Spring Grove Avenue Monument Factory
Italian Brothers Making Monuments for The Cemetery
Spring Grove Avenue Monument Factory
Italian Brothers Making Monuments for The Cemetery
Echo
This 1925 photograph shows the interior of the Spring Grove Avenue Monument Factory of the Napolitano Brothers. Seen are, from left to right, two unidentified, Horatio, Joseph, Gaetano and Peter Napolitano. In 1909, the five Napolitano brothers Peter, Joseph, Gaetano, Horatio, and Angelo came to Northside from Modica, Sicily, with their mother Johanna and younger sister Carmelina, in search of a dream. Trained in Sicily by their father, Emmanuel Napolitano, a master carver, they incorporated the Napolitano Brothers Monuments in 1915 at 3835 Spring Grove Avenue, where they fabricated beautiful carved stonework and sculpture for funeral monuments, until they moved out of Northside in 1973. Today, the original storefront is gone, but the Napolitano family is back, incorporated as a Ascent, only a few buildings away from their original location.
Details
Year of Image
1925
Current Address
3835 Spring Grove Ave
Reference
(Courtesy of Linda Napiltano Leidermeier)
Woellert, Dann. Cincinnati’s Northside Neighborhood (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing, 2009.
Location
Echo
This 1925 photograph shows the interior of the Spring Grove Avenue Monument Factory of the Napolitano Brothers. Seen are, from left to right, two unidentified, Horatio, Joseph, Gaetano and Peter Napolitano. In 1909, the five Napolitano brothers Peter, Joseph, Gaetano, Horatio, and Angelo came to Northside from Modica, Sicily, with their mother Johanna and younger sister Carmelina, in search of a dream. Trained in Sicily by their father, Emmanuel Napolitano, a master carver, they incorporated the Napolitano Brothers Monuments in 1915 at 3835 Spring Grove Avenue, where they fabricated beautiful carved stonework and sculpture for funeral monuments, until they moved out of Northside in 1973. Today, the original storefront is gone, but the Napolitano family is back, incorporated as a Ascent, only a few buildings away from their original location.
Details
Year of Image
1925
Current Address
3835 Spring Grove Ave
Reference
(Courtesy of Linda Napiltano Leidermeier)
Woellert, Dann. Cincinnati’s Northside Neighborhood (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing, 2009.
Location
Echo
This 1925 photograph shows the interior of the Spring Grove Avenue Monument Factory of the Napolitano Brothers. Seen are, from left to right, two unidentified, Horatio, Joseph, Gaetano and Peter Napolitano. In 1909, the five Napolitano brothers Peter, Joseph, Gaetano, Horatio, and Angelo came to Northside from Modica, Sicily, with their mother Johanna and younger sister Carmelina, in search of a dream. Trained in Sicily by their father, Emmanuel Napolitano, a master carver, they incorporated the Napolitano Brothers Monuments in 1915 at 3835 Spring Grove Avenue, where they fabricated beautiful carved stonework and sculpture for funeral monuments, until they moved out of Northside in 1973. Today, the original storefront is gone, but the Napolitano family is back, incorporated as a Ascent, only a few buildings away from their original location.
Details
Year of Image
1925
Current Address
3835 Spring Grove Ave
Reference
(Courtesy of Linda Napiltano Leidermeier)
Woellert, Dann. Cincinnati’s Northside Neighborhood (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing, 2009.
Location
Echo
This 1925 photograph shows the interior of the Spring Grove Avenue Monument Factory of the Napolitano Brothers. Seen are, from left to right, two unidentified, Horatio, Joseph, Gaetano and Peter Napolitano. In 1909, the five Napolitano brothers Peter, Joseph, Gaetano, Horatio, and Angelo came to Northside from Modica, Sicily, with their mother Johanna and younger sister Carmelina, in search of a dream. Trained in Sicily by their father, Emmanuel Napolitano, a master carver, they incorporated the Napolitano Brothers Monuments in 1915 at 3835 Spring Grove Avenue, where they fabricated beautiful carved stonework and sculpture for funeral monuments, until they moved out of Northside in 1973. Today, the original storefront is gone, but the Napolitano family is back, incorporated as a Ascent, only a few buildings away from their original location.
Details
Year of Image
1925
Current Address
3835 Spring Grove Ave
Reference
(Courtesy of Linda Napiltano Leidermeier)
Woellert, Dann. Cincinnati’s Northside Neighborhood (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing, 2009.
Location
ECHOES OF NORTHSIDE
Echoes of Northside was created by Danny Smoroske as his senior capstone to complete his B.S. degree in Communication Design at the University of Cincinnati’s College of DAAP.
To explore more of his work, visit dannysmoroske.com.
ECHOES OF NORTHSIDE
All content, stories, and pictures were gathered from a multitude of sources, including the Cincinnati Public Library, books such as Images of America: Northside by Dann Woellert, and multiple Facebook groups, including the popular “… Only in Northside.” All credits should be attributed on each page for each image unless noted. No copyright infringement is intended, and absolutely no money is being made from this site. I thank all the wonderful sources I was able to access for providing this great information about the Northside neighborhood in Cincinnati. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.
ECHOES OF NORTHSIDE
Echoes of Northside was created by Danny Smoroske as his senior capstone to complete his B.S. degree in Communication Design at the University of Cincinnati’s College of DAAP.
To explore more of his work, visit dannysmoroske.com.
ECHOES OF NORTHSIDE
All content, stories, and pictures were gathered from a multitude of sources, including the Cincinnati Public Library, books such as Images of America: Northside by Dann Woellert, and multiple Facebook groups, including the popular “… Only in Northside.” All credits should be attributed on each page for each image unless noted. No copyright infringement is intended, and absolutely no money is being made from this site. I thank all the wonderful sources I was able to access for providing this great information about the Northside neighborhood in Cincinnati. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.
ECHOES OF NORTHSIDE
Echoes of Northside was created by Danny Smoroske as his senior capstone to complete his B.S. degree in Communication Design at the University of Cincinnati’s College of DAAP.
To explore more of his work, visit dannysmoroske.com.
ECHOES OF NORTHSIDE
All content, stories, and pictures were gathered from a multitude of sources, including the Cincinnati Public Library, books such as Images of America: Northside by Dann Woellert, and multiple Facebook groups, including the popular “… Only in Northside.” All credits should be attributed on each page for each image unless noted. No copyright infringement is intended, and absolutely no money is being made from this site. I thank all the wonderful sources I was able to access for providing this great information about the Northside neighborhood in Cincinnati. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.
ECHOES OF NORTHSIDE
Echoes of Northside was created by Danny Smoroske as his senior capstone to complete his B.S. degree in Communication Design at the University of Cincinnati’s College of DAAP.
To explore more of his work, visit dannysmoroske.com.
ECHOES OF NORTHSIDE
All content, stories, and pictures were gathered from a multitude of sources, including the Cincinnati Public Library, books such as Images of America: Northside by Dann Woellert, and multiple Facebook groups, including the popular “… Only in Northside.” All credits should be attributed on each page for each image unless noted. No copyright infringement is intended, and absolutely no money is being made from this site. I thank all the wonderful sources I was able to access for providing this great information about the Northside neighborhood in Cincinnati. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.