Timeline of Christ Church Cathedral 1826-1850

1826

Women found American Temperance Union to fight alcoholism

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1827

The rector and half the families leave the church over policy differences with vestry and establish St. Paul’s Church on West Fourth Street

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1829, 1836, 1841

White mobs attack African-American neighborhoods in city

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1829

Cincinnati Public Schools open for whites only

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1830-40s

Floods of immigrants arrive from the eastern part of the U.S., northern Europe, Germany, and Ireland

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1830

Cincinnati Union Bethel service agency opens on the riverfront

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1830s

Church women respond to fires, floods, and cholera epidemic

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1830s

Longworth Hall, east

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1830s

Strader Home, east

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1830

Indian Removal Act forces Native Americans west

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1831

Broadway Street, south

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1832

Children’s Orphan Asylum opens

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1832-52

The Rev. Lyman Beecher preaches against slavery

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1833

American Anti-Slavery Society is established

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1833

Oberlin College (Ohio) opens as first co-educational college in the world

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1835

New church, designed by architect Henry Walter after London’s Stepney Church, opens on Fourth Street at a cost of $50,000 for land and building; $1,675 for organ by Corrie & Habig of Philadelphia

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1835

With earlier loss of members, the church has significant debt, since pew sales are the major source of income

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1836-1900s

Church member A.H. McGuffey helps brother publish Eclectic Readers for school children

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1837

Fourth Street, west

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1841

Funeral for church co-founder and U.S. President William Henry Harrison is held at the larger Fifth Street Wesley Methodist Chapel to hold crowds

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1843

Women pursue prison and insane asylum reform

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1844

First church bill for new gaslights is $23.72

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1845

Roman Catholics dedicate St. Peter in Chains Cathedral

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1845

U.S. annexes Texas

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1845

U.S. gains southwest territories in Mexican War

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1848

Riverfront with Christ Church

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1848

Women convene at Seneca Falls, New York, for women’s rights 1850

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1849

German-Americans start Saengerfest, first municipal songfest in the U.S.

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1849

City buys church burial grounds for future Washington Park; church moves graves to Spring Grove Cemetery

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1850

Fugitive Slave Act makes it a crime to assist runaways

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Timeline of Christ Church Cathedral 1826-1850

Women found American Temperance Union to fight alcoholism

The rector and half the families leave the church over policy differences with vestry and establish St. Paul’s Church on West Fourth Street

White mobs attack African-American neighborhoods in city

Cincinnati Public Schools open for whites only

Floods of immigrants arrive from the eastern part of the U.S., northern Europe, Germany, and Ireland

Cincinnati Union Bethel service agency opens on the riverfront

Church women respond to fires, floods, and cholera epidemic

Longworth Hall, east

Strader Home, east

Indian Removal Act forces Native Americans west

Broadway Street, south

Children’s Orphan Asylum opens

The Rev. Lyman Beecher preaches against slavery

American Anti-Slavery Society is established

Oberlin College (Ohio) opens as first co-educational college in the world

New church, designed by architect Henry Walter after London’s Stepney Church, opens on Fourth Street at a cost of $50,000 for land and building; $1,675 for organ by Corrie & Habig of Philadelphia

With earlier loss of members, the church has significant debt, since pew sales are the major source of income

Church member A.H. McGuffey helps brother publish Eclectic Readers for school children

Fourth Street, west

Funeral for church co-founder and U.S. President William Henry Harrison is held at the larger Fifth Street Wesley Methodist Chapel to hold crowds

Women pursue prison and insane asylum reform

First church bill for new gaslights is $23.72

Roman Catholics dedicate St. Peter in Chains Cathedral

U.S. annexes Texas

U.S. gains southwest territories in Mexican War

Riverfront with Christ Church

Women convene at Seneca Falls, New York, for women’s rights 1850

German-Americans start Saengerfest, first municipal songfest in the U.S.

City buys church burial grounds for future Washington Park; church moves graves to Spring Grove Cemetery

Fugitive Slave Act makes it a crime to assist runaways

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