Walnut Hills Historical Society
stories and images from Walnut Hills, Cincinnati
Horace Sudduth has generally been cast as a businessman who steered clear of politics. In 1921, however, Sudduth was willing to run for Cincinnati City Continue Reading
Horace Sudduth served the communities in the West End and Walnut Hills as “our real estate agent”, in the words of Wendell Dabney, the Black Continue Reading
Horace Sudduth founded the Industrial Building and Loan Corporation in December 1919. Its main office was in Sudduth’s West End real estate office, but from Continue Reading
When Horace Sudduth began working in the Walnut Hills market, he played much the same role dealing in and managing tenements as he had downtown. Continue Reading
On the railroads, as on the steamboats, Black men would come to serve important roles in passenger service. Palace cars, first class accommodations owned by Continue Reading
We have seen that in 1870 the Black majority and the white residents on what would become Lincoln Avenue had comparable real estate investments. These Continue Reading
We have been looking at the Census data from 1870 and 1880 to understand the people who lived on what became Lincoln Avenue in 1877. Continue Reading
Barbara moved to Walnut Hills in her early 20’s (1957). She and her husband have lived in Cincinnati ever since, raising 3 daughters. They have Continue Reading
Gary has been an active neighbor in Walnut Hills since the late 1970’s. He has worked on community gardens, including the school garden across from Continue Reading
In 1932, Curtis Publishing released a marketing study based on what we would now call a “mashup” of circulation data for the popular Ladies’ Home Continue Reading