- FabriCare Dry Cleaning - [dry cleaning]
4543 Montgomery Road
- Edwin C. Faessler - [physician] 5297
Montgomery Road, apt. 9
- Grace Fahrenbruck - [piano teacher] 4814
Wesley Avenue
- Walter D. Fahrenbruck - [insurance agent]
5140 Montgomery Road, Apt. 1
- Fairmont Aluminum Company - [ ] 4200
Montgomery Road (across from Hopkins Ave.?)
- Family Dentistry - [dentist]
4544 Montgomery Road @ Surrey Square, Dr. Wayne Farber, D.D.S.
and Dr. Cynthia Farber, D.D.S.
- Family Tree - [clothing store?] Surrey
Square Mall
- Fred. Fangman - [grocery
and daily market] ne corner Sherman and Franklin
(est. pre-1900)
- Fred. Fangman - [saloon] ne corner Sherman
and Franklin
(est. pre-1900)
- Farm Bureau Insurance Service - [insurance
company] 5024½ Montgomery Road
- Richard R. Farwick - [grocery]
2044 Lawrence Avenue
- Fashion Express - [clothing store] Surrey
Square
- Charles H. Fasse [architect] 4014 Cavagna
Avenue (street name was changed to South Madison Avenue a few
years later)
- Rudy Fassl Bowling Supplies - [bowling
supplies] 3740 Montgomery Road
- Feck Oil Corporation - [fuel and oil] 4646
Baker Avenue
- Federal Color Laboratories - [manufacturer
of dry and dispersed organic colors] originally at rear of Heekin
Can Company (their first customer), the product was used for
printing inks, paints, lacquers, rubber, plastics, floor coverings,
cosmetics and artist materials ; 4633 Forest Avenue
- Feldhaus Home Improvement Company -
[general building contractor] 2826 Norwood Av.
- Feldhaus Roofing and Siding - [roofer]
- The Henry Feldman Company - [grain, feed,
coal and builder's supplies] 4607 Smith Road near nw corner of
Washington Avenue and Smith Road, a.k.a. Feldman's
Feed Company, business consisted of Feldman Grain Elevator, Hay
& Feed Warehouse and Coal Yard, the business was renamed the Silverton
Supply Company in early 1950s; Smith Road and C.L.&N.R.R.
Henry Feldman Co. advertisement, 1940
- Feldman's Subdivision - [real estate] H.
Feldman, Norwood Heights
(est. pre-1900)
- Gussie Fels - [delicatessen]
2003 Worth av.
- Fenton Dry Cleaning & Dyeing Company a.k.a.
Fenton Cleaners - [drycleaner] 4216
Montgomery Road (phone: Ridge 100) & n.e.c. Montgomery Raod and
Cleneay Avenue (phone: Ridge 20); later, 4542 Montgomery
Road
- (Leon E.) Fenwick's Market - [groceries/meats/fruit]
5504 Carthage Avenue
- Fred Felix Company - [office products]
4600 Smith Road @ Grande Central Station
- William Ferris - [cistern cleaner]
Woodlawn Ave. near Maple, Norwood, a.k.a. The
Champion Cistern Cleaner
(est. pre-1900)
- Fidelity
Federal Savings Bank - [savings & loan] 2087 Sherman
Avenue ; 4555 Montgomery Road and 631 Walnut
St., Cincinnati; Montgomery & Sherman
Also may be known by the following names: Fidelity
Federal Mutual Holding Company; Fidelity
Federal Savings and Loan Association
and Norwood Home Savings Association
- Fifth Third Bank - [bank] Montgomery &
Bennett, 4555 Montgomery Road
- Edward H. Fille - [painter] 3822 Elsmere
Avenue
- Merle Fine Moving &
Storage (United Van Lines, Inc.) - [movers] 4846? or 3846?
Montgomery Road
- John Finkle Meats - [meat shop] 2135 Elm
Avenue
- Harold J. Finkler - [restaurant] 2348
Harris Ave.
- The Finn Equipment Company - [construction
machinery (hydraulic equipment?)] located at the current Rookwood
Commons area , 2525 Duck Creek Road
- Firestone Store - [auto tire &
maintenance] 4556-58-60 Montgomery Road
- First Building and Loan Company - [savings
& loan association] 2123 Washington Avenue
- The First National Bank of Norwood, Ohio -
[bank] n.e.c. Washington Ave. and Montgomery Road,
organized in 1902 with 1st president O. H. L. Wernicke; became branch
of The First National Bank of Cincinnati in
1952
First National Bank of Norwood
- The First National Bank of Cincinnati (Norwood
Office) - [bank] 4600 Montgomery Road, nec Washington Avenue
and Montgomery Road, at First National Bank Building
(this branch was originally the independent First
National Bank of Norwood)
 
First National Bank of Cincinnati, Norwood Branch
- First National Bank of Cincinnati (Norwood
Savings Office) - [savings & loan?] 4730 Montgomery Road
- First Savings & Loan Association -
[bank] 4539-41 Montgomery Road , 4600 Montgomery
Road @ Central Parke , established in
Norwood, 1904
- Carl H. Fischer, Jr. - [grocery] 2701½
Robertson Avenue
- Eugene I. Fischer - [auto repair] 3759
Montgomery Road
- Frank A. Fischer - [carpenter] 5232
Rolston Av.
