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Lytle Park Historic District, Cincinnati — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Lytle Park Historic District covers fifty acres at the east end of downtown Cincinnati, laid around the park that gives it the name.
About Lytle Park Historic District
Where to stay in Lytle Park Historic District
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
This is the quiet corner of downtown Cincinnati. The district runs between Third Street and Fifth Street with Sycamore Street and Butler Street at its ends, so a room here puts the river, the Taft Museum of Art and the office blocks of the centre all within a few minutes on foot. Anna Louise Inn opened on the park in 1909.
The traffic runs underneath.
About Lytle Park Historic District
What are the main landmarks in Lytle Park Historic District?
Taft Museum of Art faces the park from Pike Street. Martin Baum built the house about 1820 and called it Belmont, and Nicholas Longworth owned it from 1829 until 1863. A bronze Lincoln by George Grey Barnard was dedicated on the park in 1917, eleven feet tall and beardless, which remains the sculptor's only public monument to one person.
The Literary Club stands here too.
What is the history of Lytle Park Historic District?
Fort Washington stood here first. The army built it in 1789 on hardwood forest above the Ohio, the Lytle family later held the ground as a homestead, and the City of Cincinnati bought it in 1905 and dedicated the park on the sixth of July in 1907. The Lytle Tunnel was finished in 1970.
It made this the first park over an interstate.
Where is Lytle Park Historic District?
The district sits at the east end of downtown Cincinnati, bounded by Third Street, Fifth Street, Sycamore Street and Butler Street.
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Updated September 2026