{"nrhp_refnum":"73001451","name":"East Second Street District","other_names":["Abraham Hivling-Coates Kinney House &","John Allen House"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"235 and 209-213-215 E. 2nd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Xenia","county":"Greene County","state":"OH","lat":39.683815766000066,"lon":-83.92514045299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-03-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Literature","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-house district at East Second Street in Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, made up of the Hivling-Kinney House (235 E. 2nd St., built 1863) and the John Allen House (209-215 E. 2nd St., built 1881), on adjoining large lots about 2.06 acres in total.","why_significant":"The two houses are described as among the half dozen largest and finest of Xenia's remaining old houses, each representing the architecture of its period. They were built 18 years apart by two prominent, related men and stayed in the family until 1972-73. The Hivling house gained added prestige as the home of poet, journalist and Ohio senator Coates Kinney.","narrative":"Two adjoining 19th-century houses on East Second Street in Xenia, Ohio, make up this small district. The Hivling-Kinney House, built in 1863 by Abraham Hivling, is a 2½-story brick late Classic Revival residence with tapering eight-sided porch columns, iron balconies, cranberry-glass door glazing and a hip roof with a bracketed cornice. Its circular staircase and cupola were lost in a 1912 fire. Next door, the John Allen House, dated 1881 on a chimney, is a red brick Victorian building with carved stone, decorative brickwork and an unusually varied set of fireplaces. Both sit on large lots that have escaped later subdivision. They were built 18 years apart by related men prominent in early Xenia. Coates Kinney, a poet, journalist and Ohio state senator, lived in the Hivling house after marrying into the family. Both houses stayed in the family until 1972, and the Allen House had been divided into apartments.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific dates: Hivling-Kinney House 1863, Allen House 1881)","architect_builder":"Hivling-Kinney House built by Abraham Hivling, believed to be designed by Hiram Brown; Allen House built by John B. Allen","architectural_style":"Late Classic Revival (Hivling-Kinney House); Victorian, described as Tudor (Allen House)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Both houses were occupied at the time of nomination and were expected to be sold. The Allen House had been divided into three apartments, and preservation work was marked in progress. Condition was rated fair, and the property was marked altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.420927-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001451.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001451/9575952bbe-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001451/9575952bbe-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Second_Street_District,_Xenia,_235.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"79001847","name":"East Second Street District(Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/east-second-street-district-boundary-increase-79001847/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988742","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Second_Street_Historic_District_(Xenia,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5329339"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/greene-county/east-second-street-district-73001451/"}