Tour of West College Hill Neighborhood

West College Hill Neighborhood

Springfield Township Community Believed to Be Oldest Black Subdivision in Hamilton County

Sandwiched between the Cincinnati neighborhood of College Hill and the City of North College Hill, West College Hill is one of Springfield Township’s geographically detached neighborhoods. This unincorporated community is bounded by North Bend Rd., Betts Ave. and Northern Ave., with Eiler Ln.…
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First Baptist Church of West College Hill

Founded in 1888

In 1888, a small group of Baptist settlers started meeting in the rented basement of the Belmont Flats on Hamilton Ave. in College Hill. Construction of their new church, St. Paul Baptist Church, started in 1890, on what is now Betts Ave. in West College Hill. The small frame building was…
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Thomas H. Graves Sr.

West College Hill Community Leader

Thomas H. Graves Sr. was born in Lexington, KY on 25 Oct 1934 to George Lee Graves and Mary Ellen Graves-Moore. The family moved to West College Hill in 1945, and Thomas attended Steele Grade School, followed by North College High School. He also attended the University of Illinois, where he was…
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