By Kevin Grace
Over the years, I’ve gathered a fair amount of UC ephemera from garage sales, flea markets, estate sales, and Ebay, and eventually I’ll end up giving it to the University Archives. In the meantime, it’s always a nice little surprise when I dig around in my basement boxes and find these odds and ends. The postcard shown here is of the original University Building, constructed on Charles McMicken’s property in 1875. That property had been bequeathed to the City of Cincinnati in McMicken’s will when he died in 1858, and after litigation and the Civil War, the city was ready to create a university. UC initially held classes in the old Woodward High School building in Over-the-Rhine. With the erection of a permanent building, the university moved to the hillside below present day Clifton Avenue as it winds its way downtown. Continue reading