Construction During Reconstruction: Eden Park Band Stand
Cincinnati came to see itself during the period of Reconstruction as a leading cultural center in what was then called the West. This artistic renaissance Continue Reading
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Construction During Reconstruction: Eden Park Circumferential Route
The major features of Eden Park emerged, at least in planning form, even before the completion of the reservoir. Apart from heroic efforts at landscaping Continue Reading
Construction During Reconstruction: Eden Park
The construction of the Eden Park Reservoir and of the Park itself were so inextricably connected that some accounts referred to the park as the Continue Reading
Construction during Reconstruction: Eden Park Reservoir Elsinore Gate
The saga of the connection of the reservoir in Eden Park to the downtown water mains and the Hunt Street Pumping station dragged out from Continue Reading
Construction during Reconstruction: Eden Park Reservoir Effluent Pipe
Walnut Hills, behind Mt Adams as seen from downtown Cincinnati, faces the Ohio River on one side and the Deer Creek ravine down to the Continue Reading
Avoiding Construction During Reconstruction: Public Health, Sewage and Contaminated Water
Proponents offered clean water as one of the early promises of the Reservoir at Eden Park. The huge artificial lake held a hundred million gallons Continue Reading
Construction during Reconstruction: Eden Park Reservoir Walls
Cincinnati’s topography, with the original city in the river basin expanding to increasing elevations up the surrounding hills, presented a problem for the design of Continue Reading
Construction After Reconstruction: Eden Park Pump House and Water Tower
Before leaving aside the Eden Park Reservoir to consider other construction in Walnut Hills during Reconstruction, we’ll pause to consider a couple of other Water Continue Reading
About Us
The Walnut Hills Historical Society (WHHS) is a committee of the Walnut Hills Area Council. We conduct historical research on the Walnut Hills neighborhood of Continue Reading
Janice McCoy
Janice McCoy is now a great-grandmother, but she has clear memories of growing up in Walnut Hills and raising her family here as well. In Continue Reading