Washington Park, Cincinnati, Ohio

Washington Park is bounded by West 12th, Race and Elm Streets in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The park is owned and operated by the Cincinnati Park Board. The nearly six acre park was a Presbyterian cemetery before it was acquired by the city in 1855. The park has an old-fashioned bandstand and many trees. Several American Civil War cannons and busts of Civil War heroes Frederick Hecker (German born patrot) and Colonel Robert Latimer McCook, who commanded the German 9th Ohio Infantry (Die Neuner) are in the park. There is also a bronze tablet (1931) given by Sons and Daughters of the (Die Neuner) 9th O.V.I.

The Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States was held here in 1888 with great success. It was, in addition to the celebration of Ohio's remarkable progress, designed to celebrate the settlement of the Northwest Territory. [http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/cityparks/pages/-4777-/]

The park stands in the shadow of the Cincinnati Music Hall and the now-demolished Washington Park School was at its north end. A new School for Creative and Performing Arts is being built at its south end.

References

*Cincinnati, a Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors, American Guide Series, The Weisen-Hart Press, May 1943, page 220

External links

* [http://www.idiotech.com/oacdocs/oacbin/33hecker.html Frederick Hecker Monument]
* [http://www.idiotech.com/oacdocs/oacbin/32mccook.html Col. Robert L. McCook Statuary]
* [http://www.cincinnatimemory.org/gsdl/collect/greaterc/archives/HASH01db/bb1ef214.dir/ocp000800slide.jpgBridge over Elm Street to Washington Park, 1888]
* [http://www.cincinnatimemory.org/gsdl/collect/greaterc/archives/HASH0185/22466b68.dir/ocp002081pccnb.jpgIn Washington Park]

* [http://www.cincinnatimemory.org/gsdl/collect/greaterc/archives/HASH01df/7ae03faf.dir/ocp002080pccpc.jpgView in Washington Park, Cincinnati, circa 1905]
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