Description: This 1866 map shows Cincinnati, Ohio, as well as Newport and Covington, Kentucky, directly across the Ohio River. It was drawn by Gilbert & Hickenlooper (of No. 200 Vine Street in Cincinnati) for inclusion in the 1866 edition of the Williams' Cincinnati Directory. Covington and Newport are two Kentucky cities situated on the Ohio River and separated from one another by the Licking River. They are considered a part of the Cincinnati Metropolitan Area (or Greater Cincinnati) which includes counties in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. These two cities were first connected by bridge in 1853, and the John Roebling Suspension Bridge, connecting Covington with Cincinnati across the Ohio River, was completed in 1866. In 1788, Israel Ludlow, Matthias Denman, and Robert Patterson purchased eight hundred acres from John Cleves Symmes along the Ohio River at the Licking River's mouth. By early January 1789, Ludlow had platted the town, and the three men named the town Losantiville. The name was a convoluted contraction of the idea that this was a "city across from the mouth of the Licking River." In 1790, the governor of the Northwest Territory, Arthur St. Clair, proceeded to establish Hamilton County and made Losantiville the county seat. St. Clair disliked the name Losantiville and changed the town's name to Cincinnati in recognition of the Roman citizen soldier Cincinnatus. Cincinnati emerged as a major city, primarily due to its strategic location on the Ohio River, and by 1820 had reached a population of nearly ten thousand people. By the late 1880s, Cincinnati was the largest city in Ohio, with almost 300,000 people. It also had the densest population of any city in the United States, with an average of 37,143 people per square mile. By 1890, Cincinnati had provided Ohio with thirteen governors and had become an important industrial, political, literary, and educational center in both Ohio and the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MAPVFM0426_4
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--History; Ohio River; Maps--Midwest--Ohio; Bridges--Ohio River;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Newport (Kentucky); Covington (Kentucky)
 

Description: Caption reads "Cinci., O., Sept 1937. St. Marks Cathedral Entrance. KY." This is actually St Mary's Cathedral, also known as Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, which is located in Covington, Kentucky. Construction of this Roman Catholic church began in 1894, but was stopped in 1915 and remains unfinished. The exterior was inspired by Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, including the sinister gargoyles, and the interior after Saint Denis in France. It's two rose windows are the first and the third largest in the world. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F15_016_1
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Churches; Covington (Ky.)--Buildings, structures, etc.;
Places: Covington (Kentucky); Kenton County (Kentucky)
 

Description: Once called Mimosa House, this Colonial Revival style house is located at 412 East Second Street in Covington, Kentucky. Built in the 1850's, Harriet Rodgers hired architects Elzner and Anderson to renovate the home in the early 1900's from it's original Italianate style. For more information, see the article written by Linda Pender in January 1990 of Cincinnati Magazine. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F14_026_1
Subjects: Architecture--Kentucky; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Covington (Ky.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Covington (Kentucky)
 

Description: Skyline of Cincinnati from Covington, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F01_025_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This castle was built from 1851 to 1853 by Cincinnati architect Robert A. Love as the honeymoon home of Thomas Laurens Jones and Mark Keturah Taylor. It was sold in 1889 to the Diocese of Covington. A chapel was added in 1893 and the building served as a convent until 1910. Over the years, the house has also been used as a home for working girls, a retirement home for elderly women and in 1974, it was a home for Vietnamese refugees. The castle was torn down in the early 1990s to make room for a Kmart shopping center. Caption also reads "Holmes Castle" which was a mansion located in nearby Covington that has also been demolished. This image is of Mount St. Martin and not of the Holmes Castle. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F09_020_001
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Religion in Ohio; Churches
Places: Newport (Kentucky); Covington (Kentucky)
 

Description: A view of the Cincinnati, Ohio skyline from Covington, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F01_008_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: A view of the Cincinnati, Ohio skyline from Covington, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F01_009_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Cinci., O., Sept. 1937. Kentucky end of bridge." The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge spans the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky. When the first pedestrians crossed on December 1, 1866, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world at 1,057 feet (322 m) main span. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F12_009_001
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Covington (Kentucky); Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Skyline view of Cincinnati and the Ohio River taken from Covington, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F01_030_01
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Ohio River
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of downtown Cincinnati and a bridge over the Ohio River, taken from Covington, Kentucky View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F01_038_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Ohio River
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Published by Edward Mendenhall in 1867, this is a map of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington and Newport, Kentucky. The Ohio River demarcates the border between Ohio and Kentucky. A pencilled note on the Mt. Adams neighborhood reads "not thickly inhabited" while on the Ohio River is written "looks very well on paper + appears to be admirably adapted to suicidal purposes." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MAPVFM0175_2
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Maps; Topography; Ohio River
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Covington (Kentucky); Newport (Kentucky)
 

Description: Dated September 1927, this photograph shows the Carneal House in Covington, Kentucky, with a caption that reads "Cinci. [Cincinnati] O, Sept. 1937 #130 405 E. Second St., Covington, KY." Thomas D. Carneal, founder of Covington, built the house in 1815 in an architectural style which reflects Italian architect Andrea Palladio. Standing on Second Street near the Licking and Ohio Rivers, the Carneal House is a site on Covington's Riverside Historic District. 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_B01F06_013_001
Subjects: Domestic architecture; Historic homes; Works Progress Administration
Places: Covington (Kentucky); Kenton County (Kentucky)