This zoo opened in 1875 making it the second largest zoo in the USA. One unique thing about this zoo is that the Reptile House is the oldest existing Zoo building in the country, dating from 1875.
At 1,057', it was the longest suspension bridge in the world when it opened on 12/1/1866. Photo from construction in 1865. From the collection of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
This fountain was founded in 1871 & was a gift from Henry Probasco in memory of Tyler Davidson. Probasco traveled to Munich & commissioned a bronze allegorical fountain named The Genius of Water.
Spring Grove is home to 41 Union Civil War Generals (and 1 Confederate), Procter and Gamble, McAlpin, Shillito, Kroger, Schoenling and Moerlein in its 733 acres. Courtesy cincinnativiews.net. Read more.
