History of the Clifton School
The 1906 Clifton School
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The Clifton School is itself a work of art, constructed in the Beaux-Arts style and containing architecturally significant and historic details, including ornately tiled Rookwood water fountains. Indeed, the school's clock tower, among the most recognizable features in Clifton, marks the geographic center of one of Cincinnati's most treasured and historic communities.
The site of the 1906 School is the former location of the Resor Academy, built by the citizens of the Village of Clifton in 1870. After the City of Cincinnati annexed the Village of Clifton in 1896, the owners of the land on which the original Academy was built deeded the land to the city for the purpose of building a new school in furtherance of the original trust, mandating that the land be used "to promote the education of youth of both sexes" and to cultivate "a taste for science, literature and the fine arts."
The renewal of the Clifton School as the flagship facility for the Clifton Cultural Arts Center is an homage to the progressive character of the visionary benefactors who dedicated the school site to cooperative education in arts and culture more than a century ago.
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