Julius Stone

Julius Stone lived at this address with his family until the mid-1940s - the area was later razed to build the present-day Stonegate Village homes. One of 11 children, Stone worked as a railroad telegragh operator as a teenager. Eventually, he led the Sunday Creek Coal Company before founding the Seagrave Corporation, a fire-engine manufacturer. In 1925, he purchased Gibraltar Island on Lake Erie, offering it to The Ohio State University. The F. T. Stone Laboratory, the island's research station and the oldest freshwater biological field station in the country, was named for Stone's father.

Stone's ties to OSU run deeper than the island he bequeathed it. Stone served two terms on the OSU Board of Trustees and was president of OSU's Research Foundation. Stone also endowed a university fellowship in biophysical research and purchased the university's first cyclotron. In 1910, Stone lectured on his expedition of the Colorado River taken the previous year. His son, George, piloted the first plane to land at Don Scott Field, the university's airport.

More information about Julius Stone and Stonegate Village can be found on the Notable Namesakes tour on this app.

Julius Stone saddled over a motorcycle.