Description: Methodist Home for the Aged (Twin Towers) is located in Cincinnati at 5343 Hamilton Ave., College Hill. The institution was originally located at a former hotel in Yellow Springs, Ohio, which was destroyed by fire in 1902. The building was designed and supervised by architect, Samuel Hannaford. Hannaford designed the building to be fireproof with no wooded floors or stairways. The building is constructed of yellow buff-brick with Bedford stone trim, and stands seven stories high. It has a steel and concrete frame with tiled floors and a red tiled roof. The building also has two towers that stand 150 feet tall. L. P. Hazen & Co. was the contractor and construction began in June of 1903. The building was constructed in stages to avoid dept. The central building opened in 1908, the Wilson Chapel opened in 1909, and the south wing was not complete until 30 years later. The cost of the entire building was estimated around $220,000. The building was partly funded by Mr. and Mrs. Obed J. Wilson who donated the twenty acres of land in College Hill, $80,000, and their private art collection. Caption incorrectly reads: "The new dormitory, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, Butler County, 1936." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F02_003_001
Subjects: Methodist Homes for the Aged; Twin Towers (Cincinnati, Ohio); Samuel Hannaford & Sons; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Located 801 Plum St., City Hall occupies the entire block from 8th to 9th Sts, and from Plum St to Central Ave. A smaller building housed city council on the same site from 1852. Hannaford's Romanesque revival was dedicated May 13, 1893. Large stained glass windows by the New York firm Pottier Stymus & Co. depict the benevolent dictator Cincinnatus, the trials of early settlers, and Cincinnati as the Queen City of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Catawba Wine". Samuel Hannaford and Sons remains the most prolific and widely-studied Cincinnati architectural firm; a company register from the 1930s lists 1000 buildings completed, and Hannaford family members were active from 1857 to the post-WWII period. Reverse reads, in part: "One of four historical stained glass windows located on the second floor of Cincinnati City Hall (Plum Street entrance), measuring approximately 5 x 12 ft., with the following inscription: Settlers arriving by river." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F12_013_1
Subjects: Cincinnati--Buildings, structures, etc.; Hannaford, Samuel, 1835-1911; Stained glass
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Located 1241 Elm Street, Over-the-Rhine, Samuel Hannaford's Venetian Gothic music hall in cherry brick was the fourth-largest such building in the United States. Built on the site of a pauper's cemetery, it is reputedly one of the most haunted places in Cincinnati. Music Hall opened for its first performance -- Beethoven's "Eroica" and Gluck's "Alceste" -- May 14, 1878. North and South wings -- Machinery Hall and Art Hall -- were added in 1879. Current home of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Opera, May Festival Chorus, and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Entered National Register January 26, 1970 (#70000496). Reverse reads: "Music Hall (dedicated in 1878). 'Die Musik Halle' located on Elm and Fourteenth Sts. Taken from 'Cincinnati in Wort und Bild' by Max Burgheim. Cincinnati, Ohio, p. 107." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F12_014_1
Subjects: Music halls--Ohio--Cincinnati; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Hannaford, Samuel, 1835-1911
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Located 801 Plum St., City Hall occupies the entire block from 8th to 9th Sts, and from Plum St to Central Ave. A smaller building housed city council on the same site from 1852. Hannaford's Romanesque revival was dedicated May 13, 1893. Large stained glass windows by the New York firm Pottier Stymus & Co. depict the benevolent dictator Cincinnatus, the trials of early settlers, and Cincinnati as the Queen City of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Catawba Wine". Samuel Hannaford and Sons remains the most prolific and widely-studied Cincinnati architectural firm; a company register from the 1930s lists 1000 buildings completed, and Hannaford family members were active from 1857 to the post-WWII period. Reverse reads: "One of four stained glass windows located on the second floor of the Cincinnati City Hall (Plum Street entrance), measuring approximately 5 x 12 ft. with the following inscription: 'Building of the first log cabins --1788' Photo by Federal Writers' Photographer, District #12, Cincinnati, Ohio. June 7, 1937. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F12_020_1
