{"nrhp_refnum":"01000048","name":"Notre Dame Academy and Notre Dame High School","other_names":["But-923-9"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"926 Second St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hamilton","county":"Butler County","state":"OH","lat":39.39088781100003,"lon":-84.56452723199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-02-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A walled school complex at 926 Second Street in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, made up of a Colonial Revival academy building (1902) joined to a Collegiate Gothic high school building (1924, dedicated 1925), plus a decorative brick wall and a noncontributing garage.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion A for its role in Hamilton's Roman Catholic parochial education, run by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. Under Criterion C it is significant for pairing a Colonial Revival academy with a richly detailed Collegiate Gothic high school inside a walled site. The 1902 section is described as the oldest standing building built as a parochial school in Hamilton.","narrative":"Notre Dame Academy and Notre Dame High School occupy a walled site at 926 Second Street in Hamilton, Ohio. The complex joins two brick buildings. The southern section, built in 1902, is a Colonial Revival academy with a truncated hipped roof and pedimented dormers. It began as a north wing of the Sisters of Notre Dame convent, which was demolished in 1964. The northern section, designed by the Cincinnati firm Crowe & Schulte, was built in 1924 and dedicated in 1925 as a Collegiate Gothic high school with limestone tracery, a recessed entrance and an ornate second-floor chapel. A decorative brick wall encloses three sides of the grounds. The property reflects the growth of Catholic education in Hamilton. The academy served girls from kindergarten through twelfth grade, and the high school was a centralized girls' school. The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur used the buildings as a residence and school until 1981, and the complex is now vacant.","period_of_significance":"1893-1950","architect_builder":"Academy (1902): unknown; High School (1924): Crowe & Schulte of Cincinnati (Edward J. Schulte); 1958 dormitory addition: Edward J. Schulte; builders unknown","architectural_style":"20th Century Revival / Colonial Revival; \"Collegiate\" Gothic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function listed as vacant / not in use; the Sisters used the complex as a residence and school until 1981.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.535211-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/01000048.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000048/156edbd39d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000048/156edbd39d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Notre_Dame_Academy_and_Notre_Dame_High_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Notre_Dame_Academy_and_Notre_Dame_High_School.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986937","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre_Dame_High_School_(Hamilton,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7063432"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/butler-county/notre-dame-academy-and-notre-dame-high-school-01000048/"}