2009 Cincinnati March(itecture) Madness

Seedings & Summary

East Region

1. Cincinnati Music Hall

2008 Winner
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Location: 1241 Elm Street, Over the Rhine

Completed: 1878

Architect: Samuel Hannaford

A National Historic Landmark

Built for singing festivals and exhibitions, the High Victorian Gothic building is nearly unique in the United States.

2. Roebling Suspension Bridge

2008 Semi-Finalist
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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

3. Spring Grove Cemetery

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Location: 4521 Spring Grove Avenue, Winton Place

Opened: 1845

Architect: Adolph Strauch - Grounds; James Keys Wilson - Carriage House (1867) & Historic Office (1863); Samuel Hannaford - Chapel (1880)

A National Historic Landmark

"Arguably the most beautiful of all American cemeteries" - Cincinnati Observed

4. City Hall

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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.

5. Times-Star Building

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Location: 800 Broadway Street, Downtown

Completed: 1933

Architect: Samuel Hannaford & Sons

Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places

One of the finest Art Deco skyscrapers in Cincinnati with carvings in the limestone façade depicting printing & publishing.

6. Covenant First Presbyterian

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Location: 717 Elm Street, Downtown

Completed: 1875

Architect: William Walter

Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places

A fine example of English Gothic Revival in one of the finest settings in the City.

7. "Bishop's Place"

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Location: 429 Layfayete Avenue, Clifton

Completed: 1885

Architect: James McLaughlin

A wonderful and early Chateauesque style home

8. Withrow High School

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Location: 2488 Madison Road, Hyde Park

Completed: 1919

Architect: Garber & Woodward

Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places

One of only a few individually listed schools on the National Register still in use for its original purpose

9. "Oakwood" Henry Probasco House

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Location: 430 West Cliff Lane, Clifton

Completed: 1866

Architect: William Tinsley

Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Considered the finest Norman Revival home in the Midwest.

10. Proctor & Gamble World Headquarters Tower Building
First Year in Tournament

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Location: 5th Street, Downtown

Completed: 1985

Architect: Kohn Pederson & Fox

Quite possibly the finest Post-Modern building in Cincinnati.

11. St. Francis DeSales Church
First Year in Tournament
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Location: 1600 Madison Road, East Walnut Hills

Completed: 1879

Architect: Francis Himpler

Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located in the Woodburn - Madison Local Historic District

The anchor of the architecturally rich East Walnut Hills.

12. Paul Brown Stadium

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Location: One Paul Brown Stadium, Downtown

Completed: 2000

Architect: NBBJ

Number 101 on the AIA’s list of America’s 150 Favorite Buildings.

13. Proctor and Collier – Beau Brummell Building

First Year in Tournament
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Location: 440 East McMillan, Walnut Hills
Completed: 1921

Architect: Elzner & Anderson
Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places

A Teutonic Walnut Hills landmark.

14. Engine Company No. 20

First Year in Tournament
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Location: 1638 Chase Avenue, Northside

Completed: 1891

Architect: Charles Fox

One of the finest early fire stations in Cincinnati designed by Charles Fox.

15. Baum-Taft House

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Location: 316 Pike Street, Downtown

Completed: c. 1820

Architect: Debated

A National Historic Landmark

Now the Taft Museum, it is one of the earliest Federalist style homes in Ohio.

16. Play-in Nomination
To be selected beginning tomorrow

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