{"nrhp_refnum":"10000756","name":"Fairview Public School Annex","other_names":["Twelth Ward School","Twelth District School","Fairview German Bingual School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"255 Warner St and 2232 Stratford Ave","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.12426710900007,"lon":-84.52279867399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-09-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A pair of school buildings at 255 Warner Street and 2232 Stratford Avenue in the Clifton Heights area of Cincinnati, Ohio: a Romanesque Revival school built 1888-1890 and a flat-roofed Modern Movement annex built 1957-58.","why_significant":"The nomination marks the property for its role in education and for its architecture. The original building, designed by H. E. Siter, is a Richardsonian Romanesque school, and the annex reflects mid-century school design. The school later housed a German-English bilingual program that drew a racially balanced student body and high achievement scores.","narrative":"Two school buildings on a hillside in Cincinnati's Clifton Heights neighborhood make up this property. The original school, built in 1888-1890 and designed by architect H. E. Siter, is a three-story red brick Romanesque Revival building with corner turrets, rough stone stringcourses and a steep hipped roof. South of it stands a flat-roofed brick annex from 1957-58, added to relieve crowding and to provide a gymnasium and library; about 13 narrow houses were demolished to make room. Both buildings have changed little, with alterations mostly limited to heating, lighting, stair enclosures and toilet rooms. The school was known as the Fairview German Bilingual School, a program meant to draw children from varied backgrounds, and by 1980 its students were racially balanced and scored at the top of the city's elementary schools. Cincinnati Public Schools closed the buildings in 2008 and sold them for redevelopment in 2009. The property was listed for its associations with education and for its architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"H. E. Siter (original school); Frankenberger Junker & Lensky drew up 1959 heating plans","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Romanesque; Modern Movement","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant; the school buildings were closed in 2008 and sold for redevelopment in 2009.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.748143-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/10000756.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000756/33a8a6be0d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000756/33a8a6be0d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fairview_Public_School_front_and_western_side.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fairview_Public_School_front_and_western_side.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989213","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138349993"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/fairview-public-school-annex-10000756/"}