#cincinnati buildings
Designed by Samuel Hannaford, the H. W. Derby Building has served as a bank and a photography studio, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
This Italianate building was built in 1887 by publisher and bookseller H. W. Derby. The original “Derby Building” stood at the Southwest Corner of Third and Walnut Streets. Derby made a fortune selling Law books and other educational materials.
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The streetscapes of Cincinnati are always changing. Businesses come and go, old buildings are torn down, and new ones are built.
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In 1895, the northwest corner of 7th and Race Streets was dominated by “The Columbia Painless Dentists, which was run by Dr. Edgar M. Poole . One of the large signs posted on the outside of the building reads "Painless Extractions with cocaine air or gas”.
An advertisement for the business placed in a 1907 edition of the Cincinnati Post reads:
“Oftentimes, inspection is forced of the teeth. This is wrong. The teeth should be examined frequently for signs of decay and given the proper attention. We will fill them for 50 cents or extract them painlessly. Our prices are the most reasonable. Call and see.”
The Collins and Bruggemann Co. Art Store can be seen in the one-story building to the right of Columbia Dentists, under a sign that reads “ Collins and Bruggemann Pictures and Frames”. The business moved to 4th street when these building were torn down.
The distinctive Lincoln Club building can be seen at the far end of the block on 8thStreet.
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Located on the corner of Race and 8th, the Lincoln Club of Cincinnati was a Republican social organization. Founded in 1879, the club counted many prominent citizens as members, including Charles Fleishmann, who served as a Vice President, and William Howard Taft.
Their headquarters building at 8th and Race was built in 1886, and designed by Samuel Hannaford.
The three story neo-Romanesque structure was remodeled in 1895. After the Lincoln Club folded, the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company purchased the building and leased space to the Cincinnati Automobile Club. The building was razed in 1929, and the site remained a parking lot until the Garfield Tower was built in the late 1960’s.
This image is from Kraemer’s picturesque Cincinnati.
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The northwest corner of 7th and Race Streets in 1921. Originally known as the Robertson Building, this 8-story building was built circa 1910 by the Robertson Realty Company at a cost of $90,000. In 1911 it was sold to Jefferson Livingston, the owner of the Snyder Preserve Company, who renamed named the building after himself. The Pearl Market Bank purchased the entire Livingston Block for $325,000 in 1921.
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