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Description: Greek revival dwelling, located 2038 Auburn Ave, Mount Auburn neighborhood, Cincinnati; 27th President and 10th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court spent most of his youth here. His father Alphonso bought the house in 1851. Damaged by fire in 1878; by 1889 the house stood unoccupied as the Tafts had moved to California and their children were grown. The house passed out of the family at the turn of the century; by the 1940s it had been cut into apartments. The William Howard Taft Memorial Foundation, organized coincident to this photograph, eventually obtained title, and transferred it to the National Parks Service. Added to National Register October 15, 1966 (#66000612). Reverse reads: "Cinci., O. Sept. 1937. Old Taft House (birthplace) Mt. Auburn" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F05_002_001
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc. ; Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930 ; Taft, Alphonso, 1810-1891
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)