Local events in Mariemont
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Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.
How Mariemont began
Mariemont is a planned village on a bluff above the Little Miami River, built beginning with an April 23, 1923 groundbreaking on land philanthropist Mary Emery bought for roughly seven million dollars. Emery commissioned town planner John Nolen and some 25 American architects to design an English garden-city-style community meant to combine single-family homes with affordable apartments for people of varied incomes, though rising construction costs soon pushed rents beyond what many working-class residents could afford, and the new town, like many of its era, enforced restrictive covenants excluding African American and Asian residents. The village sits directly above the Madisonville site, a Fort Ancient-culture village abandoned before Europeans settled the area in 1786, and includes the separately listed Mariemont Embankment and Village Site. Mariemont was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2007 and named a national "Great Neighborhood" by the American Planning Association in 2008.
Platted 1923, by Mary M. Emery, philanthropist, with town planner John Nolen and about 25 American architects.
Where the name comes from
Mariemont is the name given to the planned community Mary Emery financed; no source here records how the name was chosen.
Before the town
Mariemont sits directly above the Madisonville site, a Fort Ancient-culture village that Wikipedia describes as "abandoned before Europeans settled in the area in 1786." The village's southern side also holds the separately NRHP-listed Mariemont Embankment and Village Site, an earthwork above the Little Miami River. No further period or cultural detail for either site is given here.
Nations recorded here: Fort Ancient culture.
- Madisonville site (village) — Below the Mariemont bluff, on the Little Miami River terrace, Hamilton County, Fort Ancient culture, abandoned before 1786 (en.wikipedia.org)
- Mariemont Embankment and Village Site (earthwork) — Southern side of Mariemont, above the Little Miami River, not stated (en.wikipedia.org)
Timeline
- — European settlement in the area begins after the nearby Fort Ancient-culture Madisonville village, on the terrace below the future Mariemont bluff, had already been abandoned.
- — Exploration of the Madisonville site, the Fort Ancient village on the terrace below the future Mariemont, begins; it was settled most intensively in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
- — Ground is broken for Mariemont on April 23, on land Mary Emery purchased and planned with town planner John Nolen and roughly 25 architects as an English garden-city-style community.
- — Mary Emery secretly buys the land for the village from about 30 owners, at a cost of over $7 million, a purchase that took about 15 years.
- — John Nolen hires 26 architectural firms to design the buildings of Mariemont, and 47 cottages go up on Maple Street.
- — The Mariemont Company issues a sales brochure promising shops, a theatre, hotel, banks, post office, library, museum and town hall; the original Dale Park School is built.
- — Mary Emery dies and leaves her art collection to the Cincinnati Art Museum.
- — The Mariemont Inn, designed by Zettel & Rapp, opens, and Lucien Alliot's sculpture in Dale Park is dedicated.
- — The Mariemont Theatre, begun that July, shows its first film on Christmas Day.
- — Mariemont High School, designed by E. C. Landberg, is completed.
- — Mariemont incorporates as a village, having grown out of Columbia Township land.
- — The Mariemont Preservation Foundation is founded.
- — The census counts 3,408 residents in Mariemont.
- — The Village of Mariemont is designated a National Historic Landmark.
- — The American Planning Association names Mariemont a national "Great Neighborhood" for its compact, walkable design.
- — The census counts 3,403 residents in Mariemont.
- — The census counts 3,518 residents in Mariemont.
Stories
A garden city with a broken promise
Mary Emery poured roughly seven million dollars into Mariemont with an explicitly inclusive vision: a planned English garden-city suburb, designed by town planner John Nolen and some 25 leading American architects, where single-family homes and affordable low-rise apartments would sit side by side and welcome residents of varied economic backgrounds. The village broke ground on April 23, 1923, and its curving streets, town square and English-cottage architecture won it national recognition, eventually a National Historic Landmark designation in 2007 and an American Planning Association "Great Neighborhood" award in 2008. But the promise did not fully hold: construction costs pushed rents above what many working-class families could pay, and the new community enforced restrictive covenants barring residents of African and Asian descent.
Years of quiet buying, one silver spade
Mary Emery was widowed in 1906 when Thomas J. Emery died in Cairo, Egypt, on a business trip; she had also lost two sons. She and her business manager Charles Livingood, a college friend of her late son, hired the town planner John Nolen of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to design a model community in the Little Miami valley east of Cincinnati. To keep prices down, Emery bought land quietly from about 30 owners over many years, at a total cost of over seven million dollars. On April 23, 1923 she and Mariemont Company officials broke ground with a silver spade, and the village was built over the next years by 26 architectural firms. The Mariemont Inn opened in 1929, two years after her death.
Photographs
Photo: Daderot, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · stories.cincinnatipreservation.org · planning.org · tclf.org · mariemontpreservation.org
Historic places
1 place in Mariemont on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.
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Ferris, Eliphalet, HouseBuilding · Mariemont · listed 1975
- Address
- 3915 Plainville Rd.
