Mount Airy in Cincinnati in Hamilton County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Mt. Airy Forest

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places April 13, 2010

Photographed by Tom Bosse, July 10, 2015

1. Mt. Airy Forest Marker

Inscription. Property for Mt. Airy Forest was first acquired in 1911. Its listing by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, shows the period of significance as 1911-1959 and notes the following:
* One of the nation's first city reforestation projects.
* Significant for its architecture and rustic design
* Noted for its employment of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), African-American laborers, who were stationed in the park.
* Significant for the craftsmanship of its buildings.
* Developed during the depression under Federal works programs.
* Significant for it landscape architecture and association with noted early 20th Century designer George Kessler and State Forester Edmund Secrest.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Horticulture & Forestry. A significant historical year for this entry is 1911.

Location. 39° 10.783′ N, 84° 34.036′ W. Marker is in Cincinnati, Ohio, in Hamilton County. It is in Mount Airy. It is on Blue Spruce Road, on the right. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cincinnati OH 45223, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest

and in the Ohio River Valley.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Colleges and Academies of College Hill (approx. 1.3 miles away); Freeman Grant Cary / Pleasant Hill Academy (approx. 1½ miles

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away); John T. Crawford's Legacy (approx. 2.1 miles away); Ludlow's Station (approx. 2.1 miles away); Sara Mayrant Walker Fossett / Peter Farley Fossett (approx. 2.2 miles away); Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum (approx. 2.3 miles away); Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Memorial (approx. 2.3 miles away); Enoch Terry Carson (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cincinnati.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, July 10, 2015

2. Mt. Airy Forest Marker

Photographed by Tom Bosse, July 10, 2015

3. Mt. Airy Forest Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 11, 2015, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 859 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 11, 2015, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.