Clovernook near Cincinnati, Ohio   Save
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Description: Description reads: "CLOVERNOOK. Home of Alice and Phoebe Cary, Near Cincinnati, Hamilton Co. O. Now a school for blind." Clovernook, Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired is located at 7000 Hamilton Ave in Cincinnati, Ohio. Clovernook was a 27 acre farm about 10 miles north of Cincinnati in what is now North College Hill. Alice was born on 26 April 1820 and Pheobe was born 24 Sep 1824. Both of the girls were poets and in 1850 moved to New York City. Alice died in 1871 of tuberculosis, and Phoebe followed her in death five months later of hepatitis. They were buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. In 1903, Clovernook became a residences for blind women. It is now a multi-faceted organization service the blind and visually impaired. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F10_015_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Blind--Education--Ohio; Clovernook Center for the Blind; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)