Frederick B. Hose Sr., was one of Long Island’s most successful businessmen in the early 1900s.Born in Brooklyn on November 10, 1882, he grew up there and started in business. He first had success as executive business manager of the Peerless Pattern Company of Brooklyn. Frederick married fellow Brooklynite Ruth Pringle on November 29,1906, and they had five children: Dorothy, Ruth, Frederick Jr., Edith, and Harry.

The family moved to Hauppauge in 1919 for Frederick Sr.’s health. There, he and partner George W. Girord  formed the very successful Hose-Girord Corp. They were factory representatives. The family lived on the Scholl estate in Hauppauge, until they moved to Brentwood after Girord’s death in 1930 and moved  the Corporation’s business offices. They built a beautiful home in Brentwood.  Frederick Sr. served as secretary of the executive committee of Christ Episcopal Church for 25 years.

After Frederick’s death on October 20,1947, Harry became President of the Host-Girord Corp. The company moved into its own building in 1950.

Harry’s brother Frederick Jr. was a popular Republican leader in Suffolk County. For five years he was Secretary of the Suffolk County Civil Service Commission. He took a leave of absence to serve with the Red Cross in the Far East during World War II. While stationed in the Philippines in March 1945 working with Americans who had been freed from Japanese prison camps in Manila, he  found two families scheduled to come to Brentwood. Verne Dyson’s family had eight, who were quickly welcomed by the Hoses. Frederick Jr. became Suffolk County Commissioner of Jurors in 1950. He married Beatrice Hambly in 1932, and they had two children, Barbara and Frederick III.

-N. Zinno, Local History Newsletter, April 2008