Cincinnati March(itecture) Madness

The West Region Seedings & Summary

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Cincinnati March(itecture) Madness

In the West Region:

1. Cincinnati Union Terminal
Stats:
Location: 301 Western Avenue, Queensgate
Completed: 1933
Architect: Alfred Fellheimer and Stewart Wagner with Paul Phillipe Cret
A National Historic Landmark

An Art Modern masterpiece and one of the City's best interior spaces

2. Plum Street Temple
Stats:
Location: 726 Plum Street, Downtown
Completed: 1866
Architect: James Keys Wilson
A National Historic Landmark

A wonderful and incredibly eclectic design for the home of Reform Judaism.

3. Roebling Suspension Bridge
Stats:
Location: Bridge over Ohio River
Completed: 1867
Architect: John A. & Washington Roebling
A National Historic Landmark

Longest center span bridge in the world until completion of Brooklyn Bridge in 1883

4. Cincinnati Zoo Historic Structures
Stats:
Location: 3400 Vine Street
Opened: 1875
Architect: James McLaughlin - Reptile House & Aviary (1875); Elzner & Anderson - Elephant House (1906)
A National Historic Landmark

2nd oldest zoo in the United States and with some of the oldest animal structures still remaining.

Photo from Library's Cincinnati Memory Project.

5. Alphonso Taft Home
Stats:
Location: 2038 Auburn Avenue, Mt. Auburn
Completed: c. 1840
Architect: Unknown
A National Historic Landmark

Birthplace and boyhood home of President William Howard Taft

6. George Hunt Pendleton House
Stats:
Location: 559 Liberty Hill, Prospect Hill
Completed: 1870
Architect: Unknown
A National Historic Landmark

The home of a lawyer, U.S. Senator, and Presidential candidate who helped create the Civil Service.

7. City Hall
Stats:
Location: 800 Plum Street, Downtown
Completed: 1893
Architect: Samuel Hannaford
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places

One of Cincinnati’s finest Richardsonian Romanesque style structures.

8. Tyler Davidson Fountain
Stats:
Location: Fountain Square, Downtown
Completed: 1871
Designer: August von Kreling with Ferdinand von Miller
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places

A symbol of our city since its erection on Fountain Square

9. Old St. Mary’s
Stats:
Location: 123 East 13th Street, Over the Rhine
Completed: 1842
Architect: Franz Ignatz Erd
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located in the Over the Rhine Historic District.

The oldest Catholic Church in Cincinnati.

10. Central Trust (now PNC) Tower
Stats:
Location: 1 West 4th Street, Downtown
Completed: 1913
Architect: Cass Gilbert with Garber & Woodward

The when completed it was the tallest building in Cincinnati and tallest outside New York City.
11. Scarlett Oaks
Stats:
Location: 440 Layfayette Avenue, Clifton
Completed: 1871
Architect: James Keys Wilson
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Considered the most expensive home ever built in Cincinnati when completed, it is a fine example of Gothic & Romanesque Revival architecture.

12. Phoenix Club
Stats:
Location: 812 Race Street, Downtown
Completed: 1894
Architect: Samuel Hannaford
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places

One of the finest 2nd Renaissance Revival style buildings in the Cincinnati with elaborate terra cotta detailing.

13. Hamilton County Memorial Building
Stats:
Location: 1225 Elm Street, Over the Rhine
Completed: 1908
Architect: Samuel Hannaford & Sons
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located in the Over the Rhine Historic District.

One of the finest and few examples of Beaux Arts architecture in the city

14. Findlay Market
Stats:
Location: 1801 Race Street, Over the Rhine
Completed: 1855
Architect: Alfred West Gilbert
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located in the Over the Rhine Historic District.

Ohio’s oldest municipal market house and Cincinnati’s only remaining example.

15. Contemporary Art Center
Stats:
Location: 44 East Sixth Street, Downtown
Completed: 2003
Architect: Zaha Hadid with KZF

"The most important new building in America since the Cold War". - New York Times

16. "Play-in" 2nd Place

To be determined beginning March 2.

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