WALNUT HILLS
Ault Residence
Levi Addison Ault was president of Ault and Wiborg Company, once among the world's leading manufacturers of printing inks. When Ault became president of the Board of Park Commissioners in 1908, Cincinnati had 369 acres of parklands; when he left the post in 1926, it had 2,200 acres. Hence Ault is known as the "father of the Cincinnati Park system." Ault (1853-1930) and his wife, Ida May (1853-1931) donated 205 acres of Ault Park's 224 acres.
Martha Winkler residence
Residence on Fairfax Ave.
1875 Hewitt & Wold Aves.
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The three cards above show the home that Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) lived in at 2950 Gilbert Avenue. She, of course, is the woman who wrote the famous novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly. Her father Lyman Beecher (1775-1863) was the first head of Lane Seminary (see cards in the Religious section). Today the house serves as a resource center on early Cincinnati history. Art exhibits and classes in Afro-American history and computer education are also held. The two images below of Harriet are not postcards.
Harriet Beecher Stowe's FDC
Harriet Beecher Stowe was honored with a 75c stamp on June 13, 2007 in Cincinnati. This is the First Day Cover seen above.
The cards above show the home of
Nicholas Longworth (1869-1931). Located on Rookwood Drive just past Grandin
Road. His father Joseph Longworth built this home around 1850. It was called Rookwood
because of the many crows that could be found roosting in the trees and consisted of 15 acres.
When his daughter Maria established an art pottery company she named it Rookwood
after her childhood home and because of the similarity of its name to Wedgwood. He married President Theodore Roosevelt's
daughter Alice in 1906. The image below is a postcard that has a 1904 copyright
on it which is two years before they were married. I believe this copyright is
for the Alice Roosevelt image only.
His son Nicholas served in Congress
from 1899-1901, 1903-1913, and from 1915 to his death in 1931. He was Speaker of
the House his last three terms.
Mr. & Mrs. Longworth
Park
Avenue
These two cards show The Jacob Schmidlapp mansion.
He was renown as a provider of low income housing.
Unknown residences
WESTWOOD
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The Frank Tuchfarber Residence was located near the corner of Boudinot and Mozart Avenues. Mozart Ave. was named by Tuchfarber who had been well known in musical circles. The estate was later purchased by Mary Emery as an arboretum called The Botanical Gardens. The area since 1939 has been subdivided for homes.
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The first four cards are of Werk Castle on the corner of Harrison Ave. and Werk Road. Built in 1898, it was razed in1939. The homes you see in the next card were built on this site. Louis Werk was the son of Michael Werk a pioneer Cincinnati soap boiler.
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Harrison
Avenue
Oskamp Mansion
Unknown Home
The 2nd card above was called "Wiladel" and was built in 1896 by William and Adele Oskamp. Oskamp was a very successful jeweler and silver manufactured. His wife was the daughter of soap company founder Michael Werk. The home is now part of the Judson Village Retirement Community.
LOVELAND
RESIDENCES IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
Delta
Avenue
Haffner Homestead
(?)
Highland Avenue
The John Hauck house is at 812 Dayton Street
The Kellogg Homestead
3811 Eastern Avenue
Built by Samuel Knisley as an inn, by the 1840's it was used as a private residence by his descendants. The Kellogg family lived there from the 1840's until 1977. Ensign R. Kellogg was a coal merchant. One of his sons (Marshall 1865-1950) became president of the National Lead Co. and his other son Edwin (1862-1937) was active in city government. From 1899 to 1921 he served on the city council, vigorously pursuing road and sewer improvements for the East End. Kellogg Avenue was named in his memory.
Three Pleasant Ridge Residences Thompson Homestead Elmwood Place
Terrace Park
Home
Virginia Lynne
(?)
Two Vernonville
Residences
The 1st card above was called a "Fresh Air" home because it was situated in the eastern suburb of Terrace Park so that inner-city children could escape the smog and dangers of their neighborhoods. Cincinnati was active in the national settlement house movement which provided citizenship, job training, and sports programs for immigrants and poor urban families. Today it is the site of the Stepping Stones Center for the handicapped.
These 2 images are not postcards
William Haines Lytle
The William Lytle Home was located across the street from the Taft House (now a museum) in What is now Lytle Park. One of his sons, William Haines Lytle, was a poet, a lawyer, and a brigadier General who was killed at the battle of Chickamauga in the Civil War. The Lytle family owned much of the land in the area.
Edward Busse was president and secretary of the Busse and Borgmann Co. undertakers. You can see some of their cards in the Advertisers section.
Unsere Wohnung
The Irwin Homestead
Hillside
Cabin
2624 Eden Avenue
Milford
In 1895 William Taylor Erwin and his wife, Mary Louise Orr, purchased 88 acres above the Little Miami River in Milford. The house constructed of rock and stone was known as the Rock House Lodge and the estate was called the Ripples for the sound of water flowing by. The estate had a staff of six maids, a cook, butler, nurse, 4 farmers, 3 gardeners, coachman/chauffeur and a houseboy. Families such as the Tafts and Proctors were seen at parties of 400 people or more.
2136 N. Main St. R.P.
N. A. Berthol residence
1711 Ninion Avenue
Real Photo Postcard
Home in Harrison
Lawrenceburg Residences
CAMP DENNISON
Christian Waldschmidt House. Camp Dennison
During the Civil War, this house (built in 1804)
was part of Camp Dennison, which was used primarily as a general training
center, recruiting depot, and hospital post. It was named after Governor William
Dennison. Before that the area was known as "Germany",
established by Christian Waldschmidt and a group of Pennsylvania German pietists
in 1795-96. Waldschmidt erected the first paper mill in Ohio here and the
buildings are the oldest in Hamilton County. This house, now known after the man who built it as Waldschmidt
House, served as the headquarters for General Joshua Bates. The house fell into
disrepair over the years. In 1941 Mr. & Mrs. Chester Kroger of Cincinnati
who had purchased the property, gave the house to the Ohio Society Daughters of
the American Revolution (OSDAR) and donated $5,000 to start the restoration.
Restoration was not begun until after WWII. In 1953 the house was dedicated and
opened to the public as a museum.
After the Civil War ended in 1865 Camp Dennison was no longer
needed and was deactivated in September. The small community of Camp Dennison,
Ohio, sprang up around the camp and Hospital. Many of the homes and barns used
the lumber and other materials found at the abandoned army camp.
The Christian Waldschmidt House is located between the towns of
Indian Hill and Milford at 7567 Glendale-Milford Road.
The three non-postcard images below show how the Camp Dennison camp
looked.
Camp Dennison
Demolition
This real photo postcard is not a residential card, nor is it a very clear or good card, but I stuck it here because Camp Dennison cards are few and far between and I wanted to keep them together. It states on the card that this view is after the blast of 93 cans of powder on the hill below the camp. That's it. It was mailed in January of 1907. Not much of a card but it is a card.
CIVIL WAR COVER
This unused Civil War envelope shows either a man-like target or a prisoner being shot. The name Jeff is on the figure.
