Mt. Adams
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Cincinnati Ohio
TODAY
Mt. Adams, with over 1500 residents, has an eclectic mix of traditional and modern architecture, young professionals, families and retirees. A unique blend of cultural assets, theatre and fine art venues, restaurants, bars, a world-famous church and some of the most spectacular views of the Cincinnati skyline and the vast Ohio River.
our Story
Nestled high above downtown Cincinnati and the beautiful Ohio River, Mt. Adams has shared a rich and fascinating history with the City of Cincinnati. Named after President John Quincy Adams, who in 1843 delivered the dedication address for what was then known as the world’s most powerful observatory, ‘the Hill’ has long offered pleasant, convenient neighborhood living.
During the early 1800s Nicholas Longworth, America’s second richest man, grew grapes in his Garden of Eden, now Eden Park, and produced his famous Golden Wedding Champagne, which helped qualify Mt. Adams as the birthplace of the American Wine Industry.
Art came to Mt. Adams in the 1880s when the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Cincinnati School of Art opened in Eden Park. Maria Longworth Nichols Storer, granddaughter of the aforementioned Nicholas Longworth, moved her Rookwood Pottery from a spot on the Ohio River to Mt. Adams in 1890 and began winning national and international awards.
HISTORY
HISTORY
The Mt. Adams Inclined Plane Railroad was a sentinel event in the development of Mt. Adams. It made travel to the Hill from the city easy and was the catalyst for a residential construction boom that lasted from the 1880s to the 1910s.