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By William Fischer, Jr., October 31, 2009 | |
| | | 1. Boyhood Home of Dr. Winthrop Smith Sterling Marker | | |
Inscription.
Dr. Winthrop Smith Sterling (1859-1943) founded Mu Phi Epsilon International Professional Music Fraternity on November 13, 1903, at the Metropolitan School of Music in Cincinnati, where he served as dean. The Victorian frame house was built by his parents, Samuel Gano and Eliza Smith Sterling in 1867, and was home to Sterling family members until the early 1940s. A highly respected organist and university teacher, Dr. Sterling taught piano and organ in this home in which he had installed a 12-foot hydraulic pump organ in the "music room."
Erected 2003 by Mu Phi Epsilon and Tena Wahrmund Hehn and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 55-31.)
Location. 39° 8.881′ N, 84° 30.94′ W. Marker is in Cincinnati, Ohio, in Hamilton County. Marker is on Interwood Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Click for map. Marker is about 800 feet north of Glenmary Avenue via Biddle Street. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3562 Interwood Avenue, Cincinnati OH 45220, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives (approx. 0.7 miles away); Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (approx. 0.8 miles away); First Glass Door Oven (approx. 1.7 miles away); Cincinnati Breweries / Remaining Brewery Structures (approx. 2 miles away); Cincinnati Public Markets / The Northern Liberties (approx. 2.3 miles away); Woodward High School / School for Creative and Performing Arts (approx. 2.6 miles away); Miss Doherty's College Preparatory School for Girls (approx. 2.7 miles away); Laurel-Lincoln World War II Memorial (approx. 2.8 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Cincinnati. | | | | 
By William Fischer, Jr., October 31, 2009 | |
| | | 2. Boyhood Home of Dr. Winthrop Smith Sterling and Marker | | |
Also see . . . A History of Mu Phi Epsilon. (Submitted on November 26, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Lancaster, Ohio.)
Credits. This page originally submitted on November 26, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Lancaster, Ohio. This page has been viewed 56 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. Submitted on November 26, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Lancaster, Ohio. |
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