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John Baker House title John Baker House Title false
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Creator:
Wilson, James Keys, 1828-1894 creator Wilson, James Keys, 1828-1894 Creator false
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1887 Madison Road, East Walnut Hills (Cincinnati, Ohio) location 1887 Madison Road, East Walnut Hills (Cincinnati, Ohio) Location false
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Gothic Revival style_period Gothic Revival Style Period false
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American culture American Culture false
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National Register of Historic Places subject National Register of Historic Places Subject false
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towers (building divisions) subject towers (building divisions) Subject false
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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 "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 false
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. 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. Information Source false
Reproduction Creator:
Weston, Alice, 1926 reproduction_creator Weston, Alice, 1926 Reproduction Creator false
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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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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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