Subjects: Cincinnati--Buildings, structures, etc.; Hannaford, Samuel, 1835-1911; Stained glass
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Cincinnati City Hall building was designed by Samuel Hannaford in a Romanesque style that incorporated massive stones, arches and a tower. The building was dedicated on May 13, 1893 to large fanfare from the city. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F14_023_1
Subjects: City halls--United States; Architecture--Ohio; Government buildings; Ohio Government; ; Cincinnati--Buildings, structures, etc.; Hannaford, Samuel, 1835-1911
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Located 801 Plum St., City Hall occupies the entire block from 8th to 9th Sts, and from Plum St to Central Ave. A smaller building housed city council on the same site from 1852. Hannaford's Romanesque revival was dedicated May 13, 1893. Large stained glass windows by the New York firm Pottier Stymus & Co. depict the benevolent dictator Cincinnatus, the trials of early settlers, and Cincinnati as the Queen City of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Catawba Wine". Samuel Hannaford and Sons remains the most prolific and widely-studied Cincinnati architectural firm; a company register from the 1930s lists 1000 buildings completed, and Hannaford family members were active from 1857 to the post-WWII period. Reverse reads: "Cincinnati City Hall Tower and Clock." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F14_024_1
Subjects: Cincinnati--Buildings, structures, etc.; Hannaford, Samuel, 1835-1911
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Located 801 Plum St., City Hall occupies the entire block from 8th to 9th Sts, and from Plum St to Central Ave. A smaller building housed city council on the same site from 1852. Hannaford's Romanesque revival was dedicated May 13, 1893. Large stained glass windows by the New York firm Pottier Stymus & Co. depict the benevolent dictator Cincinnatus, the trials of early settlers, and Cincinnati as the Queen City of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Catawba Wine". Samuel Hannaford and Sons remains the most prolific and widely-studied Cincinnati architectural firm; a company register from the 1930s lists 1000 buildings completed, and Hannaford family members were active from 1857 to the post-WWII period. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F14_037_1
Subjects: Cincinnati--Buildings, structures, etc.; Hannaford, Samuel, 1835-1911
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Located 1241 Elm Street, Over-the-Rhine, Samuel Hannaford's Venetian Gothic music hall in cherry brick was the fourth-largest such building in the United States. Built on the site of a pauper's cemetery, it is reputedly one of the most haunted places in Cincinnati. Music Hall opened for its first performance -- Beethoven's "Eroica" and Gluck's "Alceste" -- May 14, 1878. North and South wings -- Machinery Hall and Art Hall -- were added in 1879. Expansion of these wings in 1927 created the Topper Club ballroom, visible lower left. Current home of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Opera, May Festival Chorus, and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Entered National Register January 26, 1970 (#70000496). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F12_004_1
Subjects: Music halls--Ohio--Cincinnati; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Hannaford, Samuel, 1835-1911
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads "City Hall Tower and Clock. Taken from Eighth and Plum" Located 801 Plum St., City Hall occupies the entire block from 8th to 9th Sts, and from Plum St to Central Ave. A smaller building housed city council on the same site from 1852. Hannaford's Romanesque revival was dedicated May 13, 1893. Large stained glass windows by the New York firm Pottier Stymus & Co. depict the benevolent dictator Cincinnatus, the trials of early settlers, and Cincinnati as the Queen City of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Catawba Wine". Samuel Hannaford and Sons remains the most prolific and widely-studied Cincinnati architectural firm; a company register from the 1930s lists 1000 buildings completed, and Hannaford family members were active from 1857 to the post-WWII period. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F14_041_1
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio; Government buildings; Ohio Government; ; Cincinnati--Buildings, structures, etc.; Hannaford, Samuel, 1835-1911
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)