Robert Alphonso Taft

"Mr. Republican"

Son of William Howard Taft

1889-1953

Ohio House of Representatives

1921-19226

Ohio Senate

1931-1933

United States Senator from Ohio

1939-1953Jacques Lipchitx - Sculptor

Gift of the Thomas J. Emery Memorial Foundation

Marker can be reached from Auburn Avenue.

Auburn Avenue

1830 - 1900

In 1819, the first known residents of the Mt. Auburn hilltop were wealthy families who built country estates. After 1849, when Mt. Auburn was annexed to Cincinnati, it continued to grow as a residential suburb. Prominent businessmen ...

William Howard Taft / Robert Alphonso Taft

William Howard Taft

Born here on September 15, 1857, William Howard Taft is the only American to have served as President and Chief Justice of the United States. His unique career of public service began after he graduated from ...

Restoring a Local Treasure

The Mexican Canyon Trestle was restored in 2009-2010. Over 420 timbers were replaced and large sections of the trestle were rebuilt. The US Forest Service, New Mexico Rails-to-Trails and local efforts continue to preserve this treasure.

The Mexican Canyon Trestle, built ...

McIntosh Gate

Named in honor of Brig. General William McIntosh, U.S. Army. Chief of the Coweta Tribe of the Creek Nation, he negotiated a treaty ceding this territory to the United States, which included the land on which the Depot now stands. ...

Alderson's Ferry

Strategic Crossing

Here, where you are standing, you can see both sides of the Greenbrier River where Alderson’s Ferry crossed. The ferry was named for Elder John Alderson who received the original charter from the Virginia Legislature in 1786. During the ...

Confederate Saltpeter Works

Civil War Industrial Center

Although saltpeter (potassium nitrate or nitre), an essential element in the manufacture of gunpowder, had been mined at Organ Cave since the eighteenth century, the need for the mineral increased dramatically during the Civil War. Several saltpeter ...

Scioto County, Experience Our Heritage

Introduction

The idea of painting murals on the floodwall first occurred to lifetime residents Dr. Louis R. and Ava Chaboudy in 1992 after viewing outdoor murals in Steubenville, Ohio. An ad hoc committee was formed and the decision was made to ...

Dave McCoy

Pioneering Eastern Sierra skier, visionary and entrepreneur, Dave McCoy's passion for skiing began in high school and soon thereafter he joined the Eastern

Sierra Ski Culb. In 1936, Dave was hired by Ladwp as a hydrographer, conducting snow surveys while ...

All Saints' Episcopal Church

c.1851

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is at the intersection of Court Streets and 4th Street, on the right when traveling north on Court Streets.

Courtesy hmdb.org