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An early reference to the canal as "the Rhine" appears in the 1853 book White, Red, Black, in which traveler Ferenc Pulszky wrote, "The Germans live all together across the Miami Canal, which is, therefore, here jocosely called the 'Rhine'." [1] In 1875 writer Daniel J. Kenny referred to the area exclusively as "Over the Rhine". He noted ...
In 1831, the German Evangelical Lutheran Seminary secured 14 acres (57,000 m 2) in the south end, founded by William Schmidt, a graduate of the University of Halle in Germany. [45] The school would go on to become what is known today as Capital University, still under the leadership of the Lutheran Church and now located in nearby Bexley. [46]
The Northwest Territory originally included areas previously called Ohio Country and Illinois Country. As Ohio prepared for statehood, Indiana Territory was carved out, reducing the Northwest Territory to approximately the size of present-day Ohio plus the eastern half of Michigan 's lower peninsula and a sliver of land in southeastern Indiana ...
Schwartz Castle is a historic house in the German Village neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The building contributes to the city-listed and National Register-listed district of the same name. The house was built around 1880 for German immigrant Frederich Wilhelm Schwartz, and has seen periods of vacancy surrounding periods of private residential ...
With the help of James Wallace, Baldwin Institute began offering college courses. Eventually, in 1863, a resolution established a separate school from Baldwin University to serve the booming local German population called German Wallace College. [1] Originally part of Baldwin Institute, German Wallace College was established just down the road.
German Village Historic District is a registered historic district in Hamilton, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 7, 1991. It contains 177 contributing buildings. It contains 177 contributing buildings.
Columbus (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /, kə-LUM-bəs) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio.With a 2020 census population of 905,748, [10] it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest (after Chicago), and the third-most populous U.S. state capital (after Phoenix, Arizona, and Austin, Texas).
This is a list of National Historic Landmarks in Ohio and other landmarks of equivalent landmark status in the state. The United States' National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service , and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of ...