{"nrhp_refnum":"75001332","name":"Rossville Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by B, E, Main and Amberly Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hamilton","county":"Butler County","state":"OH","lat":39.40029145450006,"lon":-84.57044096647263,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-10-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about ten and a half blocks centered on Ross Avenue and South \"D\" Street in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. It holds roughly 130 structures, about 120 of them homes, built mainly between 1830 and 1920, plus six major landmarks.","why_significant":"The district holds good examples of 19th and early 20th century houses, from Federal through Victorian to Revival styles, and keeps a quiet residential character. It also contains large landmarks: the C & O Railroad arches and trestle, the Sohngen Malthouse and Brewery, the Miami (Adams) School, the Children's Home and the First United Church of Christ. The railroad arches and trestle are cited for engineering and transportation significance.","narrative":"Rossville began as a separate town west of the Great Miami River, platted in 1804 on land from a 1795 grant to John Cleves Symmes and named for Senator James Ross. It was annexed to Hamilton, Ohio, in 1827, split away about five years later, and was annexed again in 1853. Today the district covers about ten and a half residential blocks with roughly 130 buildings. The earliest unaltered structure dates from 1832, and Federal houses built by tradesmen are common in the northern blocks. Later development along South \"D\" Street added Italianate, Queen Anne and Eastlake homes, followed by early twentieth century Revival styles. Tree-lined streets and surviving cast iron fences add to the older setting. Six landmarks stand out: the Miami (Adams) School, First United Church of Christ, the Children's Home, the former Sohngen Brewery, the Sohngen Malthouse, and the C & O Railroad arches and trestle. The seventeen limestone arches, still carrying trains, divide the district.","period_of_significance":"19th and 20th centuries (1830-1920 given for the buildings)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Eastlake, Stick, and Spanish and Georgian Revival styles","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is rated good; homes are generally in excellent condition and occupied. The Town and Country Center (former Sohngen Brewery) and the Sohngen Malthouse are described as deteriorating. The railroad tracks on the arches remain in use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.058059-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001332.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001332/cd085f1676-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001332/cd085f1676-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RossvilleHD2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RossvilleHD2.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986953","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossville_Historic_District_(Hamilton,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7369937"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/butler-county/rossville-historic-district-75001332/"}