Madison and Woodburn Historic District

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Madison and Woodburn Historic District
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LocationWoodburn Ave. and Madison Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio
Coordinates 39°7′45″N84°28′36″W / 39.12917°N 84.47667°W / 39.12917; -84.47667
Area60 acres (240,000 m2)
Built1875
Architectural styleItalianate, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No. 83001983 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 30, 1983

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.

Most of the historic architecture dates from the period 1880 to 1910, when the East Walnut Hills neighborhood was booming as a streetcar suburb. [2]

The historic district is centered on the imposing neo-gothic [3] Saint Francis De Sales Catholic Church at the intersection of Madison Road and Woodburn Avenue. This intersection and the business district along Woodburn Avenue are known locally as DeSales Corner. [2]

Notes

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 9, 2013. Retrieved March 22, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, Cincinnati | 253463". Emporis. Archived from the original on April 9, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2022.


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