Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Historic Public Schools of Cincinnati

Part II: 1890 – 1899

In honor of the unofficial beginning of the school year, a seven part series on the architecture of public schools in Cincinnati prior to World War II.

Mt. Adams Public School (1895)
Mt. Adams - 1125 St. Gregory Street
Architect: Henry Siter
Style: Queen Anne & Romanesque Revival
Individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places
No longer used as a school.


'Old' Walnut Hills High School (1895)
Walnut Hills - 2700 Ashland Avenue
Other Names: Burdett Elementary
Architect: Henry Siter
Style: Queen Anne & Romanesque Revival
No longer used as a school.

Sixth District School (1896)
Over the Rhine – 1525 Elm Street
Architect: Henry Siter
Style: 2nd Renaissance Revival
Located in the Over the Rhine National Historic District
No longer used as a school.

Garfield (1897)
South Cumminsville – 1908 Elmore Street
Architect: Henry Siter
Style: Romanesque Revival
No longer used as a school.

Lincoln School (1898)
Columbia Tusculum – 455 Delta Avenue
Architect: Henry Siter
Style: Romanesque Revival
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places
No longer used as a school.

References:
Ohio Historic Inventory Sheets
Flischel, Robert. An Expression of the Community. The Art League Press, Cincinnati, 2001.
Historic images from Library's Cincinnati Memory Project.

Next – Part III: 1900 – 1909

3 comments:

Mark Miller said...

You forgot the building at Ashland & Burdett. Built in 1895 as the original Walnut Hills High School, it was later changed to Burdett Elementary, and most recently to loft condos. Details here.

Dan said...

Yeah, that addition on the top was so horrrible I've been debating for months if I was going to include it. I probably should have.

Dan said...

Mark - I've re=thought it and you are right. The post now includes Old Walnut Hills High School