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1103 work_record_id 1103 Work Record ID false
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Work Type:
zoo building work_type zoo building Work Type false
Title:
Elephant House title Elephant House Title false
Title Type:
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Title:
Herbivora Building title Herbivora Building Title false
Title Type:
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Creator:
Elzner & Anderson, 19th century creator Elzner & Anderson, 19th century Creator false
Creator Dates:
19th century creator_dates 19th century Creator Dates false
Creator Type:
corporate creator_type corporate Creator Type false
Creator Role:
architect creator_role architect Creator Role false
Date:
1982 date 1982 Date false
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1905 date 1905 Date false
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Cincinnati (Ohio) location Cincinnati (Ohio) Location false
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Location:
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, 3400 Vine Street (Cincinnati, Ohio, 45220) location Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, 3400 Vine Street (Cincinnati, Ohio, 45220) Location false
Style Period:
Indian (South Asian) style_period Indian (South Asian) Style Period false
Culture:
American culture American Culture false
Culture:
Islamic culture Islamic Culture false
Culture:
Indian culture Indian Culture false
Subject:
Cincinnati (Ohio) subject Cincinnati (Ohio) Subject false
Subject:
National Historic Landmark subject National Historic Landmark Subject false
Subject:
zoo buildings subject zoo buildings Subject false
Subject:
elephant houses subject elephant houses Subject false
Description:
"A designated national historic landmark constructed in 1906, the Elephant House was renovated and transformed into the Vanishing Giants exhibit in 2000. The Taj Mahal-like building is one of the most popular sites of the Zoo and home to the Asian elephant, giraffe and okapi. The building reflects Moghul or Moslem Indian architecture. Visible from the surrounding city, it sits on the zoo's highest point. Elzner & Anderson, the architects designed a sequence of stately homes: it is as if the Taj Mahal had pupped. The Elephant House with its picturesque domes conveys a sense of the exotic. By recalling the East it also recalls the homeland of the Asian elephants for whom the building was designed. Skylights and arched dome windows allow plenty of natural light." description "A designated national historic landmark constructed in 1906, the Elephant House was renovated and transformed into the Vanishing Giants exhibit in 2000. The Taj Mahal-like building is one of the most popular sites of the Zoo and home to the Asian elephant, giraffe and okapi. The building reflects Moghul or Moslem Indian architecture. Visible from the surrounding city, it sits on the zoo's highest point. Elzner & Anderson, the architects designed a sequence of stately homes: it is as if the Taj Mahal had pupped. The Elephant House with its picturesque domes conveys a sense of the exotic. By recalling the East it also recalls the homeland of the Asian elephants for whom the building was designed. Skylights and arched dome windows allow plenty of natural light." Description false
Information Source:
John Clubbe. Cincinnati Observed. Architecture and History. Columbus: Ohio State UP, 1991. 427-428. information_source John Clubbe. Cincinnati Observed. Architecture and History. Columbus: Ohio State UP, 1991. 427-428. Information Source false
Reproduction Creator:
Cincinnati Preservation Association reproduction_creator Cincinnati Preservation Association Reproduction Creator false
Reproduction Creator Type:
donor reproduction_creator_type donor Reproduction Creator Type false
Reproduction Date:
after 1905 reproduction_date after 1905 Reproduction Date false
Reproduction Date Type:
creation reproduction_date_type creation Reproduction Date Type false
Reproduction View:
View of front entrance reproduction_view View of front entrance Reproduction View false
Reproduction View Type:
exterior view reproduction_view_type exterior view Reproduction View Type false
Reproduction Rights Statement:
These images are for non-profit use educational use. Publication, commercial use, or reproduction of material in physical or digital form requires prior written permission from the copyright holder. reproduction_rights_statement These images are for non-profit use educational use. Publication, commercial use, or reproduction of material in physical or digital form requires prior written permission from the copyright holder. Reproduction Rights Statement false

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