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The Cincinnati Foundation For The Aged was originally formed as an organization supporting a retirement home for
immigrant Cincinnati workers. Many were of German decent and worked for brewing companies in Over the Rhine. On December
31, 1890, twenty-five of Cincinnati's business and professional leaders met and signed the articles of incorporation.
Some of the notable were; JG Schmidlapp, Christian Morelein, John Hauck, Frederick Alms, Albert Erkenbrecker, Charles Hoefinghoff,
Justus Goebel, Frank Tuchfarber, Charles Albrecht, Frank Duhme, Henry Snider, and Gustav Tafel.
A retirement home
was built and opened on April 23, 1893 at Burnet and Elland Avenues, in Mt. Auburn. More than fifty aged men occupied "The
Duetsches Altenheim". Here, they could live out their lives, with a feeling of security; knowing that never again would
they need to seek for a home. The home was sold to Childrens Hospital in the 1960's. Since then, the Foundation
has been helping the aged by subsidizing the costs of living in Cincinnati area retirement facilities.
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| Board of Directors, 2008. |
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The Cincinnati Foundation For The Aged is a Non-profit
organization.
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