{"nrhp_refnum":"73001389","name":"Lane-Hooven House","other_names":["Red Cross Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"319 N. 3rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hamilton","county":"Butler County","state":"OH","lat":39.403664398000046,"lon":-84.55943774399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-10-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story white painted brick house in the Octagon mode at 319 North Third Street, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, built in 1863 for Clark Lane and later used as a Red Cross chapter house.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a unique architectural statement, an Octagon-mode house with Gothic Revival detailing and a central spiral staircase rising to an octagonal tower. It is also tied to Clark Lane, a Hamilton manufacturer and civic benefactor, and to later owners John L. Martin and the Hooven family, who were prominent in local industry and banking.","narrative":"Built in 1863 for Clark Lane, this one-and-a-half-story white painted brick house at 319 North Third Street in Hamilton, Ohio, is an example of the Octagon mode with mainly Gothic Revival detail. A slate roof with four gables surrounds an octagonal tower. Gables have cloverleaf bargeboards, and the main entrance sits behind a Tudor arch with carved doors and a wrought iron and wood balcony. Inside, a spiral staircase rises from the first floor to the tower, and the second-floor rooms have pointed arch doors and foiled Gothic ceilings. Lane belonged to a firm that made ironwork, threshing machines and steam engines, and he later built the Lane Free Library across the street. John L. Martin, an engineer and bank president, bought the house in 1875. The Hooven family, whose company succeeded Lane's, owned it from 1911 to 1948, then gave it to the City of Hamilton. It later served as the Red Cross chapter house.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1863)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Octagon mode with eclectic, primarily Gothic Revival detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied, in good condition and altered; in use as the Red Cross Chapter House for Butler County. The form notes it will need exterior repair and interior renovation in the future.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.181141-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001389.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001389/2b22febc07-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001389/2b22febc07-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LaneHoovenHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LaneHoovenHouse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"90002216","name":"German Village Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/german-village-historic-district-90002216/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986916","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane%E2%80%93Hooven_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14716586"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/butler-county/lane-hooven-house-73001389/"}