Description: Photograph identified as covered bridge #359 in Clermont County, Ohio, date unknown. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00442
Subjects: Rivers--Ohio; Covered bridges--Ohio; Clermont County (Ohio);
Places: Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photo of a waterworks filtering plant in Williamsburg, Ohio in Clermont Couty. The photo is of the outside of the plant that shows the back of a brick building. To the right of the building, the front of an old automobile can be seen. The back of the photo reads, "Project W.P. #3634. Williamsburg, Ohio. Waterworks Filtering Plant, completed." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F07_015_001
Subjects: Clermont County (Ohio)--Pictorial works; Williamsburg (Ohio); Water treatment plants
Places: Williamsburg (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a picture of a Waterworks and Filtering Plant in Williamsburg, Ohio in Clermont County. This picture displays the back of a brick building and shows a holding tank filled with water. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F07_024_001
Subjects: Clermont County (Ohio)--Pictorial works; Williamsburg (Ohio); Water treatment plants
Places: Williamsburg (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photographic reproduction of an engraved illustration depicts the small cabin in which Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was born. The birthplace is located in Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio. The artist's rendering, which includes the Ohio River as a backdrop, shows the cabin situated at a bend in a road. The cabin has two windows on either side of the front door. A tall brick chimney stands on the cabin's right side. A figure on horseback and a horse-drawn covered wagon are traveling past the cabin. A gated fence separates the cabin and surrounding property from the road. The image includes the caption "Birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant" and to the far right of the caption is the number 21, which may be either a page number or an illustration number. The cabin was removed from its foundation in Point Pleasant in 1888 and placed aboard a boat for exhibition in Cincinnati. Afterwards it was moved to Goodale Park (Columbus, Ohio) as part of the Northwest Territory centennial. During the 1890s the cabin was returned to the fairgrounds in Columbus. It remained there until 1936, when the Ohio Historical Society, under a legislative order, returned it to its original site in Point Pleasant, Ohio. The dismantling of the badly deteriorated cabin for relocation occurred in February 1936 at the Columbus Fairgrounds. The cabin was restored with period furniture and opened to public tours. The Grant Birthplace memorial is located at 1551 State Rt 232, in Point Pleasant (Clermont County), just off of U.S. Route 52, about five miles east of New Richmond. Ulysses Simpson Grant was an American military leader and the eighteenth president of the United States. He served in the Mexican War but was never happy with military life and resigned his commission in 1854. At the outbreak of the Civil War he organized a company in Galena and later accepted command of the 21st Illinois Regiment. In August 1861, President Abraham Lincoln made Grant brigadier general of volunteers. In 1864 Grant became lieutenant general commanding all the armies of the U.S. He served as U.S. president from 1869-1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04517
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Birthplaces; Historic sites Ohio; Clermont County (Ohio); Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a picture of the reservoir or stream in Williamsburg, Ohio that would probably be the source of water to be treated at a Water Treatment Plant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F07_025_001
Subjects: Clermont County (Ohio)--Pictorial works; Williamsburg (Ohio); Waterworks
Places: Williamsburg (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph of Clermont County Court House was started December 2, 1935 and was completed in December 1936. The total cost was $96,504.90. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F11_014
Subjects: Court Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Batavia (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)--Pictorial works.
Places: Clermont County (Ohio); Batavia (Ohio);
 

Description: Caption reads: "Project W.P. #5748. Clermont County Courthouse, Batavia, Ohio. Common Pleas Court Room. Photo by Federal Writers' Photographer. Jan. 14, 1937." This photograph is an interior view of an empty courtroom at the Clermont County Courthouse. The current courthouse is located at 270 Main Street in Batavia, Ohio and was completed in 1936, having been designed by the architectural firm of Hunt & Allan in the Neoclassical style for $100,000. The building has a rectangular footprint and is two stories high. The facade of the building is lined with red brick and limestone trimwork. The building's main entrance is accessed by a flight of stairs and is framed by four large Tuscan piers supporting an entablature above. A window is located to each side of the central door with a window directly in line on the second floor. The wings to either side of the entrance projection contains three windows on each floor. The flat roof is hidden behind a solid balustrade. An addition was finished in 1998 and is located to the rear of the old courthouse. The design was approved by the commissioners and was submitted by Steinkamp, Steinkamp & Hampton. The building was designed in Greek Revival style and contains a central pediment supported by Tuscan columns with brick bases. The pediment contains an elliptical window. A drum rises from the roofline and is topped by a clock tower capped by a dome. It was constructed under the Works Progress Administration of the 1930s and unfortunately an elaborate courthouse was not feasible due to the Great Depression. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F07_02_01
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio--History. Ohio; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio
Places: Batavia (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Project W.P. #5748. Vestibule, Clermont County Courthouse, Batavia, Ohio. Photo by Federal Writers' Photographer. January 14, 1937." Clermont County Courthouse is located at 270 Main Street in Batavia, Ohio and was completed in 1936, having been designed by the architectural firm of Hunt & Allan in the Neoclassical style for $100,000. The building has a rectangular footprint and is two stories high. The facade of the building is lined with red brick and limestone trimwork. The building's main entrance is accessed by a flight of stairs and is framed by four large Tuscan piers supporting an entablature above. A window is located to each side of the central door with a window directly in line on the second floor. The wings to either side of the entrance projection contains three windows on each floor. The flat roof is hidden behind a solid balustrade. An addition was finished in 1998 and is located to the rear of the old courthouse. The design was approved by the commissioners and was submitted by Steinkamp, Steinkamp & Hampton. The building was designed in Greek Revival style and contains a central pediment supported by Tuscan columns with brick bases. The pediment contains an elliptical window. A drum rises from the roofline and is topped by a clock tower capped by a dome. It was constructed under the Works Progress Administration of the 1930s and unfortunately an elaborate courthouse was not feasible due to the Great Depression. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F07_03_01
