A history of Mariemont,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Mariemont from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Madisonville site, the remains of a Fort Ancient village abandoned before Europeans settled in the area in 1786, is located nearby. There is also a pioneer cemetery adjacent to the Mariemont Community Church.
Mariemont was founded by Mary Emery and planned by John Nolen and 25 leading American architects. Emery and other dignitaries broke ground on April 23, 1923. Emery had spent around seven million dollars of her own money to purchase the land that would become Mariemont. Her vision was of a planned community reminiscent of an English garden city that would welcome people of differing economic backgrounds, with a mix of single-family homes and affordable low-rise apartments.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Mariemont’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewHouses, 1935: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Mariemont
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Mariemont, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Houses (1935) and it appears here side by side.
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National Register · via Wikidata
From the Library of Congress (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.