Walnut Hills Historical Society
stories and images from Walnut Hills, Cincinnati
…democratic newspaper unsympathetic to Blacks, free or freed – suggest a more complicated domestic life. At any rate, accounts of Woods’ serious bout of smallpox while in Cincinnati – appearing… Continue Reading
…now organized as a non-profit though still hustling its wares. https://www.pewabic.org/ . See also https://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal_mhc_mhm_pewabic-tiles_03-10-2004_92006_7.pdf and Jenny Nolan ,“Pewabic tile, Detroit’s art treasure” The Detroit News February 13, 2000 https://archive.ph/20130121110309/http:/info.detnews.com/redesign/history/story/historytemplate.cfm?id=23… Continue Reading
…his freedom. He moved to Cincinnati in 1847 and opened a coal business downtown. He made a lot of money. After the Civil War he moved to Walnut Hills to… Continue Reading
…on the wonderful site www.cincinnativiews.net and the card appears as http://www.cincinnativiews.net/images/Reservoir-1.jpg The photograph shown here is on the web at http://mtadamscincy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Grapevine-Summer-2018.pdf on p. 17. On the Dayton Stone contract see… Continue Reading
The Eden Park Reservoir Project began in 1866 with the construction of huge retaining walls to support the reservoir. A second front was opened in order to bring water from… Continue Reading
In 1883, three Episcopalian women determined to open a new hospital in Cincinnati to care for sick children. The idea originated with a Mrs. Robert Dayton, herself left nameless in… Continue Reading
The previous half-dozen posts examined the way businessman Robert Gordon thrived in the growing, prosperous and culturally rich African American community in Cincinnati before, during and after the Civil War…. Continue Reading
…train Black teachers, not only for Cincinnati and nearby Black communities, but also for the Freedmen of the South.[1] It was wildly successful; in the first graduating class of seven… Continue Reading
…train Black teachers, not only for Cincinnati and nearby Black communities, but also for the Freedmen of the South.[1] It was wildly successful; in the first graduating class of seven… Continue Reading
…train Black teachers, not only for Cincinnati and nearby Black communities, but also for the Freedmen of the South.[1] It was wildly successful; in the first graduating class of seven… Continue Reading