The Anna Louise Inn is a women's facility in Cincinnati, Ohio, providing affordable housing and supportive services to economically vulnerable single women, supporting them to reach greater self-sufficiency. It is operated by HER Cincinnati, formerly, Cincinnati Union Bethel (CUB), a charitable group founded in 1830. Since 1909, the Anna Louise Inn has provided safe and affordable housing for single women. It offers its residents a positive and supportive community to enable their success. The majority of residents have complex and long-term health conditions (such as mental illness, drug abuse, physical disabilities, or other medical conditions), With 85 single-occupancy apartments, each unit features a full kitchen, bedroom, furniture and bathroom.

History

The Anna Louise Inn was established in the spring of 1909, as a home for working young women. The

Charles P. Taft Charles Phelps Taft (December 21, 1843 – December 31, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served as editor of the ''Cincinnati Times-Star'' and owned both the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs baseball teams. From 1895 to 1897, ...

family were the principal benefactors of the institution, which stood across the street from their home (now the

Taft Museum of Art The Taft Museum of Art is a fine art collection in Cincinnati, Ohio. It occupies the 200-year-old historic house at 316 Pike Street. The house – the oldest domestic wooden structure in downtown Cincinnati – was built about 1820 and housed ...

). They named the Anna Louise Inn after their daughter. The present location of the home is 2401 Reading Rd. in Mount Auburn, Cincinnati. For over a century, Anna Louise Inn was located at

downtown ''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business distric ...

Cincinnati, within the

Lytle Park Historic District Lytle Park Historic District is a historic district (United States), historic district in Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Roughly bounded by 3rd, 5th, Sycamore, Commercial Sq., and Butler Sts. in downtown Cincinnati, it cente ...

. The new Anna Louise Inn in Mount Auburn, with 85 units, opened its doors in 2015.

References

External links

Official website
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