16 Facts About Joseph Longworth

Joseph Longworth was an American lawyer, real-estate magnate, art collector, and philanthropist.

Joseph Longworth sold the parcel of land that would become Eden Park, including the land that would be used for the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Joseph Longworth contributed to the construction of the museum and served as its first president.

Joseph Longworth was the "prime mover" for the Art Academy of Cincinnati, arranging the movement of the school to Eden Park, planning its integration with the museum, and endowing it with $370,000.

Joseph Longworth was the only son of the wealthy real estate magnate and vintner Nicholas Joseph Longworth and his wife Susanna Howell.

Joseph Longworth was named for his uncle Joseph Longworth, who later died in the Steamer Pulaski disaster.

Joseph Longworth grew up in Cincinnati and was educated at Yale University.

Joseph Longworth substantially expanded his family holdings, buying up farmland in what would become the suburbs of Cincinnati.

Joseph Longworth sold parcels of land from his family's vineyards to the city of Cincinnati to be used for Eden Park, including the land that would be used for the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Joseph Longworth provided a portion of the funding for the museum's construction, and served as its first president.

Joseph Longworth was the "prime mover" toward the Art Academy, advocating for it to be run by the Cincinnati Museum Association, which administered the Art Museum.

Joseph Longworth was instrumental in the success of Rookwood Pottery, founded by his daughter Maria Joseph Longworth Storer.

Joseph Longworth purchased the first building for the company, a former schoolhouse, in a sheriff sale, and provided funds to cover the pottery's losses during its early years.

In 1857 Joseph Longworth befriended the Dusseldorf School painter Carl Friedrich Lessing during a family trip to Europe.

Joseph Longworth died on 29 December 1883 of an aneurysm; he had been in ill health for some time, compounded by grief over the early death of his son Landon Rives Joseph Longworth, who had died of pneumonia in 1879.

Joseph Longworth was buried in a private cemetery on the grounds of his Rookwood estate; in 1929 his remains were exhumed and reburied in Spring Grove Cemetery.