text and photos by Heather Churchman Evergreen Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Campbell County, and a really great place to get away from other people for a while. In addition to rolling hills and beautiful monuments, you can see Shaler Battery at the cemetery, one of 28 artillery batteries built in Northern […]
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by Margo Warminski, CPA Preservation Directororiginally published in Northern Kentucky Tribune Newport, Kentucky’s Mansion Hill is one of America’s great historic preservation success stories. And like many historic districts nationwide, its plot is familiar. From starting as a genteel subdivision to houses that have been subdivided into multiple units, and finally, to careful
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by Rick Pender The Friends of Music Hall began in 1987 with a different name. It was founded as the Society for the Preservation of Music Hall, established to support the maintenance and improvement of Music Hall, Cincinnati’s iconic 1878 performance venue designed by renowned architect Samuel Hannaford. Over the years, the hall has
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On July 14, 2020, at 6:00pm, CPA Preservation Director Margo Warminski presented a virtual talk, entitled “Cincinnati’s Oldest Buildings.” Do you think you can identify Cincinnati’s oldest buildings? Did you know the oldest brick home in Ohio is right here in the Queen City? Let’s take a virtual tour of what remains of early Cincinnati.
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by Margo Warminski, CPA Preservation Directororiginally published in Northern Kentucky Tribune “In the late 19th Century, improvements in transportation made it more practical to develop the hillsides. It was at this time that the city of Clifton, a hillside suburb of Newport, was developed. Clifton was incorporated in 1888 by developers who chose the
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by Margo Warminskiphotos by Adam Nelsonvideo by Jeremy Loukinas The iconic former United States Playing Card factory on Beech Ave. in Norwood is facing demolition. The Norwood city administration had hoped to find a developer to renovate at least part of the complex, but was unsuccessful. The company that became United States Playing
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by Deb Del Valle The Belvedere was one of the first luxury apartment buildings built in Cincinnati. This Second Renaissance Revival high rise was constructed in North Avondale in 1926. The building was marketed to affluent residents, and the accommodations included separate servants’ quarters. The Belvedere was converted into condominiums in the 1980s. The
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by Paul Muller, CPA Executive Director This is a story about John Lea, a Cincinnati notary and amateur geologist, who was obsessed with finding the cause of Choler, and about Henry Boyd, a highly successful Cincinnati furniture maker and former enslaved Kentuckian. In 1832 Henry Boyd, determined that water was the source of cholera transmission.
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by Maya Drozdz This German gothic-style building at 1556 John St. in the West End was built as Ahavath Achim (“love brothers” in Hebrew) Synagogue in 1865. It was constructed one year before Plum Street Temple downtown, and four years after the Lodge Street Synagogue on Ruth Lyons Way. In 1906, the building became
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