Name/Title
Elliot-Clarke House Robert Clarke House Galt HouseEntry/Object ID
2000.003.6121Scope and Content
The Elliot -Clarke House, a Contributing Structure, is located at 70 Fountain Avenue East. It was built by Ezra Elliot in the early 1850s and later sold to Robert Clarke, a prominent Cincinnati publisher.
Pictures are attached of Mr. Clarke in his library which was specially constructed with double thick walls to protect his book collection. The collection contained over 6,000 volumes.
Theodore Roosevelt and Robert Howard Taft are said to have been guests in the house, as well as Walter St. John Jones, who inherited the house. Source: undated newspaper clipping (circa 1940s?) located in house folder.
After World War II, the mansard roof and second story were removed.
Location of the first meeting of the Monday Class in 1877.
Source: Glendale's Heritage, 1976.Lexicon
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70 Fountain Avenue East, Contributing Structure, Monday ClassRelationships
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Person or Organization
Elliott, EzraPerson or Organization
Clarke, RobertPerson or Organization
Jones, AlanPerson or Organization
Jones, MarshaPerson or Organization
Knowlton, CharlesRelated Places
Notes
Address: Fountain Avenue East
Street No.: 70Create Date
June 22, 2007
