Elsinore Arch (Cincinnati, Ohio)

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Elsinore Arch
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Architect: Charles Hannaford [1]
Architectural style(s): Late Victorian and Other[1]
Added to NRHP: March 3, 1980[1]
NRHP Reference#: 80003052[1]
MPS: Samuel Hannaford and Sons TR in Hamilton County
Governing body: Local[1]

Elsinore Arch is a registered historic structure in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register on March 3, 1980. The arch, located at Gilbert Avenue and Elsinore Place, was constructed in in 1883. It was designed by Samuel Hannaford to commemorate a Shakespeare Festival. Its name and design evoke Elsinore Castle from Hamlet. It now serves as a valve house for the Cincinnati Water Works. The adjacent WCPO-TV building was built with stonework similar to that used in the arch's constyruction.

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[edit] Historic uses

  • Public Works
  • Water Works

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-06-30).
  2. ^ Eden Park. City of Cincinnati Parks Department.
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