Posted February 6, 201015 yr Between College and Race downtown there is an alley called L'Hommedieu (Fr., homme is man and dieu is God). I Googled it and found (via a telegram recorded by the NYT) that Mssr. L'Hommedieu owned the Cincinnati-Hamilton-Dayton Railway back in the day. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50A10FF3F5F137B93C2A8178FD85F448784F9 I'll look into this some more out of curiosity, but until then do any of you know anything else about it?
February 6, 201015 yr I know L'Hommedieu's ancestors were supposedly Huegenots. He also predicted that Cincicinnati and Dayton would grow together along the line of his railroad. He was a bit premature.
February 6, 201015 yr Interesting tidbit, I would suggest the Cincinnati Historical Society Library. This allow also abuts one of my favorite buildings downtown, the Lyric Piano Co. building, one of the best facades downtown!
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