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The park was named for the Garden of Eden, as it was ing his father, U.S. President and Supreme Court Chief called by Nicholas Longworth, who owned most of Justice William Howard Taft. This bust near the Art Mu- the land in the mid-19th century. Eden Park currently seum depicts Senator Taft as an older man; he served comprises 186 acres, which the City began acquiring in the U.S. Senate for 23 years until his death in 1953. in 1859 for the purpose of a new reservoir. Landscape architect Adolph Strauch, designer of Spring Grove Cemetery, prepared the initial landscaping plan for CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK Eden Park. The newer portion of this building was incorporated into the Rustic Victorian shelterhouse in 1960, and the two roofs of the buildings have been terraced over. The ELSINORE TOWER Playhouse has been presenting award-winning plays Located on Gilbert Avenue at Elsinore Place, this unique since. water works tower (built 1883) was inspired by a local production of Hamlet – it’s safe to say they don’t built water towers like this anymore! This valve house for MORSE JOHNSON MEMORIAL the city’s Water Works was designed in Romanesque Commissioned to honor the nearby Playhouse in the Revival style. Park, this memorial is a stylized human fgure con- structed of sheet brass and fnished in a bronze patina. The hooded fgure, dressed as a court jester, is posed ADMINISTRATION BUILDING in a dancing position. Near Gilbert Avenue at Eden Park’s main entrance, this is one of Freund’s best designs for Cincinnati Parks. It shows his admiration for Frank Lloyd Wright’s style, SPRING HOUSE GAZEBO and today it’s also the site of a solar and wind energy The oldest of Cincinnati Parks’ structures, this whimsi- project, making this our frst “all-green” building. cal gazebo has become a symbol for the entire Cincin- nati Parks system. Designed by Cornelius M. Foster, the gazebo was built in 1904 and replaced a spring house. SEASONGOOD PAVILION Its brightly painted scalloped arches, tile roof and Dedicated in 1960, this concrete pavilion is the fourth ball fnial give the gazebo a fanciful air, reminiscent of bandstand erected in Eden Park since concerts frst Moorish architecture. were heard there in 1872. Nestled in a natural amphi- theater, this pavilion was a gift to the city by Martha S. Stern to honor her civic-minded brother, Murray Sea- MIRROR LAKE/RESERVOIR RUINS songood (1878-1983). The remainder of the reservoir recalls one reason Eden Park was created – as a new water reservoir. Though that structure is now covered by Mirror Lake, which ATMAN (SCULPTURE) features a fountain that shoots a 60-foot geyser into This 32-foot tall abstract sculpture is owned by the the air, part of the old reservoir wall is still visible just Eden Park-based Cincinnati Art Museum. It was cre- south of the lake. ated by Mark di Suvero and installed in 1986. Born in Shanghai, this piece is reminiscent of calligraphy strokes, and its name means “World Soul.” KROHN CONSERVATORY Greenhouses have been part of the Eden Park land- scape since the 1880s. In 1930, the Park Board decided CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM to replace the old buildings with a modern greenhouse Dedicated in 1886, this limestone-faced Romanesque conservatory. The new building was designed in the Art Revival building was designed by James W. McLaugh- Deco style, the leading design movement of the twen- lin, who also designed the three-story art academy ties and thirties, and was built of aluminum and glass. building fnished the next year. The Museum had sever- The Eden Park Conservatory opened to the general al wings added in the 20th century. public on Sunday, March 26, 1933, and was named for Irwin M. Krohn in honor of his CINCINNATI Bust of Senator Robert Alphonse Taft: Senator Taft was 25 years of service on the Board of Park among several Taft politicians from Cincinnati, includ- Commissioners. a Cincinnati Creating economic Advancing Rejuvenating Enhancing Sustaining Parks C. impacts A. conservation R. health & wellness E. quality of life S. social equity MELAN ARCH BRIDGE/STONE EAGLES FREDERICK W. GALBRAITH MEMORIAL This stone bridge, built in 1895 and designed by Installed in 1923, the memorial is a white granite, Austrian engineer Fritz von Empergen, was the frst semicircular bench with a large central pilaster bearing steel-reinforced, poured concrete arch bridge in Ohio, a bronze bas-relief that honors Colonel Galbraith, a and made Eden Park more accessible. The four granite commanding offcer of the Ohio National Guard during eagles, each fve feet tall, that fank the approaches to World War I. Designed by local sculptor Clement Barn- the bridge were originally perched beside the dormers horn, the relief depicts fgures from that war: soldiers, of the Chamber of Commerce Building downtown that a sailor and a nurse, as well as two angels, all grouped was gutted by fre in 1911. on either side of Galbraith, who served as the frst National Commander of the newly formed American Legion in 1921. CAPITOLENE WOLF This bronze sculpture is a replica of the ancient Etrus- can statue on the Capitolene Hill in Rome. It was a gift VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL from the City of Rome in 1932, arranged by the Sons Two soldiers, one white and one African American, are of Italy to honor the Roman general Cincinnatus, for captured in a pose suggesting their grief and exhaus- whom Cincinnati was named. The statue is inscribed tion – the perils and anguish of war all soldiers face. with “Anno X,” which translates to the year 1931 – the The bronze fgures are atop a pink granite base in- 10th year of Benito Mussolini’s regime. scribed with a map of Vietnam. CORMORANT FISHERMAN OHIO RIVER MONUMENT This is a newer piece of art, installed in 1992 at the On the overlook behind Krohn Conservatory is the Ohio Twin Lakes overlook, a gift from Cincinnati sister city River Monument – a 30-foot high gray granite obelisk Gifu, Japan. It depicts a Japanese fsherman whose dedicated by President Herbert Hoover in 1929. It com- uses a tethered seabird to catch fsh, which was for memorated the completion of the canalization of the centuries a common fshing practice in Japan. Ohio River from Pittsburgh to Cairo, Illinois. #cincyparks Cincinnati Creating economic Advancing Rejuvenating Enhancing Sustaining Parks C. impacts A. conservation R. health & wellness E. quality of life S. social equity .

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