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio--History. Ohio; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio
Places: Batavia (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: The color photograph shows the exterior of the Ulysses S. Grant Birthplace in Point Pleasant, Ohio, in 1993. The cabin, painted white, has two windows on either side of the front door. A tall brick chimney, also white, stands on the cabin's right side. A white fence extends along the front of the cabin, and a stone walkway leads to the front steps. A sign identifying the site is located on the lawn. Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in this one-story, timber-frame home on April 27, 1822, to Jesse and Hannah Simpson Grant. The Grants settled in Point Pleasant the previous year, and Jesse took charge of the tannery located near the cottage. The cabin was removed from its foundation in Point Pleasant in 1888 and placed aboard a boat for exhibition in Cincinnati. Afterwards it was moved to Goodale Park (Columbus, Ohio) as part of the Northwest Territory centennial. During the 1890s the cabin was returned to the fairgrounds in Columbus. It remained there until 1936, when the Ohio Historical Society, under a legislative order, returned it to its original site in Point Pleasant, Ohio. The dismantling of the badly deteriorated cabin for relocation occurred in February 1936 at the Columbus Fairgrounds. The cabin was restored with period furniture and opened to public tours. The Grant Birthplace memorial is located at 1551 State Rt 232, in Point Pleasant (Clermont County), just off of U.S. Route 52, about five miles east of New Richmond. Ulysses Simpson Grant was an American military leader and the eighteenth president of the United States. He served in the Mexican War but was never happy with military life and resigned his commission in 1854. At the outbreak of the Civil War he organized a company in Galena and later accepted command of the 21st Illinois Regiment. In August 1861, President Abraham Lincoln made Grant brigadier general of volunteers. In 1864 Grant became lieutenant general commanding all the armies of the U.S. He served as U.S. president from 1869-1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07013
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Birthplaces; Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This color image shows the interior of the Ulysses S. Grant birthplace, located in Point Pleasant, Ohio. The room includes a brick fireplace, a mantel painted turquoise blue, a wooden table and serving items, a corner cabinet, and wooden bench. Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in this one-story, timber-frame home on April 27, 1822, to Jesse and Hannah Simpson Grant. The Grants settled in Point Pleasant the previous year, and Jesse took charge of the tannery located near the cottage. The cabin was removed from its foundation in Point Pleasant in 1888 and placed aboard a boat for exhibition in Cincinnati. Afterwards it was moved to Goodale Park (Columbus, Ohio) as part of the Northwest Territory centennial. During the 1890s the cabin was returned to the fairgrounds in Columbus. It remained there until 1936, when the Ohio Historical Society, under a legislative order, returned it to its original site in Point Pleasant, Ohio. The dismantling of the badly deteriorated cabin for relocation occurred in February 1936 at the Columbus Fairgrounds. The cabin was restored with period furniture and opened to public tours. The Grant Birthplace memorial is located at 1551 State Rt 232, in Point Pleasant (Clermont County), just off of U.S. Route 52, about five miles east of New Richmond. Ulysses Simpson Grant was an American military leader and the eighteenth president of the United States. He served in the Mexican War but was never happy with military life and resigned his commission in 1854. At the outbreak of the Civil War he organized a company in Galena and later accepted command of the 21st Illinois Regiment. In August 1861, President Abraham Lincoln made Grant brigadier general of volunteers. In 1864 Grant became lieutenant general commanding all the armies of the U.S. He served as U.S. president from 1869-1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07014
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Birthplaces; Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of 55-year-old Dovie Blanche Dean, a Batavia housewife. Her formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during her trial or sentencing. Dean, convicted of poisoning and killing her newlywed husband, was the 293rd individual (and second of three women) to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: “No. 293 Dovie Blanche Dean Clermont County, Ohio, Legally Electro-cuted, January 15, 1954, for the Murder of Hawkins Dean.” In 1885 the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, became the location for all executions, which previously took place in the various county seats. In 1896 the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the form of capital punishment. The Ohio Penitentiary regularly offered tours as well as souvenir photographs and postcards of the building and prisoners on death row. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were executed in the electric chair known as “Old Sparky” between 1897 and 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08345
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Batavia (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is the front facade of the Clermont County Courthouse, located at 76 S. Riverside. It was built from 1935-1936 by architects Hunt and Allan with the aid of the Works Progress Administration. It represents Neoclassical architecture, and the red brick and limestone facade, accentuated with large windows in the front that light the courtroom, is surmounted by a wide, limestone entablature, which creates an impressive county building for local citizens. An addition was dedicated in 1998 after the extra space became necessary with the rapid growth of the county's population. The white building behind the courthouse currently houses the Adult Probation department. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F01_072
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; entablatures; pilasters; Neoclassical
Places: Batavia (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)