(Photo by Michael Schwartzberg)
Lower Price Hill, a Cincinnati neighborhood two miles west of downtown, was settled in 1808 by Welsh immigrant Evans Price, whose son and grandson later forged further west to settle both East and West Price Hill.
Today, Lower Price Hill's hillside residential streets, plus homes on north State Avenue, enjoy splendid city skyline, and river views. The entire southern section of the neighborhood, from West Eighth Street to the Ohio River, is on the National Historic Register. Lower Price Hill is among the safest communities in Cincinnati. According to Police Department monthly statistics, the modest crime rate continues to decline.
Lower Price Hill is a peaceful, diverse neighborhood equally divided between residential and business areas. It is uniquely convenient to Greater Cincinnati expressways, to Kentucky bridges, and is served by five city bus lines. The Kroger Company, America's largest supermarket chain, established its first food processing plant in Lower Price Hill. Kroger's now has 36 plants nationwide, but its oldest plant in Lower Price Hill is still its largest. There is an excellent rapport among all neighborhood business with residents, and with the volunteer-staffed Lower Price Hill Community Council that serves all constituents.
In 2010, the K-through-12 Oyler Public School, in Lower Price Hill, designed by Samuel Hannaford & Sons, will launch a $21 million restoration. The principal architect publicly promised residents that the glorious building will be the most handsome school in the U.S.
Lower Price Hill is an undiscovered jewel of a neighborhood.