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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGKD_fort-washington-powder-magazine_Cincinnati-OH.html
Beneath this building lies the powder magazine of Fort Washington, the major military outpost of the United States in the Northwest Territory, 1789-1808. The magazine was uncovered in October, 1952 when footers were being excavated. It is the only…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGJY_lytles-surroundings_Cincinnati-OH.html
Time has changed much of Lytle's surroundings. These handsome townhouses which stood on East Fourth Street were residences of many of Cincinnati's most prominent citizens. Most of the homes became service and civic clubs in the 20th Century and we…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGJX_lytle-at-christmas_Cincinnati-OH.html
Lytle Park was a showplace at Christmas time for 28 years from 1939 to 1967. Thousands crowded here to view the annual Nativity Crib of the Western and Southern Life Insurance Company complete with live animals. The crib has been moved to Eden Park.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGJT_mike-mullen_Cincinnati-OH.html
It was Michael Mullen, a kindly councilman from the old Eighth Ward for 34 years, whose efforts brought about Lytle Park.
After his death in 1921, funds were collected for a new "memorial" bandstand replacing the park's original one. It was ded…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGJS_lincoln-the-man_Cincinnati-OH.html
Former President Taft was to return to Lytle Park on March 31, 1917 to preside at the unveiling of the statue "Lincoln - the Man," a gift of the Charles P. Tafts. The statue, executed at a cost of $100,000 by Sculptor George Grey Barnard of New Yo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGJH_president-william-howard-taft_Cincinnati-OH.html
Lytle Park echoed the excitement of July 28, 1908, when President William Howard Taft (1909-1913) was officially notified of his nomination to the Presidency at the Taft home of his half-brother Charles.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGJG_cincinnatis-first-playground_Cincinnati-OH.html
For many years, Lytle Park echoed the shrieks and laughter of Cincinnati's children. It was dedicated as the city's first public playground, a respite for already crowded inner-city dwellers, on the sunny afternoon of July 6, 1907. The Lytle estat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGJ8_the-taft-museum_Cincinnati-OH.html
Elegance has surrounded Lytle almost from the beginning. This imposing, Federal-style mansion, built by Martin Baum in 1820, became the social and cultural center of Cincinnati in the mid-1880's under the ownership of Nicholas Longworth, a noted C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGJ5_fort-washington_Cincinnati-OH.html
Southwest of Lytle was Fort Washington, built in 1789 and 1790 and named for President George Washington. The fort protected settlers in the new Ohio country from Indian attacks. It became the base headquarters for the Indian campaigns of Generals…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGIY_a-beginning_Cincinnati-OH.html
The "Little Wilderness" of the 1700's became Lytle Square in 1809 and the setting for this brick mansion of General William H. Lytle, first Surveyor-General of the Northwest Territory and the State of Ohio. The home was razed in 1907.
William H…