HomeDiagramsDatabaseMapsForum About
     

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Photography Forums > My City Photos


Reply

 
Thread Tools Display Modes
     
     
  #1  
Old Posted Jan 19, 2007, 6:04 AM
ColDayMan's Avatar
ColDayMan ColDayMan is offline
B!tchslapping Since 1998
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Columbus
Posts: 19,889
ColDay Presents: Ripley, Ohio & Maysville, KY

Ripley, Ohio

From Wikipedia:

Colonel James Poage, a veteran of the American Revolution, arrived in the free state of Ohio from Staunton, Virginia in 1804 to claim the 1000 acres (4 km²) he had been granted in what was then the Virginia Military District. Poage was among a large group of veterans who received land grants beyond the Ohio for their service and freed their slaves when they settled there. Poage and his family laid out the town of Staunton in 1812; it was renamed in 1816 to honor an American officer in the War of 1812, General Eleazar Wheelock Ripley.

The proximity of the river and of the slave state of Kentucky on the opposite shore led to Ripley's role as an early stop on the Underground railroad, a network of citizens sympathetic to slaves escaping north to freedom. A number of prominent abolitionists lived in the town in the 1800s, mainly on Front Street near the river, including Reverend John Rankin, former slave John Parker, Thomas McCague, Thomas Collins and Dr. Alexander Campbell.

Rankin moved from Kentucky to Ripley in 1822 and later built a house (now a National Historic Landmark) on Liberty Hill overlooking the town, the river and the Kentucky shore. There he was able to signal escaping slaves with a lantern on a flagpole [1] and provide them shelter. A slave woman that crossed the frozen river to Ripley and stayed in his house in 1838 became the model for the character Eliza in Harriet Beecher Stowe's landmark book, Uncle Tom's Cabin. Rankin was the minister at the Ripley Presbyterian Church for twenty-four years.

















































Maysville, Kentucky































































Goodnight, from about 70 miles downriver...

__________________
Click the x: _ _ X _ _!
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #2  
Old Posted Jan 19, 2007, 6:14 AM
bpg88's Avatar
bpg88 bpg88 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 3,604
Both great looking towns. Just when you think you've seen it all, minute places like these pop up and remind you there is a whole lot more out there.

Quality post.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #3  
Old Posted Jan 19, 2007, 8:12 AM
Evergrey's Avatar
Evergrey Evergrey is offline
Eurosceptic
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Pittsburgh
Posts: 24,339
ColDay's love affair with the small town continues...


two places with incredible architecture and character
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #4  
Old Posted Jan 19, 2007, 8:35 AM
James Bond Agent 007's Avatar
James Bond Agent 007 James Bond Agent 007 is offline
Posh
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Kansas City, MISSOURI
Posts: 21,128
Damn, why can't every town look like that?
__________________
"There's two kinds of men in the world. Those who have a crush on Linda Ronstadt, and those who never heard of her." - Willie Nelson
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #5  
Old Posted Jan 19, 2007, 1:48 PM
mrherodotus's Avatar
mrherodotus mrherodotus is offline
Ms AA
 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Pittsburgh
Posts: 3,996
You can't be serious? Trying to fool us. You know these are not real towns. These are neighborhoods in Cincinnati. Nice try though.



















Seriously, those towns are fire! I guess I need to see more of the Ohio River. Have you done Portsmouth?
__________________
[URL="http://www.pbase.com/step2me/urbanstreetscapes"][b][size=3]URBAN STREETSCAPES[/size][/b][/URL]
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #6  
Old Posted Jan 19, 2007, 1:59 PM
Ex-Ithacan's Avatar
Ex-Ithacan Ex-Ithacan is offline
Old Fart Forumer
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Live in DC suburbs-Maryland
Posts: 22,154
Normally folks try to get through small towns like this in a rush to get to some place "special" After the brief history you gave us and the great pics, small towns like these are more often than not special places themselves. Thanks Chris.
__________________
Get off my lawn you whippersnappers!!!!!


Retired, now Grandpa Daycare
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #7  
Old Posted Jan 19, 2007, 3:18 PM
volguus zildrohar's Avatar
volguus zildrohar volguus zildrohar is offline
I Couldn't Tell Anyone
 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: The City Of Philadelphia
Posts: 15,988
Ripley - believe it or not. The smaller towns tend to have unadulterated character - any surprise that another character would be so attracted to them?
__________________
je suis phillytrax sur FLICKR, y'all
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #8  
Old Posted Jan 19, 2007, 3:24 PM
Ex-Ithacan's Avatar
Ex-Ithacan Ex-Ithacan is offline
Old Fart Forumer
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Live in DC suburbs-Maryland
Posts: 22,154
^ Oh my VZ, that's a groan. Not to worry though. If someone (actually several) hadn't beaten me to the punch I would have responded to Mr D's Nice thread with the old "Nice is nice".
__________________
Get off my lawn you whippersnappers!!!!!


