Description: Caption reads: "Clinton County, Wilmington, O., Feb. 16, 1938. Court House." In 1915, Clinton County passed a resolution declaring a new courthouse was needed. During a competition, the design was awarded to plans submitted by the architectural firm of Weber, Werner & Adkins with a budget of $300,000 allotted to the project. The courthouse was dedicated in 1919 to much ceremony. The courthouse somewhat resembles the old U.S. Capitol before the Civil War additions. The rusticated foundation is hidden behind a balustrade that wraps around the entire structure. The ground floor consists of smooth stone and arched windows, each with a decorative keystone. The entrances are accessed by a small recessed portico with three large arches. Above the entrances are four colossal Corinthian columns inside a recessed panel. Rectangular windows spread out on either side of this panel, lighting the various rooms within. An entablature supports the flat roof and a balustrade lines the roof. Instead of a typical dome, the building is crowned by a large dome containing a skylight illuminating the stained-glass window inside. The courthouse is included in the Wilmington Commercial Historic District which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on 1982 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F01_004_1
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; Historic buildings--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Ohio River Trail. Alms Park. Wine cellar at end of trail." Alms park is located on Mt. Tusculum, overlooking the Ohio River. It was given to the Cincinnati Park Board in 1916 as a memorial to Frederick H. Alms by his wife. The land was once owned by Nicholas Longworth, who produced his famous Catawba wine there before the Civil War. The entrance to his underground wine cellar can still be seen to the northeast of the park's pavilion. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F04_017_001
Subjects: Parks--Ohio; Historic buildings--Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Old log cabin - first house built in Dayton, Ohio 1796." Colonel George Newcom, one of Dayton's first settlers, constructed this two-story log house in 1796. The original house consisted of one room upstairs and one room on the ground floor. In 1798, a two-story addition was added. Since the tavern was a large two-story building, it soon became the center of village activity, as well as overnight lodging for travelers. The first court sessions were held in the tavern, and it served as a place for school and church services. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F08_023_1
Subjects: Taverns (Inns)--Ohio; Historic buildings--Ohio--Dayton; Log cabins--Ohio--Dayton; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works; Dayton (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Patterson, Robert, 1753-1827; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Clinton County Courthouse. February 16, 1938. Clinton County Courthouse, Wilmington, Ohio. Photo by Federal Writers' Project, Dayton, Ohio." In 1915, Clinton County passed a resolution declaring a new courthouse was needed. During a competition, the design was awarded to plans submitted by the architectural firm of Weber, Werner & Adkins with a budget of $300,000 allotted to the project. The courthouse was dedicated in 1919 to much ceremony. The courthouse somewhat resembles the old U.S. Capitol before the Civil War additions. The rusticated foundation is hidden behind a balustrade that wraps around the entire structure. The ground floor consists of smooth stone and arched windows, each with a decorative keystone. The entrances are accessed by a small recessed portico with three large arches. Above the entrances are four colossal Corinthian columns inside a recessed panel. Rectangular windows spread out on either side of this panel, lighting the various rooms within. An entablature supports the flat roof and a balustrade lines the roof. Instead of a typical dome, the building is crowned by a large dome containing a skylight illuminating the stained-glass window inside. The courthouse is included in the Wilmington Commercial Historic District which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on 1982 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F01_001_1
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio--History. Ohio; Historic buildings--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph (ca. 1935-1947) is a detailed view of the steeple of Christ Church Episcopal in Hudson, Ohio. The first church was built in 1846. In 1930, the old building was torn down and replaced. The original bell, pews and baptismal were preserved in the new building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F12_019
Subjects: Churches--Ohio; Methodist Episcopal Church in Ohio; Historic buildings--Ohio--Hudson--Pictorial works; Hudson (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works.
