Famous Lytle Neighbors
Lytle Park Series
Dr. Daniel Drake (1785-1852),
the city's most famous physician-
surgeon and founder of the
Ohio Medical College, made his
home on nearby Third Street.
He was an outstanding author,
historian and scientist.
Dr. Richard Allison (1757-1816),
physician to the troops at
Fort Washington, was the first
man to purchase land and build
a home in the Lytle area.
Stephen Collins Foster
(1826-1864), the American com-
poser, spent four years (1846-50)
of his rather brief life in a
home fronting on Lytle Square.
Courtesy hmdb.org
