Mount Adams, Cincinnati

Mount Adams was originally known as Mount Ida. The namesake was from Ida Martin, a washerwoman who lived in the hollow of an old sycamore tree located on a steep hill. In 1831, Nicholas Longworth, a wealthy attorney, transformed the hill into a vineyard Longworth would become the first commercially successful winemaker in the United States and has been called the "Father of the American Wine Industry." During the 1830s and 1840s Longworth cultivated Catawba grapes, which were used in making his champagne known as Golden Wedding. The wine inspired Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to write the poem "Ode to the Catawba Wine." Contemporaries reported that Longworth's wine "transcends the Champagne of France." The American Civil War created a shortage of manpower needed for vineyard labor, and the death of Longworth in 1863 furthered the end of Cincinnati's wine industry. The hill was renamed Mount Adams in honor of President John Quincy Adams, who delivered the observatory's dedication address. The first Protestant church of any denomination to be founded in that neighborhood was Pilgrim Presbyterian Church on Ida Street, near the Ida Street Viaduct. During the American Civil War two artillery emplacements were installed on the hill to help defend the city from the Confederacy. ==Demographics==

As of the census of 2020, there were 1,578 people living in the neighborhood. There were 1,146 housing units. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 87.3% White, 3.1% Black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 2.3% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 1.0% from some other race, and 6.2% from two or more races. 4.0% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 975 households, out of which 36.1% were families. 52.9% of all households were made up of individuals. 7.3% of the neighborhood's population were under the age of 18, 76.9% were 18 to 64, and 15.8% were 65 years of age or older. 50.8% of the population were male and 49.2% were female. According to the U.S. Census American Community Survey, for the period 2016-2020 the estimated median annual income for a household in the neighborhood was $99,125. About 0.0% of family households were living below the poverty line. About 82.9% had a bachelor's degree or higher. ==References==