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Mount Auburn Historic District is located in the Mount Auburn neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. It extends along both sides of Auburn Avenue roughly between Ringold Street and William H. Taft Road. The population of Mount Auburn was 5,094 at the 2020 census.
5 kwi 2017 · Originally Mt. Auburn was a desirable residential location because of its fine country air, beautiful views and proximity to downtown Cincinnati. The wealthy came to Mount Auburn to flee the crowding downtown and growing pollution, both problems even in the 19 th Century.
21 lip 2020 · Find out why the Mount Auburn district was often referred to as Cincinnati's "Fifth Avenue" in the 19th century. The Taft house with children standing on the lawn and one sitting on the concrete pillar.
William Howard Taft National Historic Site is a historic house at 2038 Auburn Avenue in the Mount Auburn Historic District of Cincinnati, Ohio, a mile (1.6 km) north of Downtown. It was the birthplace and childhood home of William Howard Taft, the 27th president and the 10th chief justice of the United States.
One of Cincinnati’s oldest neighborhoods, Mount Auburn is one of the seven hills on which Cincinnati is built and forms the gateway between downtown Cincinnati and the Uptown area where the University of Cincinnati is located.
3 maj 2023 · The Mount Auburn Incline was the first to be built. The image below, which dates to 1890, is from our Cincinnati History Lantern Slides Collection. CHPL has digitized nearly 1,000 of these fragile glass slides, which were once loaned to the public and viewed with the aid of an early slide projector known as the "magic lantern."
National Park Getaway: William Howard Taft National Historic Site. Discover a hidden gem in Cincinnati, where the nation's 27th president was born. In the city's first suburb, Mount Auburn, you'll find fabulous architecture, intriguing history, and sites that chronicle the life of a president.
