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Title
Taft
Museum
of
Art
photograph
Subject
Taft Museum of Art
Art museums
Taft, Anna Sinton, d. 1931
Taft, Charles Phelps, 1843-1929
Longworth, Nicholas, 1869-1931
Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists
Time Period
1930s
Place
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
The
Taft
Museum
of
Art
,
Cincinnati
,
Ohio
.
Formerly
the
Baum-Longworth-Sinton-Taft
House
, this
National
Historic
Landmark
was
built
about
1820
for
Martin
Baum
.
It
is
the
oldest
domestic
wooden
structure
in
situ
locally
and
is
considered
one
of the
finest
examples
of
Federal
architecture
in the
Palladian
style
in the
country
.
Another
resident
of this
important
villa
was
Rep
.
Nicholas
Longworth
(Ohio)
,
who
extensively
redecorated
the
interiors
and
hired
African
American
painter
Robert
S
.
Duncanson
to
paint
landscape
murals
in the
foyer
,
now
considered
as
one
of the
finest
suites
of
domestic
murals
dating
from
before
the
Civil
War
.
After
Longworth’s
residency
,
David
Sinton
,
father
of the
museum's
co-founder
Anna
Sinton
Taft
.
Anna
Taft
lived
in the
mansion
with her
husband
Charles
Phelps
Taft
from
1873
until
their
respective
deaths
in
1931
and
1929
. In
1908
,
Charles
Phelps
Taft’s
half-brother
,
William
Howard
Taft
,
accepted
the
nomination
for
U.S
.
president
underneath
the
house’s
portico
. The
Tafts
bequeathed
their
historic
home
and
private
collection
of
690
works
of
art
to the
people
of
Cincinnati
in
1927
.
After
extensive
remodeling
and
updating
, the
Baum-Longworth-Taft
House
opened
as the
Taft
Museum
of
Art
in
1932
. The
Taft
Museum
of
Art
reopened
on
May
15
,
2004
,
following
a
major
renovation
and
expansion
,
which
included
a
parking
garage
, the
Fifth
Third
Gallery
for
special
exhibitions
,
Dater
Education
Room
,
Luther
Hall
performance/lecture
facility
, a
larger
museum
shop
, and a
café
.
Date of Original
ca.
1930-1960
Collection
Cincinnati
Museums
Source
SC
534
Format
Picture
;
Black-and-white
photograph
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL06036.tif
Image Height
3768
Image Width
3768
File Size
29081636 Bytes
Notes
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Date created
2011-08-05
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