 As the president of Cincinnati's West End Flour Mills, he was involved in the same business as Luethstrom.In 1979, a local historic preservation group began a citywide survey to identify Wyoming's historic buildings, and this effort culminated with a multiple property submission of eighteen houses, the Wyoming Presbyterian Church, and one historic district to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.Along with all but one of the other properties, the Luethstrom–Hurin House was listed on the Register in the following year, qualifying because of its historically significant architecture.