GUILFORD SCHOOL - Cincinnati, Ohio
Posted by: 
BruceS
N 39° 06.035 W 084° 30.312
16S E 715737 N 4330901
Former elementary school on east side of the downtown area of Cincinnati.
Waymark Code: WM3QCM
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 05/04/2008
Views: 38
The GUILFORD SCHOOL, SW. corner of Fourth and Ludlow Sts., is a public
elementary school that was completed in 1914; it has 26 rooms and can
accommodate 750 pupils. The school is named for Nathan Guilford
(1786-1854), a Yale graduate who helped secure passage of legislation
authorizing public schools in Ohio in the 1820's and was appointed Cincinnati's
first superintendent of schools in 1850.
A bronze tablet on the building commemorates Stephen Foster, who roomed in
a house on this site between 1846-50 (see Queen of the West). A D.A.R.
marker indicates that the site was part of the Fort Washington military
reservation.
~ from Cincinnati: A Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors,
1943, Tour 3, pgs. 168-169
The Guilford School has now closed and the building has been converted to
apartments. The building is well maintained. The plaques mentioned in the Guide
are still present on the building.