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Riverside, Cincinnati — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Riverside is a narrow industrial district of Cincinnati strung along the Ohio River, between Sedamsville and Sayler Park on the city's west side.
About Riverside
Where to stay in Riverside
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River Road carries the whole district, and the strip between Sedamsville and Sayler Park runs to industry and railroad tracks rather than to anything resembling a hotel quarter. Cincinnati proper holds the beds. The Anderson Ferry landing sits about eight miles west of Downtown Cincinnati, which makes Riverside a stop on the way rather than a base for the night. Cross to Constance if you want the Kentucky bank and the road to the airport in Boone County.
About Riverside
What are the main landmarks in Riverside?
River Road carries two National Register listings. The Daniel Thew Wright House at 3716 River Road went up in 1895 in Colonial Revival dress, with a Palladian window, Ionic pilasters, and pedimented gables. The older Greek Revival Matthew McWilliams House sits a short way east at 3586 River Road, toward Sedamsville.
Downstream the Anderson Ferry still runs. Its landing off U.S. Route 50 has worked the crossing to Constance since 1817, and it is the last ferry left in Hamilton County.
What is the history of Riverside?
Riverside incorporated as a village on August 20, 1867, taking 509 acres from Delhi Township and 124 acres from Storrs Township along the river bank. Peter Zinn served as its first mayor. Cincinnati annexed the village in 1896, and industry took the flats so completely that housing survives only in scattered pockets above River Road.
One native rose far. Daniel Thew Wright, born here in 1864, took his law degree in Cincinnati and later sat on the federal bench in the District of Columbia.
Where is Riverside?
Riverside holds a narrow strip of land on the Ohio River, hemmed by Sedamsville to the east and Sayler Park to the west, with Delhi Township inland to the north.
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Updated September 2026