{"nrhp_refnum":"73001464","name":"Mount Auburn Historic District","other_names":["See Also:William Howard Taft National Historic Site","Samuel H"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Both sides of Auburn Ave. from Ringgold St. to Howard Taft Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.12383526550005,"lon":-84.50756351179042,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-03-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 41.4 acres in the Mt. Auburn neighborhood of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, centered on Auburn Avenue. It was first settled around 1819 and holds largely Italianate homes, churches and parks.","why_significant":"The district was a residential area for Cincinnati's civic, business, cultural and religious leaders from about 1819. Its large homes, many with towers, show the wealth and social aspirations of early settlers and keep the visual character of the 19th-century neighborhood. Auburn Avenue was once called the \"Fifth Avenue\" of Cincinnati.","narrative":"Mt. Auburn is a hillside neighborhood of Cincinnati whose Auburn Avenue once earned the nickname \"Fifth Avenue\" of the city. Settlement began about 1819 with the home of James Key, and the area was known as Key's Hill until about 1837. Prominent residents built large Italianate houses, many with square towers, along the avenue. Examples include the Henry Martin House, the Thomas Phillips House, Sunnyside (the William Doane home) and the Mordecai White House. Also present are Second Empire, Greek Revival and Gothic Revival buildings, along with Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian churches. The district takes in about 41.4 acres and three parks: Hopkins, Jackson Hill and Inwood. Former residents included bankers, industrialists, jurists, a governor and a conductor. Some older houses have been lost to hospital-related construction, but many survive and show the status and ambitions of the early settlers. The picturesque views and closeness to downtown that first drew residents remain.","period_of_significance":"1819-1900","architect_builder":"H.E. Siter (Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church); Samuel Hannaford (remodeled the Henry Powell Residence in 1886)","architectural_style":"Predominantly Italianate, with Gothic Revival, Second Empire, Greek Revival, Italian Villa, Romanesque-Gothic Revival and neo-Georgian examples","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as fair and altered. Many early structures remain in residential use or house social agencies and medical offices. Some older homes were demolished for medical and court buildings.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.966928-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001464.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001464/d9e4e16a99-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001464/d9e4e16a99-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":null,"credit_html":"Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cincinnati_part_IX_embracing_11th_%26_19th_wards._(1869).png"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989131","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Auburn_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6919525"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/mount-auburn-historic-district-73001464/"}