Cincinnati's Hyde Park: A Queen City Gem

by Arcadia Publishing

Overview

An engaging history of Cincinnati's Hyde Park.

First settled in 1795, Hyde Park was an area of great estates and small and large farms until 1892. Designed to be upscale, the neighborhood attracted people looking for a suburban experience in an urban setting. That's when the seven-member Hyde Park Syndicate capitalized on new transportation connections to downtown as a means to sell their property as smaller parcels. This history introduces influential figures, including eventual Ohio governor Myers Y. Cooper, the Kilgour brothers, Levi Ault and Senator Joseph Foraker. It explains the development of Hyde Park Square and the community's streets, schools and churches. Readers will rediscover lost places, like the Grandin Bridge, Rookwood, the Pines, Belcamp and the Hermitage.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781596299009
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	09/24/2010
Series:	History Press Brief History Series
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Greg Rogers came to Hyde Park in 1989 after graduation with distinction from the Emory University School of Law, where he was on the editorial board of the Emory Law Journal. He also has a degree from Miami University that includes a minor in history and recognition in a national history honorary. He is co-chair of the Labor Department at Taft Stettinius & Hollister where he has worked for twenty-one years. Greg enjoys Hyde Park with his wife, Kathy, and three children.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 9

Introduction 11

1 Hyde Park Today 15

2 Farmland Becomes Mornington: 1794-1884 19

3 The Mornington Syndicate Begets Hyde Park: 1885-1903 33

4 Old and New Plans Take Shape: 1904-1929 45

5 Developing the Great Hyde Park Estates: 1930-1969 61

6 Hyde Park Changes: 1970-2009 71

7 John and Charles Kilgour: The Money and the Vision Behind Hyde Park 83

8 Myers Y. Cooper: The Home Builder 95

9 The Pines 109

10 Hyde Park Square 119

11 Ault Park 133

12 The Cincinnati Observatory Center 143

13 Churches of Hyde Park 147

14 Hyde Park Schools 159

15 The Country Clubs 169

Notes 175

Bibliography 183

Index 187

About the Author 191