I would like to welcome everyone to William Howard taft National Historic site. The significance of this house is this the birth and boyhood home of our 27th president. And our 10th chief justice, William Howard taft. The house was built around 1840, that is the time we like to use here. His parents were Alphonso Taft and louise taft. They came from the states. When alfonso left vermont he came here to cincinnati, ohio in 1838. He begins to work with a law firm, becoming a lawyer here in cincinnati. This is where he started to make money. Were prominent would laterwho leave downtown cincinnati and moved to the top here at mount auburn. Mount auburn was once referred to as cincinnatis 5th avenue. When the prince of wales came to visit he would stay in a home up here in the mount auburn community. This is where the welltodo got first established. Trying to get away from all the pollution and the slaughterhouses, thus getting the name porkopolis. Trying to get to that cleaner, healthier a