- Fisher Body Company (General Motors) -
[automotive plant] office at 4726 Smith Road
- Fisher's Sohio - [gasoline station] 2001
Worth Avenue
- Fishter's Food Market - [grocery] 3968
Montgomery Road at Prentiss
Fishter's Food Market advertisement, 1950
- Fite Grocery Company - [grocery]
3738 Montgomery Road (also, daily market; earlier it was H.
C. Florea's store ); 2360 Norwood Avenue'
n.w.c. Robertson and Forest Avenues
- Fite's Super Market - [grocery] 2360
Norwood Avenue
(probably was formerly one of the Fite Grocery
stores)
- Dr. T. V. Fitzpatrick - [physician] Res.:
Hopkins Ave., third house east of Ivanhoe, office: Cin'ti
(est. pre-1900)
- Five Points Pony Keg aka Five
Point Food Shop
- [ponykeg, carry-out, delicatessen] 4400 Forest Avenue at
intersection of Forest and Leslie Avenues, near Smith Road
Five Points Pony Keg advertisement, 1950
- Fix-It Paint And Body Shop - [auto body
repair shop] 2029 Hopkins Avenue
- Richard G. Flamm - [insurance agent] 4523½
Montgomery Road
- R. L. Flett Company - [chemists] 4611
Judge
- Belton J. Flick - [real estate] 4715
Montgomery Road at Maple Building
- Flinn's Tire & Battery Service - [auto
service/gasoline station] 4226-28 Montgomery Road (near Ashland Ave.)
- Flood's Eat 'N Park - [restaurant] Duck
Creek at Smith; formerly Neff
Jenkins
Flood's Eat 'N Park advertisement, 1960
- Floral Bakery - [bakery]
3738 Floral Avenue, operated by Fred Shokler, specialties: wedding
& birthday cakes, also, bread, cake & pastries, a.k.a. Floral
Avenue Bakery and Floral Bake Shop
- H. C. Florea & Sons -
[grocery] 3738 Montgomery
Road
(later, was a Fite Grocery)
- Floto's Department Store (a.k.a. Floto's
and Floto's Bazar) - [department store]
4613-4617 Montgomery Road .
Main & Lawrence Avenues, in 1930 it claimed that it was the "oldest
retail establishment in Norwood," having started in 1900 ;
4529 Montgomery Road, dry goods, furnishings, floor coverings, etc.;
original name was Floto's Bazaar
; 4529 Montgomery Road
- Flow Equipment Company - [machinery sales]
4115 Edwards Road
- Robert B. Fogle - [hardware store] 5504
Carthage Av.
- Foley Construction Company - [general
building contractor] 5050 Orchard
- Foltz Radio Shop a.k.a. Foltz
Radio & Electric Shop - [radio & TV sales &
repairs] 5128 Montgomery Road;
5130 Montgomery Road
- Bernice Ford - [delicatessen]
5258 Hunter Avenue
- Richard Ford - [paint] 3634 Montgomery
Road
- Forest Cafeteria - [restaurant] sec Forest
and Robertson Avenues
Forest Cafeteria advertisement, 1950
- Forest Fruit Store - [fruit grocery] 4513
Forest Avenue
- Four Leaf Clover Grill -
[(cafe?)/restaurant] 2125 Washington Avenue
- Fourth Ward Democratice Club - [political
organization] 5159 Montgomery Road
- Wm. H. Fox Co. - [hardware store]
4712Montgomery Road
- Foy-Johnston - [paint & wallpaper
store] 4527 Montgomery Road
- The Foy Paint Company - [paint, varnish
and laquer manufacturer] 1776 Mentor Avenue at the southwest corner of
Mentor and Huston Avenues, between railroad tracks; also,
see Cincinnati Varnish Co. and R.
F. Johnston Paint Co. , 1776 Mentor
Avenue
(Since both Foy Paint and R.
F. Johnston Paint names were used at the same time (1954), they
may have been separate business and then later joined to form the Foy-Johnston
Company (see above listing).
Incorporation Details:
- The Foy Paint & Glass Company - January 12, 1903
- The Foy Paint Company - January 23, 1915 (name change; dropped
"Glass")
- R. F. Johnston, Inc. - April 11, 1932 (later merged with Foy
Paint)
- Foy-Johnston, Inc. - February 17, 1961 (name changed; merger of
Foy Paint and R. F. Johnston?; also, in conjunction with this name
change, The Martin Rosenberg Wall Paper Company's name was changed
to Foy-Johnston Paint & Wallpaper, Inc.)
- Foy-Johnston sells retail business to Perry & Derrick (Post
article January 22, 1987, 7c:2)
- The Cincinnati Varnish Company - March 9, 1987 (name change)
- The R. F. Johnston Paint Company - December 29, 1989 (since the
officers were the same as Foy-Johnston, it can be assumed that R.
F. Johnston had existed in name only after the 1961
reorganization/name change of The Foy Paint Company.)
