James's Guidebook

Hough is a neighborhood situated along the midtown corridor on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. It is one of the city's oldest neighborhoods; named after Oliver and Eliza Hough, who first settled in the area in 1799. The neighborhood was incorporated into the city of Cleveland in 1873 and soon was home to mostly affluent residents. After WWI, wealthy residents move further out, large homes were split into apartments, and Hough became white working class. The Second Great Migration sparked white flight and by 1960, the neighborhood transitioned to a black community.