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Mt. Lookout/ Columbia Tusculum |
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Back to E-CASE Neighbors |
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The Cinema Grill and Rhode Funeral Home on Mt. Lookout Square. |
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Mt. Lookout was part of Spencer Township in 1870. At the same time Mt. Lookout joined Cincinnati. It was named after the Observatory and because of the hilly community. Mt. Lookout is located between Hyde Park and Newtown. It is less than one mile from the Ohio River.
Mt. Lookout used to be called Delta. Delta used to follow Crawfish Creek. The Kilgour brothers made a railroad along Crawfish Creek. That is now Delta Avenue. A tornado passed through Mt. Lookout in 1970. It went down Grace Avenue and caused a lot of damage. |
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The Mt. Lookout Steam Dummy (below) was built around 1873. The true history of the dummy is not well known. It used to connect Mt. Lookout to be part of Cincinnati. It ran from the top of Delta Avenue to Columbia. It was used by the people of Mt. Lookout until July 4, 1897. It promoted real estate developments in Mount Lookout. The incline car was disguised as a horse-drawn vehicle so it wouldn't scare the other horses. |
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The Mt. Lookout Dummy |
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The Observatory
It�s the home of Cincinnati Observatory Center and has been placed as a national historic landmark and the birthplace of American Astronomy. Up on the hill the world seems a little smaller. Director Jim Meumeister said the challenge is to preserve the two ld observatory buildings on a small budget. The observatory is 400 feet high. The observatory is 77 years old. By the time the observatory building foundation had been laid out the country was in an economic depression. Cincinnati�s Observatory was originally in t. Adams. For a special ceremony John Quincy Adams came to Mt. Ida and dedicated the telescope and the Observatory in the early 1840s then Mt. Ida became Mt. Adams. The observatory in Mt. Lookout opened in 1873 when Cincinnati astronomers sought to escape the smog o Mt. Adams and the bright lights of downtown.
The best view in Cincinnati is from Mt. Lookout in the Observatory. There are actually two single brick structures that are still in public use. The main one actually has a stone portico with four columns.
Mt. Lookout took its name from what you do with a telescope in a observatory. The Observatory is home of Cincinnati national landmark and birthplace of American astronomy.
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Ault Park Pavillion and steps |
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Streets in Mt. Lookout: |
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The streets Wakefield, Mannington, and Earls Court View are all named after English streets. |
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Kroger Avenue was named for the family that started the grocery story chain. |
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Hershel Avenue was close to the Observatory and is named after British astronomer Sir William Herschel. He discovered Uranus. |
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Linwood Avenue used to be a cow path that led to Mt. Lookout Road and was owned by Isaac Ferris. |
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One of the new subdivisions is called Spencer Hill. One of the streets is called Big Ben after the large clock tower in England named Big Ben. Mr. Spencer, who developed Spencer Hill, has an English background. |
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Alms Park was a vineyard and was named after Mr. and Mrs. Alms. |
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Statue of Steven Foster in Alms Park |
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Alms Park Pavillion |
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This 1907 photo is of the Isaac Ferris House. It is still situated on Linwood Road. It was a farm in those days. The barn is on the left. In the old days Linwood Road was a cow path that followed the crek from what is now Observatory Road to the square.
<------ This tall monument in the pioneer cemetery honors Mr. Ferris, one of the original pioneers. |
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Kilgour School was built on land given by Mr. John Kilgour. A small schol was opened on Delta Avenue across from Niles Avenue. Miss Corcoran was the teacher for grades 1 and 2. Four years later 3rd and 4th grades were added. In 1922 it became a bigger school. They got 5 acres from Mrs. Kilgour in honor of her deceased husband. |
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"Painted Ladies" on Tusculum Avenue |
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