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One of eleven children of German émigrés Leopold and Barbara Schlager Stoeckel, Gustav Stickley was born Gustavus Stoeckel on March 9, 1858, in Osceola, Wisconsin.The eldest surviving son, Stickley experienced the rigors of life growing up on a small Midwestern farm, forgoing his formal education in 1870 to continue work in his father's field of stonemasonry and help support his struggling ...
Stickley designed Craftsman Farms to be self-sufficient, with gardens for vegetables and flowers, orchards, dairy cows and chickens; the produce grown on the farm was used in the restaurant operated by Stickley as part of his furniture showroom and department store in Manhattan. Stickley commuted to his New York showroom by train from Morris ...
Local Historic Landmark is a designation of the Cincinnati City Council for historic buildings and other sites in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.Many of these landmarks are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places, providing federal tax support for preservation, and some are further designated National Historic Landmarks, providing additional federal oversight.
The C. F. Streit Mfg. Co. was a furniture maker located on Kenner St. in Cincinnati, Ohio.Streit manufactured a number of adjustable furniture pieces, most notably the Slumber Chair which had a combination upholstered seat and back element which could be inclined at various angles.
The properties are distributed across all parts of Cincinnati. For the purposes of this list, the city is split into three regions: Downtown Cincinnati, which includes all of the city south of Central Parkway, west of Interstates 71 and 471, and east of Interstate 75; Eastern Cincinnati, which includes all of the city outside Downtown Cincinnati and east of Vine Street; and Western Cincinnati ...
Retail developer Jonathan Woodner first announced plans for Swifton Center in 1951, and sold his stake in the mall to Stahl Development in 1954. [2] The site chosen for the center was the southeast corner of Reading Road (U.S. Route 42) and Seymour Avenue within the city limits of Cincinnati, Ohio, a site determined by market analysts to be the center of population for the Cincinnati market at ...
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Lockland was home to the Stearns and Foster Mattress company, which was founded in Cincinnati in 1846 [6] and moved to Lockland in 1880. [7] The original factory and office building still stand in the downtown area of the village.