John Nolen and Mariemont: Building a New Town in Ohio. By Millard F. Rogers Jr. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. xiv + 260 pp. Index, notes, bibliography, photographs. Cloth, $45.00. ISBN 0-801-86619-7.
This fine book covers the development of Mariemont (pronounced "Marymont"), a new town built in the 1920s ten miles east of Cincinnati, Ohio, as a "national exemplar" of comprehensive town planning and moderately priced mixed housing. Author Millard Rogers, director emeritus of the Cincinnati Art Museum and a Mariemont resident since 1974, focuses on the interaction of its three prime movers. Mary M. Emery (1844-1927) inherited a fortune from her husband, Thomas, and …
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