Taft Museum
Historic house in Ohio, United States in Cincinnati, Ohio. Built 1927. Added to the National Register in 1973, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Taft Museum of Art is a fine art collection in Cincinnati, Ohio. It occupies the 200-year-old historic house at 316 Pike Street. The house – the oldest domestic wooden structure in downtown Cincinnati – was built about 1820 and housed several prominent Cincinnatians, including Martin Baum, Nicholas Longworth, David Sinton, Anna Sinton Taft and Charles Phelps Taft. It is on the National Register of Historic Places listings, and is a contributing property to the Lytle Park Historic District.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 316 Pike St., Cincinnati, OH |
| County | Hamilton County |
| Listed | Jan 29, 1973 |
| Reference number | 73001470 |
| Built | 1927 |
| Type of place | art museum |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places contributing property |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 316 Pike St., Cincinnati, OH |
| Website | taftmuseum.org ↗ |
| Coordinates | 39.10208, -84.50289 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | William Howard Taft National Historic Site · 1 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Overlook Shelter (Brookville Lake) 35 mi · Caesar Creek Lake 35 mi · Tailwater Shelter 1 (Brookville Lake) 35 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 73001470. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.