Rossville Historic District

Rossville began as a separate town west of the Great Miami River, platted in 1804 on land from a 1795 grant to John Cleves Symmes and named for Senator James Ross. It was annexed to Hamilton, Ohio, in 1827, split away about five years later, and was annexed again in 1853. Today the district covers about ten and a half residential blocks with roughly 130 buildings. The earliest unaltered structure dates from 1832, and Federal houses built by tradesmen are common in the northern blocks. Later development along South "D" Street added Italianate, Queen Anne and Eastlake homes, followed by early twentieth century Revival styles. Tree-lined streets and surviving cast iron fences add to the older setting. Six landmarks stand out: the Miami (Adams) School, First United Church of Christ, the Children's Home, the former Sohngen Brewery, the Sohngen Malthouse, and the C & O Railroad arches and trestle. The seventeen limestone arches, still carrying trains, divide the district.