Cincinnati Preservation Association (CPA) honored 10 local preservation projects for outstanding accomplishments at it’s annual meeting on December 5th, 2021. The projects were recognized in the areas of education, restoration, sustainability and more. The awards were presented at the Glendale Lyceum in historic Glendale to recognize and honor the members of the Eckstein Cultural Arts Center. Below are …
Cincinnati Preservation Association Presents: “Preservation as Social Justice” Keynote Speaker – Brent Leggs We were pleased to welcome Brent Leggs as our 2021 Fall Forum Speaker. His talk focused on preserving the galaxy of Black landmarks. Our 26th annual Fall Forum luncheon will took place in the Hall of Mirrors at the Netherland Plaza on …
Cincinnati Preservation Association (CPA) is pleased to welcome Deqah Hussein-Wetzel as our part time historic preservation researcher. Deqah is a first-generation Somali-American originally from Erie, PA. After receiving a degree in in urban planning from the University of Cincinnati, she joined AmeriCorps and then went on to study at the University of Oregon where she …
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There is Still a Chance to Save First Lutheran Bell Tower. Two recent developments have created an opportunity to avert the planned demolition of the historic First Lutheran Church (FLC) bell tower. The church recently submitted a second engineering approach to Cincinnati building officials to see if a non-seismic repair it would meet the building …
by Russell Theatre volunteers Colonel J. Barbour Russell & the Russell Theatre Colonel J. Barbour Russell, a flamboyant, well-known Maysville businessman who made his early fortune in the grocery business, decided to erect a movie palace in downtown Maysville in 1928 to expand his real estate holdings. A president of both the Maysville Rotary …
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Cincinnati Preservation Association Purchases Endangered School! Eckstein School – Glendale, Ohio Update 9/21/2021: Cincinnati Preservation Association Announces Agreement to Purchase the Eckstein School. Read the Press Advisory Eckstein School Agreement to Purchase. “The National Trust for Historic Preservation is pleased to hear that the Cincinnati Preservation Association has acquired the Eckstein School to protect and …
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This pavilion in Owl’s Nest Park was designed by the locally prominent firm of Elzner & Anderson and dedicated in 1933. It is located on the edges of Evanston, East Walnut Hills and the O’Bryonville business district, diverse communities that literally come together in this public greenspace. The historic building makes an imposing visual statement …
by Alexis Liu Originally published on HistoricBellaVista.com In 1926, Cincinnati developer Arthur R. Green began the development of an enclave of Tudor Revival homes across Reading Road from the Maketewah Country Club, in the neighborhood of Bond Hill. Acquiring the plot from the Snow & White subdivision, Green first advertised the new neighborhood as …
Bella Vista Historic District: A Quiet Lane of Jazz Age Homes in Bond Hill Read More »
by Maya Drozdz Abraham Lincoln Fechheimer was born in Cincinnati in 1876 into a prominent local Jewish family. His father Leopold Samuel, a German immigrant, was a successful wholesale clothier who had married Mary Hollstein of Lafayette, IN in 1868. Abraham, who preferred to go by Lincoln, was the third of four children. …
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