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Alice Weston Great Houses
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univcincin~32~32
Alice Weston Great Houses
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Work Record ID:
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722
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722
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Reproduction Record ID:
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722
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722
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Work Class:
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Architecture
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Architecture
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false
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Work Type:
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house
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house
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Title:
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Woodburn
title
Woodburn
Title
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Title Type:
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preferred
title_type
preferred
Title Type
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Title:
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John Baker House
title
John Baker House
Title
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Title Type:
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alternate
title_type
alternate
Title Type
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Creator:
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Wilson, James Keys, 1828-1894
creator
Wilson, James Keys, 1828-1894
Creator
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Creator Dates:
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1828-1894
creator_dates
1828-1894
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false
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Creator Nationality:
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American
creator_nationality
American
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false
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Creator Type:
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personal
creator_type
personal
Creator Type
false
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Creator Role:
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architect
creator_role
architect
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false
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Date:
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1854
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Date Type:
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creation
date_type
creation
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Location:
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Cincinnati (Ohio)
location
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Location
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Location Type:
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site
location_type
site
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false
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Location:
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1887 Madison Road, East Walnut Hills (Cincinnati, Ohio)
location
1887 Madison Road, East Walnut Hills (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Location
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Style Period:
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Gothic Revival
style_period
Gothic Revival
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Culture:
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American
culture
American
Culture
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Subject:
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Cincinnati (Ohio)
subject
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Subject
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Subject:
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National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places
Subject
false
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Subject:
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towers (building divisions)
subject
towers (building divisions)
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false
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Subject:
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bay windows
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bay windows
Subject
false
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Subject:
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battlements
subject
battlements
Subject
false
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Subject:
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pointed arches
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pointed arches
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false
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Description:
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"Baker (1792-1857), after whom the street is named, came to Cincinnati from New Jersey in 1814 and, according to family tradition, traded a white horse for a "piece of Fourth and Walnut" Streets. He later bought a large tract in East Walnut Hills. In 1853, Baker engaged James Keyes Wilson (1828-1894), Cincinnati's most prominent architect, to design this asymmetrical 2-story brick home. With its square tower and elegant tracery, Woodburn is one of the city's few residential examples of the Gothic Revival style. Baker's son, Nathan, brought much of the home's furniture from Europe. The house later underwent some modernization including the addition of a wing in 1910. In 1979, the sixth generation of Baker's descendants decided to sell the home and its furnishings, setting off a battle between preservationists who wanted to convert the structure to a museum with all of the contents intact and neighbors who wanted to maintain the "fragile but stable" residential character..."
description
"Baker (1792-1857), after whom the street is named, came to Cincinnati from New Jersey in 1814 and, according to family tradition, traded a white horse for a "piece of Fourth and Walnut" Streets. He later bought a large tract in East Walnut Hills. In 1853, Baker engaged James Keyes Wilson (1828-1894), Cincinnati's most prominent architect, to design this asymmetrical 2-story brick home. With its square tower and elegant tracery, Woodburn is one of the city's few residential examples of the Gothic Revival style. Baker's son, Nathan, brought much of the home's furniture from Europe. The house later underwent some modernization including the addition of a wing in 1910. In 1979, the sixth generation of Baker's descendants decided to sell the home and its furnishings, setting off a battle between preservationists who wanted to convert the structure to a museum with all of the contents intact and neighbors who wanted to maintain the "fragile but stable" residential character..."
Description
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Information Source:
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Giglierano, Geoffrey J. and Deborah A. Overmyer. The Bicentennial Guide to Greater Cincinnati: A Portrait of Two Hundred Years. Cincinnati, OH: The Cincinnati Historical Society, 1988. 186.
information_source
Giglierano, Geoffrey J. and Deborah A. Overmyer. The Bicentennial Guide to Greater Cincinnati: A Portrait of Two Hundred Years. Cincinnati, OH: The Cincinnati Historical Society, 1988. 186.
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Reproduction Creator:
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Weston, Alice, 1926
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Weston, Alice, 1926
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false
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Reproduction View:
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Porch
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Porch
Reproduction View
false
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Reproduction View Type:
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exterior view
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exterior view
Reproduction View Type
false
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Reproduction Information Source:
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Photograph collection of Cincinnati Museum Center-Cincinnati Historical Society Library
reproduction_information_source
Photograph collection of Cincinnati Museum Center-Cincinnati Historical Society Library
Reproduction Information Source
false
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Reproduction Rights Statement:
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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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