Posted January 24, 200619 yr Highland Park is wedged between Eaton Avenue and Mainstreet on the west side of Hamilton. The neighborhood is home to Miami professors, doctors at Fort Hamilton, and middle class families. Most of the homes were built in the twenties and several small parks dot the blocks. I would call this the "most respected" neighborhood in Hamilton, although others hold larger and more expensive homes. A resident has created a fun little website with photos of the neighborhood: http://www.duricy.com/~highlandpark/ One church is the only non-residential use Rob, whats this? Hamilton Core Galleries Hamilton! - Gallery 1 - Downtown - Currently being reshot to replace SS thread. Hamilton! - Gallery 2 - Mainstreet http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=5108.0 Hamilton! - Gallery 3 - Dayton Lane Historic District http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=5269.0 Hamilton! - Gallery 4 - Rossville Historic District http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=5417.0 Hamilton! - Gallery 5 - Glorious Old Industry http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=6730.0 Hamilton! - Gallery 6 - German Village Historic District http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=6958.0 Hamilton! - Gallery 7 - Historic Highland Park http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=7208.0 Hamilton! - Gallery 8 - Southeast Neighborhood http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=7309.0 Hamilton! - Gallery 9 - Prospect Hill and Grandview http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=8025.0 Hamilton! - Gallery 10 - Forest Hills and Oak Park http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=8107.0 Hamilton! - Gallery 11 - Greenwood Cemetery and St. Stephen's Cemetery http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=8438.0 Hamilton! - Gallery 12 - Lindenwald http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=9336.0 Hamilton! - Gallery 13 - Hyde Park and Verlyn Place http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=8424.0 Hamilton! - Gallery 14 – Historic Images of City Life and Atmospheres http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=8668.0 Hamilton! - Gallery 15 – Art Deco etc. http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=8830.0 Hamilton! - Gallery 16 - The Gardens of Rossville http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=9262.0 Hamilton! - Gallery 17 - The Northend and Fordson Heights http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=9501.0 Hamilton! - Gallery 18 - The East Avenue Ghetto and Jefferson http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=10146.0 Hamilton! - Gallery 19 - Butler County Soldiers, Sailors, and Pioneers Monument http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=10205.0
January 24, 200619 yr For Christ sakes. Hamilton is extremely underrated. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 24, 200619 yr Rob, whats this? It's a Chevy, lightly (and tastefully; black goes with anything) customized. Without seeing the grill (assuming it's still the stock grill) I can't pin down the exact year, but that body style was used 1949-1952. It hasn't been extensively altered on the outside, but the trunk lid has been smoothed and the door handles have been removed; originally, the license plate bracket was low on the trunk lid with a chrome handle/lock/license plate light above it. I prefer original restorations, but this is a nice job. The tires appear a little larger than stock, and the stance is a little higher too. Those features combined with the dual exhausts make me think there's probably something more than the factory 216ci (3.6L) inline ohv six under the hood. My friends and I put duals on a couple of sixes, though. We'd take the manifold to a welding shop and have them split it 4-2 (four cylinders on one outlet, two on the other), and then put a stock muffler on the 4-cylinder side and a straight-thru glaspack (cherry bomb) on the 2-cylinder side. Romp on it from a stoplight and it sounded like a chainsaw crescendo. As soon as a cop heard it, it was instant muffler ordinance violation. You could hear it a mile away.
January 24, 200619 yr BTW - nice neighborhood, pretty typical of midwestern small cities. Fort Wayne has several that are very similar, including the one where my Mom grew up in a house her dad built in 1923.
January 25, 200619 yr Damn, that's a lot of pics (and houses)! You are right, the neighborhood reminds me of that which surround Middletown Hospital (Alameda/Euclid Heights). Some of the smaller scale homes remind me of the neighborhood around Sunset Park. Do you know the history of any of the houses? Looks like a few might be "Sears" homes.
January 25, 200619 yr You know, I had the same thoughts about possible Sears Homes. Many were built in that era. Unfortunately, I don't know much about the neighborhoods history, I haven't found good sources for any Hamilton neighborhood except Rossville.
January 26, 200619 yr I checked out the neighborhood on Sibcy Cline's web site and it is CHHHEEEAAAAPPP. Beatiful old homes in the mid 100s to 200k. About $100k to $200k less than in Hyde Park or Mt. Lookout. This neighborhood is a great alternative for people who want to live in between Dayton and Cincy but want a 1920's home for 1/3 of the price of a tract house in a farm field. Great find!
January 26, 200619 yr Hum... Thats interesting. Hamilton was rated one of the best communities to get the most home for your money, or some rating like that, a couple years back.
May 16, 200619 yr Greetings, "inkaelin"! :wave: I currently reside in Dayton, but I spent the first twenty-three years of my life in Hamilton. (I'm thirty-four today.) These galleries of some Hamilton neighborhoods are a huge trip down memory lane! Thank you very much! Oh, and just for the record, I was born at Fort Hamilton-Hughes Hospital and lived the first eight years of my life not too far from Highland Park in the 300 block of Sherman Avenue. Then we moved to Random Hills, kind of out in the sticks (at least it was in 1980!). Is Sherman Avenue considered to be part of any named neighborhood?
May 16, 200619 yr ^Welcome! I'm glad you are enjoying, there are more to come. Sherman is in Edgewood and Lawn Park, I believe. I would have to look up to see what the 300 block would be exactly, but I'm thinking that would be Lawn Park which I haven't covered yet. Gallery 9 comes close to these neighborhoods. I guess Random Hills is still the outskirts, although they are developing out further, especially around the Washington Boulevard extention. I drove back in Random Oaks last week and couldn't believe my eyes at how large the homes were, literally mansions. While Random Hills is not as ritzy, it is a lot different than Sherman Avenue.
May 17, 200619 yr ^Welcome! I'm glad you are enjoying, there are more to come. I can't wait for future updates! Sherman is in Edgewood and Lawn Park, I believe. I would have to look up to see what the 300 block would be exactly, but I'm thinking that would be Lawn Park which I haven't covered yet. Gallery 9 comes close to these neighborhoods. The 300 block is between Rhea and Gray Avenues. While it had a bunch of houses, the 400 block only had eight last time I checked: 401, 405, 421, 425, 402, 408, 420, and 424. That's low enough for me to rattle off the numbers! 8-) Granted, it's more than the 500 block between Gray and Webster Avenues, which had none at all. :lol:
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