Walnut Hills Historical Society
stories and images from Walnut Hills, Cincinnati
…Page https://www.facebook.com/WalnutHillsStories/posts/1589612704485534 Donald Spencer Donald Spencer graduated from Walnut Hills High School and the University of Cincinnati. He also earned a master’s in education. He began teaching at Frederick Douglass… 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
…“1860 U.S. Federal Census – Population,” database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). The FamilySearch transcription erroneously lists the… 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
…Enterprise Company, the Creative Realty Company, and Sudduth Real Estate Agency.[viii] A business and civic leader, Sudduth provided important entertainment, accommodation, and financial opportunities for the Black residents of Walnut… Continue Reading
…to larger pools of foremen and laborers that mostly worked on the city’s roads and sewers. (A walk up David Baker Pass will now lead up past the Seasongood Pavilion… 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
…three of the old Negro branches. Urban renewal and freeway construction destroyed much of the old West End including the Ninth Street YMCA, a flagship institution for the Black community… Continue Reading
…young men and women in 1869, five passed the exam for a teaching certificate from the (white) school board – an exam also required of Black teachers in the Colored… Continue Reading
…young men and women in 1869, five passed the exam for a teaching certificate from the (white) school board – an exam also required of Black teachers in the Colored… Continue Reading