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William Howard Taft National Historic Site

National Historic Site of the United States in Cincinnati, Ohio. Built 1969. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkBuilt 1969Listed 1966
Aesops Fables on Fireplace P2110054Alphonso and Louise Taft Bedroom, William Howard Taft National Historic Site, Mount Auburn, Cincinnati, OH (33154286518)Alphonso and Louise Taft Bedroom, William Howard Taft National Historic Site, Mount Auburn, Cincinnati, OH (33154286628)Central Hall - upstairs P2110053
Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · William Howard Taft National Historic Site

William Howard Taft National Historic Site is a historic house at 2038 Auburn Avenue in the Mount Auburn Historic District of Cincinnati, Ohio, a mile (1.6 km) north of Downtown. It was the birthplace and childhood home of William Howard Taft, the 27th president and the 10th chief justice of the United States. It is a two-story Greek Revival house built circa 1845.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address2038 Auburn Ave., Cincinnati, OH
CountyHamilton County
ListedOct 15, 1966
Reference number66000612
Built1969
Type of placeNational Historic Site
Visitors per year4,746
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places contributing property
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
Address2038 Auburn Ave., Cincinnati, OH
Websitenps.gov/wiho/index.htm ↗
Coordinates39.11969, -84.50843 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitWilliam Howard Taft National Historic Site · 0 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyOverlook Shelter (Brookville Lake) 34 mi · Tailwater Shelter 1 (Brookville Lake) 34 mi · Tailwater Shelter 2 (Brookville Lake) 34 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Sources

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 66000612. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.