![]() ![]() In the early-20th century, Norwood High School named their sports team mascot the Indians in honor of this local Native American heritage. However, by 1895, the Norwood Mound was the only remaining mound in the vicinity of Cincinnati." The mound has never been excavated, but it is reported that many artifacts found in the area by early Norwood settlers in the 1800s made up the original nucleus of the Native American Art Collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum. Native American mounds are not uncommon in Ohio and several were located in Downtown Cincinnati at the time of arrival of the first white settlers. Archaeologists believe the mound was built at this site due to the high elevation and was used by the Adena for religious ceremonies and smoke signaling. The Adena constructed the mound at the location of Norwood's present-day Water Tower Park, which is the highest land elevation in the city and one of the highest in all of Hamilton County. Norwood Mound, a prehistoric earthwork mound built by the Adena, is located in Norwood and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The earliest humans in the area now known as Norwood are believed to have been Pre-Columbian era people of the Adena culture. Early history Norwood Mound was constructed by people of the prehistoric Adena culture and was likely used for religious ceremonies and smoke signaling Norwood Park was later replaced by the General Motors Norwood Assembly Plant and today is the site of the Grande Central Station shopping center. The large field with the oval track in the distance behind the school is the former Norwood Park, which was used for baseball games, outdoor theater, and traveling circuses. The original North Norwood School on Marion Avenue (built 1891) is visible in the center of the photo. Many of Norwood's streets and neighborhoods were not yet platted at the time this photo was taken. An 1894 panoramic photo of early Norwood, looking southwest from Grandview Place near Indian Mound. ![]()
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