I lived at 2000 Compton Rd which was built in 1875. Previously a 2 story log cabin (2 rms upper and lower) that was added onto. It was found when trying to run electric that they used firewood, mud and straw for insulation.
Thank you so very much for this video! I love Cincinnati history, and I was a metro bus driver. Where can I find online, if at all, film or pictures of construction of Swifton Shopping Center, construction of Woodward on Reading Rd (NOT the new current Woodward), construction of homes in Madisonville in the shadow of the high rise Nursing home on Kenwood especially on Owasco street, construction of Bond Hill & Roselawn subdivisions, and earliest pictures or films of the Reading Road Corridor, especially the 5Mile House Bond Hill House at Reading & California, the Catherine Booth Hospital, and the Madisonville business district in the 50s and 60s?
My family’s home in College Hill/Northside was originally built pre 1850s by Zebulon Strong and was a part of the Underground Railroad. Was later owned by The Thompson paper family ( same family that owned the Archbishops/Larosa Mansion)and is currently a B&B titled 6 acres.
I grew up in Avondale and I love this series. I now live in Maryland. There wer beautiful old grand houses in Avondale off Rockdale Avenue. I lived in a couple of them for a while. These houses opened into large entrance foyers with beautiful staircases and beautiful old floors and woodwork. Are any of them still exiting? The interiors of these house wer amazing.
This was an amazing tour of the city’s fantastic homes. I lived in the now-gone row houses on West McMillan from the 1880s. I always go for drives whenever I’m back in Cincinnati. Thank you 🙏
Excellent. My great-grandparents owned the Apothecary/Pharmacy directly south of Schwartz Point that still has the "Apothe" painted on its south wall. They were the Scheidt's and also owned pharmacies now where I-75 runs through it then another where they ended up living on the West side where they also owned a gas station at the corner of Rapid Run and Anderson Ferry. I love learning about history particularly in my hometown of Cincinnati. Thank you to all those that had a hand in this production.
Mt. Auburn has a couple other really old ones besides the Gorham Worth house. The Keyes House dates from about 1819, south end of Walker Street I believe. It was not occupied when I looked, probably 2018. James Keyes was one of the earliest residents of that hilltop area when it was called Keyes Hill. One of my favorite homes is the John C.Wright House at 2411 Auburn Ave. with the Fire insurance mark above the doorway with the date 1839. It is the oldest home on Auburn Ave. Wright founded the Cincinnati Law School and was an Ohio Supreme Court Justice.
My 5th great grandfather built several historical buildings in and around Cincinnati. The Longview Insane Asylum, General Hospital and The Kankakee building.
Very interesting, can you research the sister houses on river road? A judge built them from what I heard, I was inside one of them and it’s absolutely beautiful, the wood work inside
Have anything on 919 mount hope road ? It was home to a German saboteur during the 1933 to 1944 , had a transceiver in the attic, secret navy plans, explosives inthe basement workbench.
Cincinnati did a great job pushing the low income and poor people out of downtown and areas like over the rhine and others to rebuild and bring the money back to these areas...