Places: Hudson (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows an aerial view of the east central industrial area of Mansfield, Ohio. At the center is Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F09_002_001
Subjects: Historic buildings--Ohio--Mansfield--Pictorial works; Mansfield (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Mansfield (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works.; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "'Farmstead.' Location: Warren County, Ohio." This photograph shows a farmstead in Warren County, Ohio, with a farmhouse, a windmill, and several barns. Warren County's population was 158,383 at the 2000 census. Its county seat is Lebanon. Warren County was established May 1, 1803, from Hamilton County, and named for Dr. Joseph Warren, a hero of the Revolution who sent Paul Revere on his ride and who died at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Warren County is part of the Cincinnati–Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F05_027_1
Subjects: Farms; Barns--Ohio; Historic buildings; Windmills; Farmhouses
Places: Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the Golden Lamb Hotel in Lebanon, Ohio, located at the corner of Broadway and Main Street. The image shows the front of the hotel with several cars parked in front. The Golden Lamb, formerly the old Lebanon House, is the oldest hotel in the state of Ohio, being established in 1803. The present day, four-story building was built in 1815 during the rebuilding of the inn. The inn has had many famous guests such as Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, and twelve U.S. presidents. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F07_019_001
Subjects: Lebanon (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio); Hotels; Architecture--Ohio; Historic buildings
Places: Lebanon (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Ident - 88 - State Picture Book. Page 62-63 Double page spread; Location - Cleveland; Caption - Panorama of Cleveland." This photograph shows a portion of downtown Cleveland, Ohio centered on the Terminal Tower building and the rail station. Also visible is Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cuyahoga County Courthouse, Cleveland City Hall and The Mall The Terminal Tower building, is located on Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio. Formly known as Cleveland Union Terminal, and designed by the firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, the tower was modeled after the Beaux-Arts New York Municipal Building by McKim, Mead, and White. Built mainly of limestone, the tower itself seems extremely ornate compared with the simplicity of the lower portion of the building. Built by the Van Sweringen brothers it is 98 feet square to the 37th floor, where it assumes a polygonal form with buttresses as far as the 39th floor; there, with a series of encircling turrets, it becomes cylindrical before culminating in a cone surmounted with a flagpole. At night, floodlights illuminate the tower above the 34th floor. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The tower is one of a number of interconnected buildings that make up the Tower City Center. The Cuyahoga County Courthouse, located at 1 Lakeside Avenue, is a four-story pink granite structure, completed in 1912 by designed by architects Lehman and Schmidt in the French Classical Revival (Beaux-Arts) style. The Lakeside Avenue facade is decorated with figures in white Tennessee marble of men important in the development of English law; before the north entrance are bronze statues of John Marshall and Rufus Ray, and before the south of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Sculptors were Herbert Adams, Karl Bitter, and Daniel Chester French. Notable among the works of art in the building is a mural decoration, 'The Trial of Captain John Smith', by Charles Yardley Turner, which portrays a scene at Smith's trial for treason and mutiny in 1607. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It now houses the Cleveland Law Library Association. Cleveland City Hall, located at Lakeside Avenue and East 6th (Sixth) Street is a five-story steel-frame and concrete structure with Vermont granite exterior was designed by J. Milton Dyer in the Renaissance style in 1916 at a cost of $3 million dollars. It has arcaded ground story, a 2-story Tuscan colonnade, and a central entrance bay characteristic of the Beaux-Arts style and was the first such structure built for and owned by the city. The Council Chambers underwent major restorations in 1951 and 1977. In 1994, a major exterior renovation costing $2.9 million took place for the first time in the building's history. Cleveland Stadium, located at the foot of West 3rd (Third) Street, is built of gray-white brick and cost $3 million dollars to build. It opened July 3, 1931, for the heavyweight championship fight between Max Schmeling and Young Stribling. Designed by Walker and Weeks, the two-deck stadium had a seating capacity of 78, 189, which could be augmented by temporary seats to total 100, 000. Batteries of floodlights make night events possible. Sometimes called Cleveland Municipal Stadium and/or Lakefront Stadium, this multipurpose building was the home for first the Cleveland Rams, then Cleveland Browns (football) and the Cleveland Indians (baseball). