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Identifier: HistoricalCollectionsOfOhio1891V2 (find matches)
Title: Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Howe, Henry, 1816-1893
Subjects: Ohio -- Biography Ohio -- History Ohio -- Local History Ohio -- Description and travel
Publisher: Columbus : Henry Howe & Son

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The Art Academy. The Art Museum. Art Buildings, Eden Park.
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73 HAMILTON COUNTY. 75 in character. A few squares from the fountain, near the Lincoln Club House, isthe colossal statue of Garfield, by Niedhaus, a Cincinnati artist. The Broadway of the city is Fourth street, the aristocratic East end—wherefaces the once famous Longworth mansion and garden—to the railroad environedWest end. Several blocks on Fourth street are solid, lofty structures. Amongthese is Pikes Opera House and the new Chamber of Commerce, dedicatedJanuary 30, 1889, ex-Go v. Edward F. Noyes being the orator of the occasion.Jt is a most striking work of art in Roman Provencal style, one of the bestdesigns of the celebrated Richardson—its cost was over $700,000. Two otherremarkably fine structures, both designed by Hannaford, are now in the courseof construction—the New City Hall and a City Armory. Two admirable buildings of stone stand high upon a hill in Eden Park. Theyare the Art Museum and the Art Academy, designed by McLaughlin. Thefirst of these cost nearly $400,

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