Houck House
Houck House was officially named by the Board of Trustees on April 6, 1962, to honor two brothers: Edwin R. Houck and Ernest C. Houck, both OSU war veterans. The residence hall is one of a number of North Dorms built in honor of the University’s war dead.
Construction began in 1965 and was first occupied Spring Quarter of 1966 by women only. In the autumn of 1966, it was changed to an all-men’s dorm.
Lieutenant Edwin Houck graduated from Ohio State with a degree in communications in 1929. He enlisted in the Air Corps in the autumn of 1940, and became a navigator. He was killed on December 9, 1944, when his bomber crash landed in the Gulf of Trieste after sustaining damages on a bombing mission over Vienna.
Naval Lieutenant Ernest Houck was killed in a plane crash that occurred on March 31, 1943, near Floyd Bennett Field, New York. He graduated from Ohio State in 1938, and went on to earn his wings in Texas where he served as a flight instructor.
Houck House is one of nine dormitories built on North Campus during the 1960s to honor University graduates and former students who were killed during war service.
more information:
John H. Herrick Archives: Houck House
