Title	Laurel Court Atrium
Creator	Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Subject	Architecture Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc Thomson, Peter G. (Peter Gibson), 1851-1931 Rogers, James Gamble, 1901-1990 National Register of Historic Places Atriums Sculpture Fountains
Time Period	1930s
Place	Cincinnati (Ohio) Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description	Reverse reads "Cinci., O., Feb. 1938. Copy from Thompson Album". This photograph depicts a Grecian style fountain with a nude woman dancing in the center. Located at 5870 Belmont Avenue in the College Hill area of Cincinnati, Ohio, the Peter G. Thomson Home is better known as Laurel Court and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The Beau Arts Neoclassical style home, completed in 1907, was built for Peter G. Thomson, founder of Champion Paper, and designed by James Gamble Rogers, the nephew of Peter's wife Laura Gamble Thomson. It was modeled after the Petit Trianon, a "small" chateau on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles in France, and is considered one of the finest homes in America. The exterior is made from chiseled granite and was originally built on twenty three acres, on the highest point in Hamilton County. The Thomson family lived in the home until 1947. Today, the private residence stands on seven and a half acres of land, and the numerous original buildings, gardens, statues and fountains are open for tours and special events by reservation only. Some of the notable features of this home include the retractable roof of the two story Atrium in the center of the house, the Rookwood tiled swimming pool, the African Rosewood tiled Library, and the gilded Music Room.
Date of Original	February 1938
Collection	Ohio Guide Photographs
Source	State Archives Series 1039 AV
Submitting Institution	Ohio History Connection
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	SA1039AV_B03F08_007_1.tif
Image Height	3000
Image Width	2423
File Size	21833984 Bytes
Display File Type	image/jp2
Format	picture
Date created	2010-03-17
Date modified	2010-06-25

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