The John Hauck House is an

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style combined its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century It ...

mansion located in the Dayton Street Historic District in the Old West End Neighborhood of

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. It was built in 1870. The Hauck House has a striking façade of carved stone, and the spacious rooms have intricately painted ceilings, floors of parquet wood in elaborate patterns, marble mantels, and massive woodwork.

John Hauck John Hauck (August 20, 1829 – June 4, 1896) was a German-born American brewer and bank president. He was also an executive of the Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA), Cincinnati Red Stockings professional baseball team in the mid-1880s. His former res ...

(1829–1896) was a German immigrant who established a prosperous Cincinnati

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. The museum was established to promote an understanding of daily life and customs in late 19th-century urban Cincinnati through the preservation and interpretation of the Hauck House. The residence had operated as a

historic house museum A historic house museum is a house of historic significance that is preserved as a museum. Historic furnishings may be displayed in a way that reflects their original placement and usage in a home. Historic house museums are held to a variety of ...

but is now the offices for Cincinnati Preservation Association.

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