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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFYZ_rabbi-isaac-mayer-wise-and-the-plum-street-temple_Cincinnati-OH.html
This historic synagogue symbolizes the work of one of the most important figures in nineteenth-century American Jewry, Isaac Mayer Wise (1819-1900). The Bohemian-born rabbi's many achievements include the establishment of the Union of American Heb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFYY_public-library-of-cincinnati-and-hamilton-county_Cincinnati-OH.html
Side A:Among the first in America, Cincinnati's public library dates from March 14, 1853. A public reading room opened in 1856, but funding remained a problem until 1867, when local school board president Rufus King II secured legislation for a re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFYX_cincinnati-fire-fighters_Cincinnati-OH.html
In Memoryof theCincinnati Fire Fighterswho died in the line of dutyserving in the first paidprofessional fire departmentin the United States
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFYV_elizabeth-blackwell_Cincinnati-OH.html
Born in Bristol, England, Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910), moved to Cincinnati in 1838. Blackwell applied to several medical schools before being accepted to Geneva Medical College in New York. In 1849, she received a medical degree, becoming the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFVP_the-gamble-house_Cincinnati-OH.html
Home of James Gamblefounder of Proctor and GambleRe-Dedicated in 1992
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFVO_gaines-high-school-peter-h-clark_Cincinnati-OH.html
Side A: Gaines High SchoolIn 1866, Gaines High School (grades 7-12), one of the first high schools for African Americans in Ohio, opened just west of this site in the same building as the Western District Elementary School, completed in 1859 and e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFVD_first-national-correctional-congress-declaration-of-principles-of-1870_Cincinnati-OH.html
Side A: First National Correctional CongressOn this site in October, 1870 a group of enlightened individuals dedicated to the reformation and improvement of penal systems met. This first Congress of the National Prison Association, now known as th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFVC_the-betts-house-1804_Cincinnati-OH.html
The oldest building in Cincinnati's basin area, the Betts House exemplifies a national trend on the expanding frontier of impermanent log and frame structures giving way to more permanent brick architecture. It is the earliest surviving brick buil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFV8_cincinnati-union-terminal_Cincinnati-OH.html
The Cincinnati Union Terminal opened in March 1933 and integrated rail travel in the city, which previously operated from five separate passenger terminals. Built when rail travel was already in decline, Union Terminal stopped operating as a passe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFV6_site-of-home-field-of-first-pro-baseball-team_Cincinnati-OH.html
The first professional baseball team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, played their home games on this site in a ballpark called Union Grounds. The facility included a main grandstand (nicknamed the "Grand Duchess"), two wings of bleacher seats …