The story of Robert Boulevard begins when E. R. Stilwell, who founded the Stilwell-Bierce company in 1866, conceived the idea of building up the Great Miami River levee from Monument Avenue to First Street. The project, known as “Stilwell fill” gained the attention of Prof. James A. Robert, principal of the old Cooper Seminary.
The professor believed that more valuable real estate could be gained by filling up and utilizing what had been pasture land and camping ground for gypsies. Eventually he called upon his brother, Gen. Henry M. Robert, West Point graduate and chief of U. S. Army engineers, who came from the East to help solve some of the problems.
In the early 1880s the entire project was complete with the further building up of the large area between the river and former levee, from Third Street Bridge to the Dayton View Bridge.
Then called “Robert fill,” the entire operation was considered a remarkable feat of engineering. On that fill were constructed Robert Boulevard (named to honor the civic-minded professor) and Sunset Avenue.
E. R. Stilwell built the first house on the boulevard and Professor Robert’s residence was the first on Sunset Avenue.
Later, General Robert won distinction for designing a sea wall at Galveston, Texas, following the tidal wave in 1900.
James A. Robert died February 26, 1923 at age 84 and is buried in Section 113 Lot 27.
The professor believed that more valuable real estate could be gained by filling up and utilizing what had been pasture land and camping ground for gypsies. Eventually he called upon his brother, Gen. Henry M. Robert, West Point graduate and chief of U. S. Army engineers, who came from the East to help solve some of the problems.
In the early 1880s the entire project was complete with the further building up of the large area between the river and former levee, from Third Street Bridge to the Dayton View Bridge.
Then called “Robert fill,” the entire operation was considered a remarkable feat of engineering. On that fill were constructed Robert Boulevard (named to honor the civic-minded professor) and Sunset Avenue.
E. R. Stilwell built the first house on the boulevard and Professor Robert’s residence was the first on Sunset Avenue.
Later, General Robert won distinction for designing a sea wall at Galveston, Texas, following the tidal wave in 1900.
James A. Robert died February 26, 1923 at age 84 and is buried in Section 113 Lot 27.
The story of Robert Boulevard begins when E. R. Stilwell, who founded the Stilwell-Bierce company in 1866, conceived the idea of building up the Great Miami River levee from Monument Avenue to First Street. The project, known as “Stilwell fill” gained the attention of Prof. James A. Robert, principal of the old Cooper Seminary.
The professor believed that more valuable real estate could be gained by filling up and utilizing what had been pasture land and camping ground for gypsies. Eventually he called upon his brother, Gen. Henry M. Robert, West Point graduate and chief of U. S. Army engineers, who came from the East to help solve some of the problems.
In the early 1880s the entire project was complete with the further building up of the large area between the river and former levee, from Third Street Bridge to the Dayton View Bridge.
Then called “Robert fill,” the entire operation was considered a remarkable feat of engineering. On that fill were constructed Robert Boulevard (named to honor the civic-minded professor) and Sunset Avenue.
E. R. Stilwell built the first house on the boulevard and Professor Robert’s residence was the first on Sunset Avenue.
Later, General Robert won distinction for designing a sea wall at Galveston, Texas, following the tidal wave in 1900.
James A. Robert died February 26, 1923 at age 84 and is buried in Section 113 Lot 27.
The professor believed that more valuable real estate could be gained by filling up and utilizing what had been pasture land and camping ground for gypsies. Eventually he called upon his brother, Gen. Henry M. Robert, West Point graduate and chief of U. S. Army engineers, who came from the East to help solve some of the problems.
In the early 1880s the entire project was complete with the further building up of the large area between the river and former levee, from Third Street Bridge to the Dayton View Bridge.
Then called “Robert fill,” the entire operation was considered a remarkable feat of engineering. On that fill were constructed Robert Boulevard (named to honor the civic-minded professor) and Sunset Avenue.
E. R. Stilwell built the first house on the boulevard and Professor Robert’s residence was the first on Sunset Avenue.
Later, General Robert won distinction for designing a sea wall at Galveston, Texas, following the tidal wave in 1900.
James A. Robert died February 26, 1923 at age 84 and is buried in Section 113 Lot 27.
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