Thanks to Mariann for asking about this week's subject, a former patrol house at the corner of McMillian and Ravine in Fairview Heights.
This beautiful building was built in the late 1890's and was first listed as a patrol house in the 1899 Williams' City Directory. This patrol house used horse drawn wagons, which contained with the usual police equipment along with stretchers and surgical instruments. (
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| Details above the front windows - Source |
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| Ravine Street View circa 1910 - Source |
The building was designed by the firm of Samuel Hannaford & Sons, with Charles Rosentiel as the architect. According to the Bicentennial Guide to Cincinnati (1988):
"In 1927, police district boundaries were redrawn, and the station became
the Seventh District Patrol House. By 1957, the building was no longer needed
and was turned over to the Cincinnati Recreational Commission for renovation as
a community center.... As the community organizations and the accompanying
sense of community identity weakened, the Recreation Commission changed the
facility into an Arts Center around 1970. The Fairview Arts Center closed due
to lack of funds in 1984, and the city sold the building."
It was most recently used as an office building for Graphic Concepts, Inc and is currently
for sale.
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