Flu Shots

Today spouse and I went to City Hall (pictured above) to get flu shots. The city offered the shots to city employees and family from 11 am - 1 PM on Friday. Afterwards we went to lunch at Silverglades. We had no line for the shots but a long one for lunch. I tensed up (hate getting shots) and my arm is still sore.

Anyhow, besides the fact it seems an odd place to get a flu shot here is some interesting history / trivia about our City Hall from Wikipedia:

Cincinnati's City Hall represents the prevailing architectural tastes at the time of its construction and the influence of H. H. Richardson on its designer, Samuel Hannaford. Richardson's winning design for the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce building was executed in the 1880's; however, the building's demolition in 1911 left City Hall the best remaining example of Richardson Romanesque in Cincinnati. Samuel Hannaford practiced from 1858 until 1897 and made a significant contribution to the architectural heritage of the Cincinnati area."

Other Hannaford buildings in Cincinnati include: Music Hall, Phoenix Building, Elsinore Gate, Fechheimer House, St. George Church and more.

Other interesting City Hall info:

The first city hall was built on this site in 1852, demolished and re-built in 1888 for $1.6M of which Samuel Hannaford was paid $54,000 as architect and construction superintendent. The main building is 4 1/2 floors and has lots of marble stairways. It was added to the National Register on December 11, 1972, registered as a historic building.

This same style of architecture was used on a building in our neighborhood (pictured below).

The Mt Adams Public School (1895) now The Academy Condos.

Style: Richardsonian Romanesque

Year: 1895

Architect: Henry Siter

Some history about this building from Architreks Pamphlet A Walking Tour of Historic Mount Adams.

The Mt. Adams Public School was built in 1895 to serve the Hill's non-Catholic population. Grades kindergarten through eight were provided. The Catholic students attended kindergarten here as neither parochial school offered kindergarten. The school building replaced a residence which was on the same site, which was purchased in 1875 and condemned.

The Richardsonian Romanesque style is characterized by massiveness, round arches and rough-faced stonework. Most buildings are asymmetrical. Often, two or more colors or textures of stone or brick are used.

So now it is a condo building. Currently 14 condo still available ranging from $300.0 - $1 M. Below is a picture of the lobby.