{"nrhp_refnum":"73001463","name":"Morrison House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"750 Ludlow Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.148496944000044,"lon":-84.52847489599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, red brick, fourteen-room house at 750 Ludlow Avenue in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, built 1873-1875 for Thomas Morrison and designed by architect Samuel Hannaford.","why_significant":"The house is a good example of a large-family residence of substantial means, built in a fashionable style that the architect adapted to the family's needs. It is among the earliest surviving works of Samuel Hannaford, a prolific Cincinnati architect. It is also tied to Thomas Morrison, a prominent pork packer and civic leader.","narrative":"Built between 1873 and 1875 at 750 Ludlow Avenue in Cincinnati, this three-story, fourteen-room red brick house was designed by Samuel Hannaford for pork packer Thomas Morrison. It follows a modified Italian Villa style, with a symmetrical facade, a rounded sandstone entrance arch with Corinthian capitals, flanking porches with bracketed balustrades bearing an M monogram, and a tall slate-roofed tower. Inside, the walnut woodwork, parquet floors, marble fireplaces and original shutters survive. Morrison came from County Antrim, Ireland, and led a firm that became a major exporter of packed meat to Europe. He also served as president of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. The house is among Hannaford's earliest surviving works, and it shows how a fashionable style was adapted to suit a large, well-off family. Morrison descendants lived there until the University of Cincinnati bought it in 1971. After renovation, including sandblasting the exterior to its original brick, it serves as the university president's home.","period_of_significance":"1873-1875","architect_builder":"Samuel Hannaford (1835-1910)","architectural_style":"Modified Italian Villa Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, unaltered and on its original site, and recently renovated by the University of Cincinnati. It is occupied as the university president's residence and used for official entertaining.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.06701-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001463.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001463/9f0ef69f4d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001463/9f0ef69f4d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morrison_House_in_Clifton.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morrison_House_in_Clifton.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985390","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrison_House_(Cincinnati,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6914024"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/morrison-house-73001463/"}