Walnut Hills Historical Society
stories and images from Walnut Hills, Cincinnati
…The Spencer Education Center is named after Donald and Marian Spencer. For more information, see Donald Spencer, Douglass School teacher To comment, go to our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/WalnutHillsStories/posts/1588600784586726 Dr. Charles… Continue Reading
…Historic Places Registration Form, https://www.ohiohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/NR_ManseHotel_MP100004232.pdf, June 17, 2019, pg. 1. [iv] “Manse Hotel and Manse Hotel Annex,” NRHP Registration Form, section 8, pg. 26. [v] “Manse Hotel and Annex,” National… Continue Reading
…public “Ascension Day Services” at the church. Freemasonry remained a popular social gathering in the Black as well as the white community. As was common, the church gave the society… Continue Reading
…boasted ready access to the southernmost leg of the Miami Canal. Opened in 1829, the long ditch enjoyed its greatest commercial success before serious competition from the railroads in the… Continue Reading
…Horace Sudduth: Businessman, Philanthropist, WH Resident References Williams Directories are available online from the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County at https://digital.cincinnatilibrary.org/digital/collection/p16998coll5/search/searchterm/Cincinnati/field/title/mode/all/conn/and/order/search For early newspaper real estate coverage of… Continue Reading
…page for others 1868 https://books.google.com/books?id=BU0MAQAAMAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s 1875 https://books.google.com/books?id=_E0MAQAAMAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s 1877: https://books.google.com/books?id=7VIPAQAAMAAJ&source=gbs_similarbooks A short history of the Eden Park Water Works appeared in Engineering News, April 23, 1881, p. 153 and 162 https://books.google.com/books?id=midKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=henry+earnshaw… Continue Reading
…establish their competence. Hires would be made from the pool of those who passed the test. Under this plan, those hired would become permanent government employees. To be sure, hiring… Continue Reading
Fourth graders from Frederick Douglass School and the Spencer Center have a combined history club. The Douglass kids stay after school; always start with a snack and a half hour… Continue Reading
…Greve, Centennial History of Cincinnati and Representative Citizens, v. 2, 1904, pp. 273-274. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Centennial_History_of_Cincinnati_and_Rep/YqcxAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Shoe and Leather Reporter, Volume 51, April 28, 1891, p. 1032 and passim https://www.google.com/books/edition/Shoe_and_Leather_Reporter/m_E-AQAAMAAJ?hl=en Shoe and… Continue Reading
…better oversight, an auditorium, and community meeting rooms. Funding was based on a $2.00/person funding formula according to the latest census. Most grants ranged between $10,000 and $20,000. Funds were… Continue Reading