Westwood, Cincinnati

Westwood is an urban-suburban neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. It is located north of Price Hill, west of Fairmount, and southwest of Mount Airy.

Westwood
Westwood is a neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Westwood is Cincinnati's largest neighborhood.[1] The population was 29,950 at the 2010 census.[2]

History

Westwood was incorporated as a village on 14 September 1868. It was annexed by the City of Cincinnati on 8 May 1896.[3] [4]

Culture

Westwood was originally established as a desirable residential neighborhood, included as part of the expansion to Cincinnati's growing inner-city population during the 19th to mid-20th centuries. Many of Cincinnati's wealthy industrialists built their homes in Westwood, including Procter & Gamble founder James Gamble.

Westwood is also home to a variety of churches of different denominations, such as:

  • Central Church of Christ
  • Grace Lutheran Church
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
  • St. Catharine of Siena Catholic Church
  • St. James Episcopal Church
  • St. Luke's United Church of Christ
  • St. Peter & St. Paul United Church of Christ
  • Western hills Brethren in Christ Church
  • Western Hills Church of Christ
  • Western Hills First Presbyterian Church
  • Western Hills United Methodist Church

Geography and architecture
Westwood's community center

Westwood's main thoroughfares (specifically Harrison Avenue and Boudinot Avenue) feature many uniquely large and decorative houses, while surrounding streets include a mixture of apartment homes and housing, as constructed by the large number of German immigrants who settled in the Cincinnati vicinity. The area's growth continued steadily for many decades, becoming a residential haven for many of Cincinnati's blue-collar workers, and leading to additional development in the surrounding neighborhoods. Adjacent to Westwood is the city of Cheviot, Ohio another one of the oldest suburban communities in Hamilton County. Even longtime residents have a difficult time determining where Cheviot ends and Westwood begins, or vice versa.

Mount Airy Forest, adjacent immediately to the north, is Cincinnati's largest park (and forest), and is one of the largest municipal parks in the United States, encompassing approximately 1,470 acres (5.9 km2) of semi-thickly wooden hillside and parklike hilltop land. Bracken Woods is an urban park in Westwood containing a nature preserve.

Westwood contains the Westwood Town Center Historic District.

Schools

Westwood is served by Cincinnati Public Schools, as well as some parochial institutions. Schools located in the neighborhood include:

  • Dater Montessori (preschool-6)
  • Gamble Montessori Elementary School (preschool-6)
  • Gamble Montessori High School (7-12)
  • Midway Elementary School (preschool-6)
  • Westwood Elementary School (preschool-6)
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Elementary School
  • St. Catharine of Siena Elementary School

A variety of schools in nearby Price Hill also serve students in Westwood, such as;

People

References
  1. "Neighborhoods". Cincinnati magazine. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. "Westwood Statistical neighborhood approximation". City of Cincinnati. p. 2. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. Clarke, S. J. (1912). "Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788-1912, Volume 2". The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 528. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  4. Federal Writers' Project (1943). "Cincinnati: A Guide to the Queen City and its Neighbors". The City of Cincinnati, Ohio. p. 570. Retrieved 2014-05-07.

Further reading
  • A History of Westwood: community, continuity and change by Lyle Koehler (1944-), professional historian on staff at University of Cincinnati. Commissioned, published and sponsored by Westwood Civic Association, 1981. Noncirculating copy (one of 2) at Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Westwood Branch, attn. Kathy Bach, branch manager and neighborhood historian. To be digitized by PLC&HC (2009).

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