally supported causes as varied as playgrounds, biblical films and nursing programs. But it is better known today as one

Exhibition brochure. In 1922 he established the Harmon Foundation which funded parks, including playgrounds and recreational fields, in 34 states across the nation, most of them in small towns like Lebanon’s Harmon Park. That park, opened in 1912,

real estate development. “When wealthy real estate developer William Elmer Harmon founded the Harmon Foundation in 1922, it originally supported causes as varied as playgrounds, biblical films and nursing programs. But it is better known today as one

had an impact on his attitudes toward blacks, and in particular, Harmon himself became interested in supporting them after meeting an artist who was unable to sell his paintings because of his race. The Harmon Foundation gained its now well…

…Harmon is well-known to Crotonites as the famous aviator and real estate developer who created what he modestly advertised as “HARMON, the New City on the Hudson—the most important and extensive suburban development in the history of New

…1902 map of Wood Harmon & Co.'s Properties in Brooklyn. By 1905 Wood, Harmon & Co. had offices in 40 cities east of the Mississippi River and was acclaimed as the largest real estate operation

…Harmon is well-known to Crotonites as the famous aviator and real estate developer who created what he modestly advertised as “HARMON, the New City on the Hudson—the most important and

…William’s younger brother, Clifford Burke Harmon, was born in 1868. Both boys were reared in Lebanon, where their mother, Mary “Molly” Wood, also had grown up. William graduated from public school in 1881 and then, wanting to be a

had an impact on his attitudes toward blacks, and in particular, Harmon himself became interested in supporting them after meeting an artist who was unable to sell his paintings because of his race. The Harmon Foundation gained its now well…

…Harmon is well-known to Crotonites as the famous aviator and real estate developer who created what he modestly advertised as “HARMON, the New City on the Hudson—the most important and extensive suburban development in the history of New

Westchester County. Encouraged by successfully navigating the changing needs of buyers, Wood, Harmon & Co. branched out. They expanded to Cincinnati and Dayton, to 26 other Midwestern cities including Pittsburgh and Chicago, and to Boston, Brooklyn,

…Wood, Harmon & Co. also diversified by creating other companies to acquire and hold business properties and real estate for lease and/or sale. In 1907, disagreements between the partners resulted in the dissolution of Wood, Harmon, & Co., with Clifford Harmon…

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…He had worked briefly as a salesman selling flowers, shrubbery and fruit trees for a local company and after two months was leading 56 other employees in total sales. Clifford B. Harmon, William’s younger brother. He certainly

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industry, education, race relations, and science. A Harlem Renaissance program awarded cash prizes in each of these seven categories. In 1928 the Harmon Foundation sponsored the first exhibition of works created exclusively by African-American

to a friend, “I have a very deep conviction that one owes something tangible to the place of his nativity.” He gave more to his hometown of Lebanon than to any other destination. Harmon bought books for Lebanon’s new…

receiving such large numbers of high-quality art works that the Harmon Foundation began organizing a corresponding exhibition to provide an opportunity for the candidates to show and sell their work. These awards exhibitions gained even more national

Larchmont Gardens in lower Westchester County, Wood, Harmon & Co. included these amenities in order for lots to sell. Prices of land with improvements were rising and a higher standard of home development was starting to take hold. Pelhamwood, lower

artists, and three years later the exhibit began touring the country. In 1915 William organized and endowed the Harmon Civic Trust for ongoing community improvement projects. The Trust still exists today. In 1925 he gave $50,000 to the Religious

extensive suburban development in the history of New York.” But how many of us have heard about his older brother and partner, William E. Harmon? Buffalo soldiers of the 25th Infantry, some wearing buffalo robes, Ft. Keogh, Montana, 1890. William

…He resided in Cannes during the Nazi occupation in World War II, but due to his condition German forces did not pursue internment or other confinement. Death Clifford Harmon died on June 25, 1945, in Cannes, France. In his will…

Elmer Harmon was born in 1862 in Lebanon, Ohio. His father, William, fought with the 70th Ohio volunteer infantry during the Civil War. After the war he served as an officer with African-American “Buffalo Soldiers” on the western frontier…