Detail View: Architecture and Urban Planning Collection: The Oaks

Work Record ID: 
1006
Reproduction Record ID: 
1006
Work Class: 
Architecture
Work Type: 
house
Title: 
The Oaks
Title Type: 
preferred
Material: 
brick
Material Type: 
other
Date: 
1820-1840
Date Type: 
creation
Location: 
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Location Type: 
site
Location: 
5907 Belmont Avenue, College Hill (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Style Period: 
Greek Revival
Culture: 
American
Subject: 
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Subject: 
houses
Subject: 
columns (architectural elements)
Subject: 
balustrades
Subject: 
College Hill (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Description: 
"A number of prominent businessmen have lived in The Oaks, a 2.5-story brick house, part of which dates from the 1830s. George C. Knight, land developer, builder, and later mayor of College Hill, purchased the original 4-room cabin in the 1860s and began a series of improvements on the house. Colonel Lowe Emerson, the next owner, was president of the Emerson & Fisher Company, carriage builders, and a member of the city council. Peter G. Thompson purchased the estate in 1904 and lived here until Laurel Court was completed, then passed The Oaks to his son, Alexander." Alexander Thompson (c.1880-1939) served as president of the Hamilton and Ohio chambers of commerce, and was director of the United States Chamber of Commerce.
Information Source: 
The Bicentennial Guide to Greater Cincinnati: A Portrait of Two Hundred Years. Cincinnati: The Cincinnati Historical Society, 1988. 495.
Reproduction Creator: 
Cincinnati Preservation Association
Reproduction Creator Type: 
donor
Reproduction View: 
Entrance
Reproduction View Type: 
detail view
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