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Title
Taft
home
in
Mount
Auburn
Subject
Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
Taft, Alphonso, 1810-1891
National Register of Historic Places
National Historic Landmark Program
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
Caption
on
reverse
reads
: "
Old
Taft
Home
.
Mt
.
Auburn
.
Taft
Birth
Place
.
Cincinnati
,
Ohio.
" This
building
is
located
at
2038
Auburn
Ave.
, in the
Mount
Auburn
neighborhood
of
Cincinnati
. The
27th
President
and
10th
Chief
Justice
of the
Supreme
Court
,
William
Howard
Taft
was
born
here
September
15
,
1857
, and
lived
here
until
he
left
for
Yale
University
in
1874
. The
2-story
Greek
Revival
house
is
believed
to have been
built
by the
Bowen
family
around
1835
.
William's
parents
,
Alphonso
and
Louise
Taft
bought
the
house
in
1851
. The
second
floor
and
roof
were
damaged
by
fire
in
1878
. In
1889
the
elder
Tafts
moved
to
California
and
decided
to
lease
the
house
.
Alphonso
died
in
1891
, and the
tenants
allowed
mourners
to
gather
at the
house
.
Louise
eventually
sold
the
house
in
1899
to
Albert
C
.
Thompson
,
United
States
judge
for the
Southern
District
of
Ohio
, and
moved
to
Massachusetts
.
About
five
years
later
,
around
1904
, the
front
veranda
was
removed
, and
several
of the
outbuildings
demolished
. The
tower
on the
right
, in the
photograph
, was
probably
also
removed
at this
time
. The
home
underwent
several
changes
of
ownership
for the
next
few
decades
, and by the
1940s
, the
new
owner
Elbert
R
.
Bellinger
had
decided
to
convert
the
building
into
apartments
. The
William
Howard
Taft
Memorial
foundation
,
organized
in
1937
, was
eventually
able
to
buy
the
property
for the
assessment
price
of
$35,000
sometime
after
1953
. By
1961
, the
home
was
desperately
in
need
of
restoration
,
which
would
cost
$92,500
. The
house
was
declared
a
National
Landmark
in
1964
, with a
dedication
ceremony
taking
place
September
15
of that
year
,
107
years
after
William's
birth
.
It
was
added
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
on in
1966
and was
transferred
it
to the
National
Park
Service
in
1968
. The
United
State
government
obtained
the
property
in
1970
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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File Name
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Image Width
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File Size
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Display File Type
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Format
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Date created
2010-04-27
Date modified
2010-06-22
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