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.

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