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Green Book Sites in Cincinnati

Frederick Douglass School Library

Since the nineteenth century, the Cincinnati Public Library provided service in the district’s school buildings. Douglass was no different; it housed a small library for the use of its students. 

Robert Gordon

Robert Gordon, a Black man who lived in Cincinnati from about 1847 through his death in 1884, was a businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropy.

Gravesite of the Fossett Family

A remarkable family journey from slavery to freedom.

Gravesite of Adeline McMicken Rollins

Mixed-race daughter of Charles McMicken, who endowed the University of Cincinnati

Gravesite of Robert Harlan

Larger-than-life politician

Avondale Neighborhood

A neighborhood with a rich Black and Jewish history.

Ku-Klux Klothes

Men’s clothing store in Cincinnati, 1920-1921

Beech Grove Cemetery

African American cemetery founded in 1889

Home of Braxton and Reber Cann

An African American power couple from the 1930’s to the 1970’s

West End Neighborhood

A dense African American neighborhood that experienced one of the most devastating mid-century Urban Renewal transformations in the country.

Mt. Moriah Baptist Church

First Church in Lincoln Heights

Fountain Lewis

Fountain Lewis (b. Frankfort, KY, August 1820-d. January 4, 1898, Cincinnati, OH, buried Union Baptist Cemetery) Barber, Entrepreneur, Community Leader

Hillcrest Cemetery

Burial place of many of Cincinnati’s Black military veterans

Nancy Williams Gravestone, 1832

Earliest-known grave marker for an African American in Cincinnati

John Isom Gaines Monument

One of the most important grave markers for an African American in Cincinnati

United American Cemetery

Historic African American burial ground