Walnut Hills in Cincinnati in Hamilton County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Manse Hotel and Annex ⎯⎯⎯ Horace Sudduth
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 28, 2024
1. Manse Hotel and Annex side of marker
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Manse Hotel and Annex, also, Horace Sudduth. .
Manse Hotel and Annex . Walnut Hills has been home to a significant middle- and working-class Black community since the 1850s. In 1931, African American entrepreneur Horace Sudduth bought 1004 Chapel Street and then the row of buildings across Monfort, naming them the Manse Hotel and Annex. Throughout the 1940s, hotel dinner parties could move to the Federation of Colored Womens Clubs house next door for dancing. A large addition to the Manse in 1950 created its own ballroom, 24-hour coffee shop, upgraded Sweetbriar Restaurant, and more guest rooms. It appeared in the Negro Motorists Green Book between 1940-1963, providing local, transient, and residential guests both catered meetings and top entertainment during the last decades of segregation. It closed in the late 1960s when the economic need for a first-class segregated hotel disappeared in the age of Black Power. ,
Horace Sudduth (August 8, 1888-March 19, 1957) . Horace Sudduth, born in Covington, Kentucky, graduated from its segregated high school in 1906, and became a Pullman Porter. In 1909, he settled in Cincinnatis West End. He opened Sudduth Real Estate and operated the Lincoln Theater and other businesses over the next decade. Sudduth raised funds for the Black Ninth Street YMCA (1916), briefly roomed there, served on its board for decades, while also nurturing Black Ys nationally. Around 1917, he expanded his real estate practice to include Walnut Hills. In 1926 he moved with his family into the neighborhood. Sudduth founded Industrial Building and Loan to provide savings accounts and mortgages when redlining discouraged Black home ownership. His Walnut Hills Enterprise Company and Creative Realty sponsored business and employment opportunities. Sudduth revitalized Booker T. Washingtons National Negro Business League in the 1950s.
Manse Hotel and Annex
Walnut Hills has been home to a significant middle- and working-class Black community since the 1850s. In 1931, African American entrepreneur Horace Sudduth bought 1004 Chapel Street and then the row of buildings across Monfort, naming them the Manse Hotel and Annex. Throughout the 1940s, hotel dinner parties could move to the Federation of Colored Womens Clubs house next door for dancing. A large addition to the Manse in 1950 created its own ballroom, 24-hour coffee shop, upgraded Sweetbriar Restaurant, and more guest rooms. It appeared in the Negro Motorists Green Book between 1940-1963, providing local, transient, and residential guests both catered meetings and top entertainment during the last decades of segregation. It closed in the late 1960s when the economic need for a first-class segregated hotel disappeared in the age of Black Power.
Horace Sudduth
(August 8, 1888-March 19, 1957)
Horace Sudduth, born in Covington, Kentucky, graduated from its segregated high school in 1906, and became a Pullman Porter. In 1909, he settled in Cincinnatis West End. He opened Sudduth Real Estate and operated the Lincoln Theater and other businesses over the next decade. Sudduth raised funds for the Black Ninth Street YMCA (1916), briefly roomed there,
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served on its board for decades, while also nurturing Black Ys nationally. Around 1917, he expanded his real estate practice to include Walnut Hills. In 1926 he moved with his family into the neighborhood. Sudduth founded Industrial Building and Loan to provide savings accounts and mortgages when redlining discouraged Black home ownership. His Walnut Hills Enterprise Company and Creative Realty sponsored business and employment opportunities. Sudduth revitalized Booker T. Washingtons National Negro Business League in the 1950s.
Erected 2022 by Walnut Hills Historical Society Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile Jr. Foundation Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce Ohio History Connection. (Marker Number 101-31.)
Location. 39° 7.872′ N, 84° 29.216′ W. Marker is in Cincinnati, Ohio, in Hamilton County. It is in Walnut Hills. It is at the intersection of Chapel Street and Monfort Street, on
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 28, 2024
2. Horace Sudduth side of marker
the left when traveling east on Chapel Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1004 Chapel St, Cincinnati OH 45206, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest and in the Ohio River Valley. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Also see . . . 1. Horace Sudduth: Businessman, Philanthropist, WH Resident. A collection of articles about one of the most influential businessmen in Cincinnati history. (Walnut Hills Historical Society) (Submitted on May 30, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. Manse Hotel and Manse Hotel Annex (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination for the site, which was listed in 2019. (Prepared by Rory Krupp and Roy Hampton; via Ohio History Connection)
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 28, 2024
3. Manse Hotel and Annex / Horace Sudduth Marker
The former Manse Hotel is in the background.
(Submitted on May 30, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 28, 2024
4. The Manse Hotel Annex
Originally a late 19th century apartment building, Sudduth purchased it in the early 1950s to offer larger units for longer-term guests of his Manse Hotel.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 31, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 29, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,126 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 29, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
