LIBRARIES
6 Norwood Library cards
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Price
Hill
Dayton Street Branch. 924 Dayton Street
EVANSTON BOOKMOBILE
Not a building, but where else could I put it?
WATER TOWERS
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America's First Concrete Water Tower, Milford
Glendale
Milford's water tower was built in 1901 and was the worlds first poured concrete standpipe in the U. S. It was also the largest structure of its kind in the world at the time. In the 1950s it was replaced and in 1961 it was torn down. The water at the Milford Waterworks was famous for its flinty hardness. In the 1940s it became famous as a folk remedy for nephritis (inflammation of the kidney). People came from near and far to collect water from the plant. Water was even shipped out via the railroad.
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Norwood Pumping Station
Loveland Light & Water
Located on Harris Avenue
Disposal Plant
TIME HILL (Gruen Watches)
Located on the block bounded by E. McMillan, Iowa, Bennington, and Reading Road the structure is built in the style of an immense Alpine Chalet, set among rock gardens on a landscaped hill. Constructed in 1917 in the area known as Nanny Goat Hill, the entrance resembled that of a mountain lodge. Because their watches were made following Swiss models they wanted the factory to resemble a Swiss building. The actual watch movements were made in the company's own factory in Madre-Biel Switzerland, while the cases and crystals were made here in the 2nd floor workrooms. A dining room and kitchen also on the 2nd floor. The finished timepieces were also assembled and inspected here. The first non-postcard image is a 1915 Gruen Ad. for their Veri Thin watch.
Not postcards 
Women assembling watches
Not a postcard
The 4th image above is a street view of the Gruen Watch Co. seen from the McMillan Street Bridge that had just been constructed in 1941 replacing an old iron, single lane in each direction, bridge that had been a major traffic bottleneck. I-71 now goes under this bridge.
PROCTOR and COLLIER CO.
The Proctor and Collier Co., located across the street from Time Hill at 440 East McMillan St. was constructed in 1921. The design of this building was meant to harmonize with the widely admired watch factory. The company was a printing and advertising agency for the Proctor & Gamble Company. The tower held water for a sprinkler system. In 1936 the founders of Beau Brummel Ties, Inc. moved in.
The Beau Brummell Tie Inc.
The first two are of their Studios, the third shows the
factory.
Advertising card
In the 1990's both of the above buildings were bought by the Union Institute which is an educational institution for nontraditional studies. Both structures were restored to their original beauty.
LOVELAND'S CHATEAU LAROCHE ROCK CASTLE
This castle is located in Loveland at 12025 Shore Drive. It was built by one man, Harry Andrews in his spare time, over a period of nearly 50 years. Harry started in 1929 and continued working on it until his death in 1981 at the age of 91. He did have help by young men many of whom were sent there by the Hamilton County Juvenile Court. School kids used to save cardboard milk cartons that Harry would turn into bricks for the castle. It was inherited by the Knights of the Golden Trail who carefully maintain the castle. Open on Saturdays and Sundays for only $3 it is a knight's castle of medieval Norman architecture.
Overhead
view
Painting by Ken Mullen
Drawing By H, D. Andrews
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Modern postcard images
Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center.
Located at 4676 Columbia Parkway, this building was dedicated in 1954 as a national laboratory of the Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. It is devoted to research, training, and technical services in promoting healthful surroundings through engineering and related sciences.
Oakley Post Office and Businessmen's Club. A. A. Degenhart seen on the sign on the top corner was a undertaker whose establishment was at 1706 Madison Road.
The Thomas J. Emery Memorial Building. Located in Mariemont, the community his wife Mary Emery created in the 1920's.
Ohio National Life Insurance Co.
2400 Reading Road
Gieringer's Store Miamitown
Miamitown got its original name - Miami - from the West Miami tribe of Shawnee Indians who had hunted in the region in the 1700s. Arthur Henrie a nephew of Revolutionary War hero Patrick Henry, laid out the town over what had been an orchard. He sold the first lot to Jacob Herrider in 1816. On July 4, 1817, William Henry Harrison chose Miami to make a major pronouncement against slavery. Sometime between 1904 when the Miami post office closed and when it reopened in November of 1931 the name was changed to Miamitown. I believe the Gieringer family still reside in Miamitown. This building is, I believe, one of the many antique shops in the town.
Camden Terrace Farms
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Bell Telephone Exchange
This Drug Store was
Norwood Post Office
Elm Avenue Norwood
Located in Norwood
Kroger Store Next Door
Gas Hall - Carthage
