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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGIR_famous-lytle-neighbors_Cincinnati-OH.html
Dr. Daniel Drake (1785-1852),the city's most famous physician-surgeon and founder of theOhio Medical College, made hishome on nearby Third Street.He was an outstanding author,historian and scientist. Dr. Richard Allison (1757-1816),physician to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGIQ_lytle-park_Cincinnati-OH.html
Welcome to Lytle, the park that was rescued from 20th Century progress. Discovered by Cincinnati's first settlers in 1788 as wilderness, then a grove of peach trees, it became the grounds to an elegant estate and, later, the city's first public pl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGI9_fort-washington_Cincinnati-OH.html
This monument stands at the site ofthe fort that served as a major military basefor the Northwest Territory. This stone replica of a blockhouse wasoriginally dedicated June 14, 1901 Rededicated at present siteNovember 11, 1998
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGI8_robert-s-duncanson_Cincinnati-OH.html
The first African American artist to achieve international acclaim, painter Robert S. Duncanson (1821-1872) was born in New York and settled in Cincinnati in 1840. He pursued his artistic career during a time of tremendous racial prejudice and was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGI3_the-jacob-rader-marcus-center-of-the-american-jewish-archives_Cincinnati-OH.html
Dr. Jacob Rader Marcus (1896-1995), pioneering historian of the American Jew, founded the American Jewish Archives (AJA) in Cincinnati in 1947. In the aftermath of World War II and the brutal destruction of European Jewry, Marcus anticipated the n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGI1_hebrew-union-college-jewish-institute-of-religion_Cincinnati-OH.html
Hebrew Union College (HUC), founded in Cincinnati in 1875, is the oldest institution of higher Jewish learning in the United States. Its founder, Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise (1819-1900), was a leading proponent of Reform Judaism in America. In 1950, th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGHZ_boyhood-home-of-dr-winthrop-smith-sterling_Cincinnati-OH.html
Dr. Winthrop Smith Sterling (1859-1943) founded Mu Phi Epsilon International Professional Music Fraternity on November 13, 1903, at the Metropolitan School of Music in Cincinnati, where he served as dean. The Victorian frame house was built by his…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGHQ_cincinnati-breweries-remaining-brewery-structures_Cincinnati-OH.html
Side A: Cincinnati BreweriesThe Brewery District contains the majority of Cincinnati's remaining breweries and associated structures such as icehouses, bottling buildings, offices, and stables. With the first brewery north of Liberty Street founde…
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