HistoryForge: How to Help
Getting the most out of HistoryForge will take several years and lots of work! You can help! Transcribers: What we need most are people willing Continue Reading
Tag: Buildings
HistoryForge: Plans for the Future
The task of entering census information will take a long time, but even before we get all the people from all the years entered, we Continue Reading
HistoryForge: Census, Maps and More
WHHS has partnered with HistoryForge to create an on-line application that links census information to historical maps. We started this kind of work with the Continue Reading
The Paramount Building: Art Deco in Walnut Hills
Art Deco in Walnut Hills The most prominent Art Deco site is the Paramount Building on the Northeast corner of Gilbert and McMillan, the anchor Continue Reading
DeSales Corner, from Streetcar Suburb to Automotive Highway, 1928-29
In this photo taken August 10, 1928, Madison Road ended at DeSales Corner. From there westbound traffic flowed either north or southeast on Woodburn. (Only Continue Reading
Ford Model T assembly plant
An old industrial building at 660 Lincoln Avenue, now used for office space by Children’s Hospital and bearing its logo, is visible from I71 as Continue Reading
Frederick Douglass and Spencer Center Fourth Grade History Club Spring 2018
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 Continue Reading
The Hotel Alms
In 1891, Frederick Alms built a large apartment building on McMillan, just across Elmwood Place (later renamed Alms Place, now Victory Parkway) from his palatial Continue Reading
About Us
The Walnut Hills Historical Society (WHHS) is a committee of the Walnut Hills Area Council. We conduct historical research on the Walnut Hills neighborhood of Continue Reading
Projects
Walnut Hills and the Great Migration Our November, 2020, virtual meeting featured research by Geoff Sutton on how Cincinnati and our neighborhood responded to the Continue Reading