Retired, now Grandpa Daycare
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #9  
Old Posted Jan 19, 2007, 3:36 PM
Cory Cory is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Houston
Posts: 3,350
So can you count on both hands how many more of these "random" urban Ohio cities you can do photo tours of that we probably have never heard of? Great photos.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #10  
Old Posted Jan 19, 2007, 6:04 PM
ChrisLA's Avatar
ChrisLA ChrisLA is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: San Fernando Valley
Posts: 6,662
Wow, there are so many beautiful buildings. Thanks for sharing.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #11  
Old Posted Jan 19, 2007, 10:02 PM
Wheelingman04's Avatar
Wheelingman04 Wheelingman04 is offline
Pittsburgh rocks!!
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Salem, OH (near Youngstown)
Posts: 8,800
Those look like very nice and architecturally significant towns. I am glad you posted photos of them on here. I didn't know much about them.
__________________
1 hour from Pittsburgh and 1 hour from Cleveland
Go Ohio State!!
Ohio Proud!
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #12  
Old Posted Jan 19, 2007, 10:44 PM
hydrobond's Avatar
hydrobond hydrobond is offline
(cincy/your city) > 1
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 214
They whould replace the Brent Spence with a bridge that looks like that. I would love it.

Excellent pictures of old Ohio.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #13  
Old Posted Jan 20, 2007, 3:10 AM
Buckeye Native 001 Buckeye Native 001 is offline
E pluribus unum
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Arizona
Posts: 31,262
You made the Clooneys proud. Sort of.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #14  
Old Posted Jan 20, 2007, 3:23 AM
Sulley's Avatar
Sulley Sulley is offline
Trendy.
 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Trendier than yours.
Posts: 13,375
My mom and I used to go through Ripley on 52 on the way to WV.

We also always stopped to look at crappy antiques.
__________________
Celebrating 12 years of DallasTexan!

DallasTexan-Boomer-DhallassTecksanne-Disceaux Fantasia-Sulley-Optimus Prime-Gloria Estefan

...and others I've surely forgotten...
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #15  
Old Posted Jan 20, 2007, 5:17 AM
ColDayMan's Avatar
ColDayMan ColDayMan is offline
B!tchslapping Since 1998
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Columbus
Posts: 19,889
Quote:
Originally Posted by mrherodotus View Post
You can't be serious? Trying to fool us. You know these are not real towns. These are neighborhoods in Cincinnati. Nice try though.

Seriously, those towns are fire! I guess I need to see more of the Ohio River. Have you done Portsmouth?
You wouldn't like Portsmouth. The floods devastated the old rowhouses and original business district (which is partly still, the Boneyfiddle it's called now). After the 1913 flood, the town was rebuilt ala Johnstown/Scranton (aka wood-frame, uninteresting) and a dense-ish "new" downtown (meaning, Art-Deco).

Here is what's left of "old" Portsmouth:









Some of the 1913's flood destruction evidence (with the gaps). Portsmouth never recovered from it (as it was Southeast Ohio's "city").




Of course, once the majority of the city was destroyed, most of the "newer" housing popped up on higher elevations...thus...this shit...




I'll do a better tour for you. There is some old stuff left in Portsmouth but I wouldn't go out of my way to show you Portsmouth over Ripley, Maysville, Augusta, or Chillicothe.
__________________
Click the x: _ _ X _ _!
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #16  
Old Posted Jan 20, 2007, 9:14 PM
Segun's Avatar
Segun Segun is offline
<-- Chicago's roots.
 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 5,929
cute little fuckin town
__________________
Songs of the minute - Flavour - Ijele (Feat. Zoro)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjEFGpnkL38

Common - Resurrection (Video Mix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmOd0GKuztE
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #17  
Old Posted Jan 21, 2007, 12:41 AM
xzmattzx's Avatar
xzmattzx xzmattzx is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Wilmington, DE
Posts: 6,341
Ripley looks like a Pennsylvania town. Maysville looks like an Ohio town. of course, this is all just from my perspective.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #18  
Old Posted Jan 21, 2007, 12:54 AM
LittleItalyCleveland LittleItalyCleveland is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Cleveland
Posts: 574
nice...but architecturally significant...not quite, but nonetheless its a nice thread.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #19  
Old Posted Jan 21, 2007, 6:25 AM
Rizzo Rizzo is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Chicago
Posts: 7,280
Excellent photos, and excellent architecture.
Reply With Quote
     
     
  #20  
Old Posted Jan 22, 2007, 4:19 AM
ColDayMan's Avatar
ColDayMan ColDayMan is offline
B!tchslapping Since 1998
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Columbus
Posts: 19,889
Thanks!
__________________
Click the x: _ _ X _ _!
Reply With Quote
     
     
End
 
 
Reply

Go Back   SkyscraperPage Forum > Photography Forums > My City Photos
Forum Jump


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 11:48 PM.

     
SkyscraperPage.com - Archive - Privacy Statement - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.