John Hartwell Hillman Jr. (1880–1959) was an American businessman who was active in coal, steel and gas.

Early life and career

Hillman was born in 1880 to J. Hartwell Hillman Sr. and his wife, Sallie Murfree Frazer. His father was the founder of the

Hillman Coal and Coke Company The Hillman Coal and Coke Company was a bituminous coal mining company based in Pittsburgh, PA. The company was formed by John Hartwell Hillman Sr. He established the Hillman Coal and Coke Company, and J. H. Hillman & Sons, which was eventuall ...

. Hillman headed his family's company, J. H. Hillman & Sons, in partnership with his brothers Ernest Hillman (1883–1969) and James Frazier Hillman (1888–1972). Eventually, the company became Pittsburgh Coke & Chemical, which is now

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Hillman House

In 1919, Hillman bought a late-1870s red-brick, three-storey house at "Millionaires' Row" on

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, which had been built for James Rees, a boat and engine builder. Initially, Hillman engaged the architect

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to design a new residence. However, he changed his mind and had Edward Mellon remodel the existing house, encasing it in limestone and renaming it "Hillman House". The home stayed in the family until 1975.

Personal life

Hillman was married to Juliet Cummins Lea (1885–1940), then subsequently married Dora Butcher. Hillman died in 1959.

Children

His son John Hartwell Hillman III was in the

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class of 1932 and was president of the National Garden Supply Corporation. He died on March 21, 1974, of heart failure at his Pittsburgh home. His son Henry Lea Hillman (1918–2017) was a billionaire investor.

References

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