page_title: William Howard Doane
section_title: Manufacturer and inventor
hierarchical_section_title: William Howard Doane / Manufacturer and inventor
caption_attribution_description: English: Sunnyside was built around 1850 by Jethro Mitchell. William Howard Doane bought the residence in 1879. The house is locate at 2223 Mt. Auburn Avenue in the Mt. Auburn neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
context_page_description: William Howard Doane was a manufacturer, inventor, hymn writer, choral director, church leader and philanthropist. He composed over 2000 church hymns. More than seventy patents are credited to him for innovations in woodworking machinery. His philanthropy led to the renaming of the Granville Academy, as the Doane Academy, a boys’ and girls' private preparatory school associated with Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where he was a major benefactor.
context_section_description: Doane assumed increasing responsibility with J. A. Fay & Company, as he traveled to assignments in Chicago, Illinois and Cincinnati, Ohio.  By the age of thirty-four, Doane had risen to the position of president at the company's new headquarters in Cincinnati. 
   During his leadership, the company successfully filed many patents for woodmaking machinery. More than seventy patents were registered in Doane's name, giving him credit for the inventions. Doane guided the company through its most successful years.
  His business skills extended beyond manufacturing.  He was the president of the Central Trust and Safe Deposit Company, as well as a director of the Barney and Smith Car Company of Dayton, Ohio. His achievements earned him ‘fellow’ status in several professional organizations, including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Society of Mining Engineers, the American Geographical Society and the American Society for the Advancement of Science. Doane emerged as a prominent figure in Cincinnati's business and cultural life.  By 1879 his accumulated wealth allowed him to purchase the impressive "Sunny Side" mansion as his family's residence in the city's Mt. Auburn neighborhood.  "Sunny Side" is located in the Mount Auburn Historic District at 2223 Mt. Auburn Avenue.
caption: Sunny Side, Doane residence
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