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 and demolished to make way for new modern facilities in 1996 (Cleveland Browns Stadium). The 1903 Group Plan by Daniel Burnham, John Carrère, and Arnold W. Brunner as a vast public room flanked by the city's major civic and governmental buildings, all built in the neoclassical style. Many of those buildings along this long public park were built over the following three decades, including the Metzenbaum Courthouse (1910), Cuyahoga County Courthouse (1912), Cleveland City Hall (1916), Public Auditorium (1922), the Cleveland Public Library main building (1925), and the Cleveland Public Schools Board of Education building (1931). Other buildings include Key Tower, the Cuyahoga County Administration Building, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. The Mall was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F11_48_01
Subjects: Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Terminal Tower Complex (Cleveland, Ohio)--History; Historic buildings--Ohio--Cleveland; Public Square (Cleveland, Ohio); Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, Ohio); Municipal Stadium (Cleveland, Ohio); County courts--Ohio; City halls--United States;
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Terminal Tower, Bridge and shipping, from Flats. Cleveland." This photograph shows Terminal Tower, the Detroit-Superior high level viaduct bridge and the flats, which until the 1980s was mainly an industrial area. The twelve huge concrete arches and 591 feet of steel span the Cuyahoga, to form Detroit-Superior Bridge which was completed in 1918 and is 3,112 feet long. It spans from West 9th Street to West 25th Street, and cost about $5.5 million dollars. Also visible are Fairchilds Flour mill and Hotel Cleveland. The hotel was built around 1915 atop the original 'Cleveland Hotel', and adjacent to the Terminal Tower, this 1,000 room hotel cost $4.5 million to build. In 1978 it was refurbished and remained Stouffer's Inn on the Square and in 1989 renamed Stouffer - Tower City Plaza. It became the Stouffer Renaissance Cleveland Hotel around 1993, but there have been discussions to drop the Stouffer name since 1996. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F08_16_01
Subjects: Terminal Tower Complex (Cleveland, Ohio)--History; Historic buildings--Ohio--Cleveland; Public Square (Cleveland, Ohio); Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Cuyahoga River (Ohio); Bridges--Ohio--Cleveland--1910-1920; Cleveland (Ohio). Flats
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph of the Ohio State School for the Blind was taken from behind the school in the 600th block of Bryden Alley. The school stood at 240 Parsons Avenue and was built in 1839 as the nation's first public school for the visually impaired. After the school moved to its current location at 5220 N. High St, the Ohio State Highway Patrol was stationed at the building. Currently the facility is the location of the Columbus Health Department. The Ohio State Institution for the Education of the Blind was established in April of 1837 and by July of 1837 began instruction in rented rooms. The first school building was built in 1839, and could accommodate sixty students.This photograph, ca. 1935-1943 shows the four story sandstone structure in the Second Roman style of architeture with a Mansard roof. It is located on the corner of Parsons Avenue, and East Main Street in Columbus, Ohio and first opened it's doors on May 21, 1874. The building has undergone several renovations, and once had a central tower reached an additional three stories, and pointed spires on the north and south ends. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F10_014
Subjects: Ohio State School for the Blind; Historic buildings--Ohio--Columbus--Pictorial works.
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Terminal Tower building, is located on Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio. Formly known as Cleveland Union Terminal, and designed by the firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, the tower was modeled after the Beaux-Arts New York Municipal Building by McKim, Mead, and White. Built mainly of limestone, the tower itself seems extremely ornate compared with the simplicity of the lower portion of the building. Built by the Van Sweringen brothers it is 98 feet square to the 37th floor, where it assumes a polygonal form with buttresses as far as the 39th floor; there, with a series of encircling turrets, it becomes cylindrical before culminating in a cone surmounted with a flagpole. At night, floodlights illuminate the tower above the 34th floor. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The tower is one of a number of interconnected buildings that make up the Tower City Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F09_03_01
Subjects: Terminal Tower Complex (Cleveland, Ohio)--History; Historic buildings--Ohio--Cleveland; Public Square (Cleveland, Ohio); Cleveland (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton, 1879-1936; Van Sweringen, Mantis James, 1881-1935
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)