These photos were taken on August 4, 2010 (tour of 1346 Broadway); August 6, 2010 (Neons Unplugged); August 10, 2010 (tour of BOOST!); and August 28, 2010 (Civil War Cincinnati: Heroes, Halls & Holy Places tour).

 

Look through 4,198 of my Greater Cincinnati photos in my galleries here.

 

1. Hamilton County Memorial Building (1908), Elm Street in Over-the-Rhine.  Built by the Grand Army of the Republic and Hamilton County and designed by Samuel Hannaford, the building contains a 610-seat theater and is the current home of the American Classical Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, and the MusicNOW festival.  It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

 

2. More widely known as Memorial Hall, the structure was built to honor veterans of the Civil War and the Spanish-American War.  Pioneers, soldiers, and sailors are depicted on statuary lining the Elm Street façade.

 

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4. First floor.

 

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6. Grand Army of the Republic doorknobs!

 

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9. Eye candy abounds in the second-floor theater.

 

10. Ceiling.

 

11. One of many original frescoes.

 

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14. It's difficult to concentrate on the stage with such distractions looming above.

 

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19. Col. Robert L. McCook Memorial (1878), Washington Park.  McCook organized the 9th Ohio Infantry, an (almost) entirely German-speaking regiment later dubbed the "Dutch Devils".  McCook was fatally wounded in 1862 and is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery.

 

20. Friedrich Hecker Memorial (1878), Washington Park.  A refugee of the 1848 revolution in the German states, Hecker founded the first Turnverein (Turners) in Cincinnati.

 

21. 1346 Broadway (1865) in Over-the-Rhine's Pendleton sub-neighborhood, following a three-year rehabilitation by my friend Todd McFarland.  Originally built by a lard oil salesman as a single-family home, it is now three beautiful apartments.

 

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24. From the rooftop deck of BOOST!, a loft-style meeting space for corporate breakout sessions and other events.  This is looking southeast across Reading Road toward Mount Adams.

 

25. Again on the rooftop deck, looking north toward 12th and 13th streets.

 

26. Looking toward Downtown, with the future casino site in the foreground.

 

27. 12th and Vine streets in Over-the-Rhine.

 

28. The 1200 block of Vine Street in Over-the-Rhine.

 

29. Vine Street window.

 

30. Vote Jim Tarbell for Hamilton County Commissioner!

Memorial Hall is amazing!    The shots are too Kevin!

Gettin' your Mojo back and I ain't talkin' 100.3!

^LOL! Is Mo'nique (nique, nique, nique, nique) in the afternoon still on there?!

 

Great shots, great thread! Awesome to have you back Grasscat...err BuildingCincinnati!

Memorial Hall is definitely one of the most under-exposed beautiful buildings in Cincy!

^LOL! Is Mo'nique (nique, nique, nique, nique) in the afternoon still on there?!

 

I have no clue.  I haven't heard that Mojo in yuuurs.

I think Mo'Nique's show was canceled like a year and a half ago.

Gorgeous! The Memorial Hall Theater has to be among the most lavish in the country!

^ And to think it was in danger a few years ago.  All it takes is some invested tenants.

This beautiful thread needs to be bumped along with part 2