He hired John Charles Olmsted to landscape the grounds of the National Cash Register Company campus in Dayton, with spacious lawns and landscaping with colorful plantings. This was in an era when sweatshops were still in operation elsewhere. In 1893 he constructed the first "daylight factory" buildings with floor-to-ceiling glass windows that let in light and could be opened to let in fresh air as well. Worker house gardens in Dayton, Ohio, after renovation by John Charles Olmsted (1896) He became an investor in the National Manufacturing Company in 1882, buying it out with his brother by 1884 to form National Cash Register Company. That year, he began managing the Southern Ohio Coal and Iron Company. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1867 and went to work as a canal toll collector until 1870. He spent his childhood working on the family farm and in his father's sawmills.
John Henry Patterson was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1844. He headed relief efforts after the 1913 Dayton flood, and successfully promoted the city manager form of government. John Henry Patterson (December 13, 1844 – May 7, 1922) was an industrialist and founder of the National Cash Register Company. Founder of National Cash Register Company, led recovery effort after the Great Dayton Flood
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