- Where
- Mariemont, Hamilton County · ZIP 45227
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1975
- NRIS reference number
- 75001431
- Coordinates
- 39.14720, -84.37834
National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map
Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file. The listing year is shown where NPS's certification date agrees with the listing's reference number. Listing recognizes significance; it does not restrict a private owner.
Water
Ohio River intake at the plant's riverfront on Kellogg Ave in the California neighborhood, east Cincinnati The water here
- Cincinnati Public Water System100% of residentsOhio River (Miller Plant, ~88%) plus Great Miami Buried Valley Aquifer wells (~12%)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Mariemont's boundary: 1 nursing home, 1 fire or EMS station, 2 public schools, 1 private school, 1 library, 1 museum, 1 police station, 3 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 3 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Nursing homes (1)
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St. Theresa Care Center2 of 5 stars · Cincinnati
- Address
- 7010 Rowan Hill Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45227
- Certified beds
- 99
- Residents on an average day
- 77
- Medicare overall rating
- 2 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 3 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 1 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 4 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (513) 271-7010
- Medicare ID
- 365946
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Mariemont Fire DepartmentMariemont
- Address
- 6907 Wooster Pike, Mariemont, OH 45227
- Coordinates
- 39.14431, -84.37312
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.
Public schools (2)
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Mariemont Elementary School5 of 5 stars · Cincinnati
- Address
- 6750 Wooster Pike, Cincinnati, OH 45227
- School district
- Mariemont City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 499
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 29.99
- Report card, 2025-26
- 5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 99%
- Ohio building IRN
- 061275
- NCES school ID
- 390443101241
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Mariemont High School5 of 5 stars · Cincinnati
- Address
- 1 Warrior Way, Cincinnati, OH 45227
- School district
- Mariemont City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 452
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 35.49
- Report card, 2025-26
- 5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 98.8%
- Four-year graduation rate
- 98.1%
- Ohio building IRN
- 022772
- NCES school ID
- 390443101240
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.
Private schools (1)
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Cincinnati Waldorf SchoolPrivate, nonsectarian, special program · Cincinnati
- Address
- 6743 Chestnut St, Cincinnati, OH 45227
- Kind
- nonsectarian, special program
- Students, 2023-24
- 233
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 27.3
- Students per teacher
- 8.5348
- Phone
- (513) 541-0220
- NCES private school ID
- 01056697
Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.
Public libraries (1)
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MariemontBranch · Mariemont
- Address
- 3810 Pocahontas Ave, Mariemont, OH 45227
- What it is
- Branch
- Library system
- Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library
- Open
- 2,808 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 7,320 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 4,091,256
- System's loans, FY2024
- 20,126,186
- People the system serves
- 830,639
- Phone
- (513) 369-4467
IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library.
Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (1)
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Mariemont Preservation FoundationHistorical society · Cincinnati
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Cincinnati
- Coordinates
- 39.14715, -84.37894
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018.
Police stations (1)
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Mariemont Police DepartmentMariemont
- Address
- 6907 Wooster Pike, Mariemont, OH 45227
- Coordinates
- 39.14450, -84.37309
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (3)
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Cincinnati Gear CoToxics Release Inventory · Cincinnati
- Address
- 5657 Wooster Pike, Cincinnati, OH 45227
- County
- Hamilton County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 45227THCNC5657W
- EPA registry ID
- 110000393486
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Cincinnati Steel TreatingToxics Release Inventory · Cincinnati
- Address
- 5701 Mariemont Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45227
- County
- Hamilton County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 45227CNCNN5701M
- EPA registry ID
- 110000393440
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Keebler Company (1431070662)Toxics Release Inventory · Cincinnati
- Address
- One Trade Street, Cincinnati, OH 45227
- County
- Hamilton County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 4522WKBLRC1TRAD
- EPA registry ID
- 110028190918
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Toxics Release Inventory reporters. Reporting a release is required of large users of listed chemicals; it is not by itself a violation.
Spills reported since 2021 (3)
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Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle2025-03-27 · Mariemont
- Reported
- 2025-03-27
- What spilled
- Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
- Where
- Mariemont, Hamilton County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2503EPA0000442
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Material White Reached water2024-11-19 · Mariemont
- Reported
- 2024-11-19
- What spilled
- Material White
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Mariemont, Hamilton County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2411EPA0001901
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Material Unknown2022-11-10 · Mariemont
- Reported
- 2022-11-10
- What spilled
- Material Unknown
- Where
- Mariemont, Hamilton County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2211EPA0001675
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Mariemont, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
| ZIP | Share | Water | Radon | Home value | Schools | Flood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45227 Cincinnati | 19% | Ohio River intake at the plant's riverfront on Kellogg Ave in the California neighborhood, east Cincinnati | 3.3 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1933 | Cincinnati City · 3 stars overall | 2.6% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Mariemont, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Money issues on the ballot since 2021: 5 of 5 passed.