- Cintech Industrial Coatings, Inc. - May 14, 1990 (name change
and possible move from 1776 Mentor Avenue, Norwood, to 2217
Langdon Farm Road, Cincinnati)
Bought & Sold:
- Cintech is acquired by Patriot Paints. The Cincinnati and
Casper, Indiana, plants were then closed and all equipment sold to
highest bidders. - April 29, 2010 (Enquirer article date Section
D, page 2, column 1); May 27, 2010 (press release)
- Patriot Paints, originally a family-run business located in
Portland, Indiana, was founded in 1980 as a manufacturer of
industrial anti-corrosive coatings. It was acquired by Quest
Specialty Chemicals, Inc., in October 2011. Quest produces
aftermarket automotive paint supplies. Its manufacturing plants
are located in Wisconsin and Michigan. Quest was launched in 2003
by Huron Capital. (Patriot
Paints website) (Quest
Specialty Chemicals website)
- On March 21, 2011, Quest Specialty Chemicals, Inc. was sold by
Huron Caiptal to Audax Group and Moelis Capital Partners. These
two investment firms were located in Boston, Massachusetts, and
New York, respectively. (Quest
news release, March 28, 2011) (Sale
of Huron owned Quest)
- Mary Frances - [practical nurse] 4503
Ashland Avenue
- Bart Francisco - [restaurant]
4754 Montgomery Road
- Frank & Lou's Shell Service Station -
[gasoline station] 5219-25 Montgomery Road
- Frank's Quality Food Store - [groceries/meats/fruit]
Beech and Duck Creek
- David W. Frank [men's furnishings -
retail] 4568 Montgomery Road
- Newton A. Franks - [painter] 4117 Smith
Road
- Gerritt J. Fredriks, Jr. - [attorney] 1958
Cleneay Avenue
- Freedman & Adams - [junk dealers] 2210
Monroe Aveue
(also, see Frank
Adams & Company
- The Freeman Perfume Company a.k.a. Freeman
Face Powder - [perfume and face powder manufacturer]
incorporated September 16, 1912; southeast corner Norwood and Linden
Avenues at 2501-2503 Norwood Avenue; building was built in 1910
according to 1917 Sanborn map
- Joseph N. Freiden - [physician] 5364
Carthage Avenue
- Frerick's Laundromat - [laundry] Section
& Elm Avenues, also see Lil' Grif's Pizzeria
- Frese-Elstun Co. - [hardware store]
Montgomery Road at Cleneay av.
- H. R. Frick - [oyster dealer] west side of
Montgomery Road, 3rd house south of Hopkins
(est. pre-1900)
- F. A. Friedel - [saloon] s.e. cor.
Montgomery & Monroe
(est. pre-1900)
- Friedman Furniture Company - [furniture
store] 4351 and 4733 Montgomery Road
- Morris Friedman - [second-hand furniture
dealer] 4423 Montgomery Road
- David Frisch - [shoe maker] 4758
Montgomery Road
- David Frisch - [restaurant] 4733
Montgomery Road
- Reuben Frisch - [men's furnishings -
retail] 4734 Montgomery Road
- Samuel Frisch - [restaurant]
4644½ Montgomery Road ; later, 4760 Montgomery Road
- Frisch's Big Boy - [restaurant]
- Office & Big Boy restaurant - 2591 Duckcreek Road
(at Duckcreek & Smith, near Williams Ave.), later (ca.
1953-54) moved restaurant to new Duckcreek location at ...
- No. 2 - 2505 (2205?) Duck Creek Road
(near Catherine, Hires, Hudson and Avilla Avenues)
- No. 3 - 4145 Montgomery Road (near Hopkins Ave.);
a.k.a. Frisch's Norwood Inn
- Frisch Lunch Incorporated - [restaurant]
4736 Montgomery Road, incorporated in 1928
- Fritsch & Hugle - [real estate] sw
cor. Fourth & Main, Cincinnati
(est. pre-1900)
- Ida N. Fry - [dressmaker] 1736 Lincoln
Avenue
- Frye Brothers Hardware Company, Inc. -
[hardware store] 3818 Montgomery Road
- Frye & Kaplan - [hardware store] 4919
Montgomery Road
- Fuller Brush Company - [brush
manufacturer/sales?] 2089 Sherman Av., Room 61?
- J. E. Fults - [carpenter/builder] Turrill
Avenue near Mound
(est. pre-1900)
- Fun Factory - [indoor entertainment
center] 1631 Sherman Avenue, roller skating, minature golf, batting
cages
- William G. Funke - [dairy]
3755 Edwards Road , later renamed Hyde
Park Dairy?
- Ralph O. Funkhouser - [chiropractor]
1st National Bank Building; 4600 Montgomery Road
- Furniture Connection - [furniture store]
4101 Montgomery Road
- Fusite Division / Emerson Electric Company -
[electrical terminals] 6000 Fernview Avenue
- Futurama Furniture Store - [furniture
store] 4101 Montgomery Road, opened on July 12, 1955 at this building,
which was formerly occupied by the Coleman &
Bell Chemical Company
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