SITE OF THE BURNET HOUSE - Cincinnati, Ohio
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BruceS
N 39° 05.926 W 084° 30.740
16S E 715125 N 4330683
Site of former historic hotel now occupied by nearly century old office building in Cincinnati.
Waymark Code: WM3NVH
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 04/26/2008
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The Union Central Building Annex, NW. corner of Third and Vine Sts.,
occupies the SITE OF THE BURNET HOUSE, which the Illustrated London News called
"the finest hotel in the world." Built on land formerly owned by Judge
Jacob Burnet, the big, domed structure was formally opened on May 3, 1850.
As the city's leading hotel, the Burnet House had many important
associations with Cincinnati life. Abraham Lincoln stopped here in
February 1861 while on his way to Washington. Around mid-March of 1864
Generals grant and Sherman met in Parlor A of the Burnet House, spread out their
big war maps, and discussed the campaign that soon resulted in Sherman's
historic devastation of Georgia and South Carolina. Parlor A thus became a
kind of shrine, and for many years the Sons of Union Veterans held their
meetings in it.
Weddings, banquets, balls, parties, receptions, and political gathers
enlivened the hotel for many decades. After remodeling, it continued to
operate until 1926, when it was torn down to make way for the present building.
~ from Cincinnati: A Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors,
1943, Tour 2, pg 156-157
The 9-story Union Central Building Annex is now known as the PNC Annex and is
part of the PNC Complex along with the neighboring PNC Tower. The building
is an office building with walkways connecting it with the Tower across Ogden
Place. Illustrations of the Burnett House can be seen as the
Greater Cincinnati Memory Project website.