Camp Washington, Cincinnati

Camp Washington is a neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Crosley Building, original location of WLW studios

Camp Washington is a city neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. It is located north of Queensgate, east of Fairmount, and west of Clifton and University Heights. The community is a crossing of 19th century homes and industrial space, some of which is being converted into loft apartments.[1]

The first Ohio State Fair was held in Camp Washington in 1850. It had been scheduled the year prior but delayed due to a severe outbreak of cholera.[2]

During the U.S.–Mexican War Camp Washington was an important military location, training 5,536 soldiers who went to war. Camp Washington was annexed to the City of Cincinnati in November, 1869.[3]

This neighborhood is also the location of National Register buildings, including the Oesterlein Machine Company-Fashion Frocks, Inc. Complex and the old Cincinnati Workhouse (designed by Samuel Hannaford), which was destroyed and rebuilt to serve as a drug rehabilitation center. The neighborhood has been home to the award-winning Cincinnati chili parlor, Camp Washington Chili for more than 50 years.[4][5][6]

In 2002, a cow, later named Cincinnati Freedom, escaped a slaughterhouse in Camp Washington and eluded police and humane officers for eleven days, drawing national attention.[7][8]

References

  1. Ball, Jennifer (Jun 2007). "Selling Points". Cincinnati Magazine. p. 94. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
  2. Goodman, Rebecca (2005). This Day in Ohio History. Emmis Books. p. 300. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  3. Clarke, S. J. (1912). Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788-1912, Volume 2. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 528. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  4. Grace, Kevin; Tom White (2002). Cincinnati Revealed: A Photographic History of the Queen City. Arcadia Publishing. p. 16. ISBN 0-7385-1955-3.
  5. King, Rufus (1903). Ohio: First Fruits of the Ordinance of 1787. Houghton Mifflin. p. 362.
  6. "Camp Washington". CincinnatiHome.com.
  7. Miller, Donna. "Cow that escaped Cincinnati slaughterhouse dies peacefully at New York sanctuary". Plain Dealer. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  8. Coston, Susie. "Remembering Cincinnati Freedom: The Legendary Cow Who Escaped a Slaughterhouse". One Green Planet. Retrieved August 16, 2015.

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Coordinates: 39°8′N 84°32′W / 39.133°N 84.533°W / 39.133; -84.533


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