Taft Museum of Art

Historic house museum holding a fine art collection in Cincinnati

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The Taft Museum of Art is a fine art collection in Cincinnati, Ohio. It occupies the 200-year-old historic house at 316 Pike Street. The house – the oldest domestic wooden structure in downtown Cincinnati – was built about 1820 and housed several prominent Cincinnatians, including Martin Baum, Nicholas Longworth, David Sinton, Anna Sinton Taft and Charles Phelps Taft.[2] It is on the National Register of Historic Places listings, and is a contributing property to the Lytle Park Historic District.[3]

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Taft Museum of Art is located in Ohio
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Taft Museum of Art is located in the United States
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LocationCincinnati, Ohio
Coordinates39°6′9″N 84°30′12″W / 39.10250°N 84.50333°W / 39.10250; -84.50333
Built1820
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.73001470[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 29, 1973
  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Madeline. "Taft Museum of Art receives $750,000 grant to renovate the Historic House". Cincinnati.com. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "National Register Historic Districts – City Planning & Buildings". Cincinnati-oh.gov. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2013.

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