Walnut Hills is a neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

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A large diverse area on the near East side of Cincinnati. Home of highly ranked Walnut Hills High School and located within five minutes of the University of Cincinnati

University of Cincinnati

The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....

 and ten minutes driving of downtown Cincinnati

Downtown Cincinnati

Downtown Cincinnati is the central business district of Cincinnati, Ohio, and one of its 52 neighborhoods.-Geography:Downtown Cincinnati's streets are arranged in a grid configuration. It is bisected by Vine Street....

; the beautiful Eden Park is the gateway to Walnut Hills as you drive North from downtown Cincinnati. It is the home of "Balluminaria" hot air balloon glow every Fall as well as many other festivals. It is also the home of the Cincinnati Art Museum

Cincinnati Art Museum

The Cincinnati Art Museum is one of the oldest art museums in the United States. Founded in 1881, it was the first purpose-built art museum west of the Alleghenies. Its collection of over 60,000 works make it one of the most comprehensive collections in the Midwest.Museum founders debated locating...

 and the Playhouse in the Park. The Krohn Conservatory

Krohn Conservatory

Krohn Conservatory is a conservatory located in Eden Park within Cincinnati, Ohio.The conservatory was completed in 1933, and named in honor of Irwin M. Krohn who served on the Board of Park Commissioners...

 boasts over 1000 botanical species indoors and thousands of daffodils outdoors. It also hosts an annual butterfly festival and many special exhibits including a wonderful Christmas display.

Continuing on through the park into Walnut Hills proper, visitors and residents both delight in Victorian homes and churches and significant history as well. Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and author. Her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was a depiction of life for African-Americans under slavery; it reached millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and United Kingdom...

 researched her Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War", according to Will Kaufman....

which became a book that changed the world. Her home, the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, is now an Ohio State Historical site with highlights of the abolitionist movement and the African American struggle for justice. The Walnut Hills Library is a Carnegie Foundation architectural gem, as is the remaining tower from the Presbyterian church at Taft and Gilbert designed by famed architect, Samuel Hannaford. Peebles Corner once bustled as the terminus of the cable car ride up from the city basin and was home to theaters and an acting school attended by Tyrone Power

Tyrone Power

Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr. , usually credited as Tyrone Power and known sometimes as Ty Power, was an American film and stage actor who appeared in dozens of films from the 1930s to the 1950s, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads such as in The Mark of Zorro, Blood and Sand, The Black Swan,...

 and others who found their way to Hollywood.

Today it is a redeveloping proud urban neighborhood that is home to many economic levels and a diverse mixture of ethnic and religious backgrounds, too. It is one of the 52 neighborhoods of Cincinnati and one of the oldest with wonderful views and parks and proximity to all parts of the Cincy/NKY metro area.

Historic districts in Walnut Hills

Walnut Hills buildings are of historic architecture in a range of styles. Several historic district

Historic district

A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries, historic districts receive legal protection from development....

s in Walnut Hills have been listed on the National Register.

• Gilbert-Sinton Historic District
  Gilbert-Sinton Historic District
  Gilbert-Sinton Historic District is a registered historic district in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on October 6, 1983. It contains 87 contributing buildings. This historic district is located in the Walnut Hills, Cincinnati neighborhood....
  
  
• Gilbert Row
• Madison and Woodburn Historic District
  Madison and Woodburn Historic District
  Madison and Woodburn Historic District is a registered historic district in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 30, 1983. It contains 19 contributing buildings....
  
  
• Peeble's Corner Historic District
  Peeble's Corner Historic District
  Peeble's Corner Historic District is a registered historic district in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 14, 1985. It contains 62 contributing buildings....