Ballot issues
| Date | Issue | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | Issue 17: PROPOSED TAX LEVY (RENEWAL) VILLAGE OF MARIEMONT | 677 | 151 | Passed (81.76% for) |
| 2023-11-07 | Issue 8: PROPOSED ORDINANCE GAS AGGREGATION VILLAGE OF MARIEMONT | 1,223 | 337 | Passed (78.4% for) |
| 2023-11-07 | Issue 9: PROPOSED ORDINANCE ELECTRIC AGGREGATION VILLAGE OF MARIEMONT | 1,230 | 330 | Passed (78.85% for) |
| 2023-11-07 | Issue 10: PROPOSED TAX LEVY (RENEWAL) CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES VILLAGE OF MARIEMONT | 1,176 | 453 | Passed (72.19% for) |
| 2023-11-07 | Issue 11: PROPOSED TAX LEVY (RENEWAL) MARIELDERS, INC. VILLAGE OF MARIEMONT | 1,246 | 403 | Passed (75.56% for) |
| 2022-11-08 | Issue 25: PROPOSED TAX LEVY (RENEWAL) VILLAGE OF MARIEMONT | 1,189 | 524 | Passed (69.41% for) |
| 2021-11-02 | Issue 20: PROPOSED TAX LEVY (RENEWAL) VILLAGE OF MARIEMONT | 788 | 316 | Passed (71.38% for) |
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | Member of Council | Alicia Stock 532, 26.01%; Matthew Ayer 530, 25.92%; Susan Brownknight 503, 24.6%; Lila G. Wells 480, 23.47% |
| 2023-11-07 | Member of Council | Marcy Lewis 1,074, 54.55%; Robert Van Stone 895, 45.45% |
| 2023-11-07 | Mayor | Bill Brown 1,296, 100.0% |
| 2021-11-02 | Member of Council | Randy York 853, 28.81%; Susan Brownknight 645, 21.78%; Leah Catherine Geldbaugh 592, 19.99%; Rob Bartlett 510, 17.22%; Tyler Craig Martin 361, 12.19% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Audit, 2023 to 2024, released 2025-10-07
The county
Hamilton County: 54 ZIP codes, 47 cities, villages and townships, 843,791 people.
Nearby places
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Mariemont, day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 1.09 in
- 2026-09-29 to 2026-10-28
- rain so far in 2026
- 47.4 in
- 9.0 in above normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 12.2 in
- a normal year brings 14.5 in
- a normal year
- 45.1 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 1.09 | — | 28 |
| September 2026 | 5.11 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 6.16 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 7.34 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 7.57 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 6.59 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 4.46 | — | 30 |
| March 2026 | 6.46 | 0.1 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 1.14 | 4.1 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 1.42 | 8.0 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.65 | 10.5 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 4.22 | 1.4 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2011 — 59.8 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1901 — 22.4 in |
| Snowiest year | 2010 — 47.7 in |
| Wettest day on record | 5 March 1897 — 5.10 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 8 December 1917 — 10.98 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 6 February 1998 — 15.98 in |
Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside Mariemont, so every figure here is worked out from the gauges around it - the nearest ones weighted most. Treat them as close estimates rather than readings.
47,956 days of records, 1893-01-01 to 2026-10-28. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-10-31): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-10-31 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.
Environmental permits and filings
What Ohio EPA has on file for Mariemont: permits, inspections, violations, cleanups and the state loans behind sewer and water work. Every line links to the agency's own document.
- facilities and sites on file
- 3
- those placed on the map inside Mariemont
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Air pollution | 2 |
| Hazardous waste | 1 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| CINCINNATI STEEL TREATING CO | Air pollution report | |
| KELLANOVA MANUFACTURING LLC | Air pollution permit | |
| KEEBLER CO | Air pollution inspection | |
| KEEBLER CO | Air pollution permit | |
| KEEBLER CO | Air pollution permit | |
| KEEBLER CO | Air pollution violation resolved | |
| KEEBLER CO | Air pollution notice of violation | |
| KEEBLER CO | Air pollution permit | |
| KEEBLER CO | Air pollution permit | |
| KEEBLER CO | Air pollution permit | |
| KEEBLER CO | Air pollution permit |
Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.
Quick answers
What county is Mariemont, Ohio in?
Mariemont is a village in Hamilton County, Ohio, with 3,518 residents.
When was Mariemont, Ohio founded?
Mariemont was laid out 1923. Founders on record: Mary M. Emery, philanthropist, with town planner John Nolen and about 25 American architects. Source
How did Mariemont, Ohio get its name?
Mariemont is the name given to the planned community Mary Emery financed; no source here records how the name was chosen. Source
What ZIP code is Mariemont, Ohio?
Most of Mariemont is in ZIP code 45227.
Where does Mariemont, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Mariemont (Cincinnati Public Water System): Ohio River intake at the plant's riverfront on Kellogg Ave in the California neighborhood, east Cincinnati.
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