Cheviot Fieldhouse

Cheviot Fieldhouse, at 3729 Robb Avenue in Cheviot, Ohio, is a recreation and civic district built around a two-story Art Deco brick and concrete building completed in 1936. The setting covers 9.4 acres with three ball fields, tennis courts, a playground, a shelter, and a wooden grandstand erected in 1939. The fieldhouse has a stepped, vertical front, tall narrow windows, a chevron brick cornice and a barrel-vaulted roof. Inside are a wood-floored gymnasium with a stage and a lower-level meeting room and kitchen. Other historic features include two flagpoles, a stone drinking fountain from 1937, bronze plaques naming local men and women who served in the military, and a maintenance building from 1947. The property was listed for its role in the city's recreation and social life. Cheviot grew quickly as a suburb in the early twentieth century and identified recreation as a key need after becoming a city in 1932. Civic groups have met in the building for generations.