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History
The Main Street Steps follow the former right-of-way of the Mount Auburn Incline, Cincinnati's first inclined-plane railway, which operated from 1872 to 1899. The concrete steps were built by the Works Projects Administration (WPA) in the early 1940s, and the cross streets of Seitz, Goethe, and Dorsey once ran beneath the incline itself. At the summit, Jackson Hill Park occupies the former site of the Lookout House resort; the Jackson family operated a tree nursery here from 1909 to 1925, giving the hill its lasting name. Source: Walking the Steps of Cincinnati, Ohio University Press, 2014.
Goethe Street #210 & Dorsey Street #281, Cincinnati, OH