Mount Adams, Ohio

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Mt. Adams is a community on one of the seven hills of Cincinnati. It is named for John Quincy Adams who came on November 9, 1843 to dedicate a four acre lot at the top of the former Mt. Ida, some 400 feet above the city of Cincinnati, which was given to the Astronomical Society by its owner, Nicholas Longworth (1783 - 1863). Later the observatory moved to Mt. Lookout and the area became residential settled with many German and Irish immigrants.

The Mount Adams Incline was completed in 1872. The neighborhood is noted for the Cincinnati Art Museum, Pilgrim Chapel, Holy Cross Monastery and the Immaculata Church, which was built just before the American Civil War. It was also the home of Rookwood Pottery.

In the late 1960s people began to redevelop the hilltop, the neighborhood attracted many downtown workers, who wanted to live near their work.

[edit] Mt. Adams today

Mount Adams is popular for the 21+ age group for its assortment of bars and resturants. It is referred to by locals as "the Hill". As owners of some of the city's most sought-after real estate, the 1,600 residents of Mt. Adams have one of the highest per capita incomes in the city.