There are so many historic districts located throughout the Cincinnati and Greater Cincinnati area. Historic Districts like Dayton Street and the Betts-Longworth are very rich with history. The Uplands Historic District is one of those districts that you don't hear much about but is so rich in not only history but with architecture as well. The Uplands Historic District is located around streets like Woodburn Avenue, East McMillan Street, Fleming Street, Grandview Avenue, Ress Street, and Ashland Avenue. This historic district consisted at one point mainly of single family homes but these homes were converted into multi-family homes. These homes and buidings stand about 2 to 3 stories tall. Ashland Avenue in particular has a high concentration of Victorian-Era homes. There is also a high concentration of Late 19th Century homes as well. There were several architects involved with this area. Some of these architects are Desjardins & Hayward, Samuel Hannaford, Lucian Plympton, S.S. Godley and Aiken & Ketcham. These homes and buildings were grouped into three periods of time. The first group is the Romantic Period where you can find Italianate and High Victorian Gothic which were usually built in the early 1870s. The second grouping was Greek Revival, Italianate, and Gothic Revival which was normally built between the 1880s and late 1890s. Styles such as Second Empire, Stick, Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Chateauesque can also be found. The third grouping is the ones built between 1900s and 1920s which include but not limited to Craftsman, Bungalow, American Foursquare, and the later of Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival. The Walnut Hills Methodist Church which is in this area was built back in 1872.
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