Walnut Hills Historical Society
stories and images from Walnut Hills, Cincinnati
Archibald Dickerson and the Walnut Hills Pharmacy, 1919-1924 We have seen that African American pharmacist Archibald Dickerson opened the Walnut Hills Pharmacy at 1126 Chapel Continue Reading
Using both Google Maps and Google Earth, we have been able to visually display the census data from 1900. Google Maps shows each dwelling, color Continue Reading
The 1900 census is available online through many sites. We used FamilySearch.org, setting up a free account. Once you are logged in, use this link Continue Reading
For the past few years, the college-level course on African-American History at the School for the Creative and Performing Arts has been dedicating time to Continue Reading
We have met the Italian-born sculptor Louis Rebisso, who lived on Lincoln Avenue in Walnut Hills, in the context of his first major public work Continue Reading
Tennis emerged as a fashionable sport for white elites in the 1880s. Walnut Hills provided the settling for many early courts, beginning with a Continue Reading
Horace Sudduth has generally been cast as a businessman who steered clear of politics. In 1921, however, Sudduth was willing to run for Cincinnati City Continue Reading
When Horace Sudduth began working in the Walnut Hills market, he played much the same role dealing in and managing tenements as he had downtown. Continue Reading
In the previous post we looked at Horace Sudduth’s business dealings in the West End during the 1910’s. We also noted that the Lincoln Theater, Continue Reading
When Horace and Melvina Sudduth moved to Cincinnati in 1910, they settled in the West End downtown. The last of the wealthy neighborhoods in the Continue Reading