The Romance of College Hill—A Little Piece of Paradise

Explore the history of College Hill, which earned its name with the establishment of the Farmers’ College and the Ohio Female College. These institutions attracted talented, artistic, and reform-minded leaders including active supporters of the Underground Railroad. By the Civil War era, Cincinnati’s industrialists began locating their estates in the neighborhood to escape the pollution of the city, and some grand homes and stories came to the neighborhood.

Ed Loyd lives in a historic home in College Hill and is president of the College Hill Historical Society. He has had a varied career from public service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture to working in public relations and corporate communications at a number of companies headquartered in Cincinnati – Chiquita, Fifth Third and currently P&G. Ed is an advisory board member of the Cincinnati Museum Center, and frequently lectures on local history.