Identifier: HistoricalCollectionsOfOhio1891V2 (find matches)
Title: Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Howe, Henry, 1816-1893
Subjects: Ohio -- Biography Ohio -- History Ohio -- Local History Ohio -- Description and travel
Publisher: Columbus : Henry Howe & Son

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ountain is a work in bronze consisting of fifteen large figures, of which themost prominent represents a woman from whose outstretched prone hands water isfalling in fine spray. She is the Spirit of Rain. The head of this figure risesforty-five feet above the street level. The fountain was designed and cast inMunich, at a cost of $200,000. The work was presented to Cincinnati in 1871by one of her public-spirited citizens, Henry Probasco, a patron of arts andliterature, whose magnificent residence is one of the palaces of the suburbs. The Government Building is on the same street near it, and is a magnifi-cent and convenient structure. Herein are the custom house, court roomsand post-office. It is built of gray stone, and cost $5,000,000, the most ex-pensive building in the city. Close by it also is the Emory Arcade, one of thelargest in the world; extends between two streets, a passage way of 400 feet pro-tected by a glass roof. It is lined with varied shops, and is decidedly Parisian
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The Art Academy. The Art Museum. Art Buildings, Eden Park.

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