{"nrhp_refnum":"75001416","name":"Cox, Jacob D., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"241-243 Gilman Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.12196675800004,"lon":-84.50534517399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-04-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Italianate house at 241-243 Gilman Avenue in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, built around 1880. It is typical of the suburban homes built in Cincinnati in the third quarter of the 19th century.","why_significant":"The nomination calls the house characteristic of Cincinnati's suburban homes of the third quarter of the nineteenth century, with an ornate Italianate porch. It is most distinguished by its one-time resident Jacob D. Cox, who was a Civil War general, Ohio governor, and U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Cox lived there from 1883 until 1897.","narrative":"Built around 1880 at 241-243 Gilman Avenue in Cincinnati, this two-story brick house is an example of the Italianate style used for suburban homes in the city between 1850 and 1880. It has an irregular plan, a hipped roof meeting a gabled rear section, and a pedimented bay with a stone-trimmed circular window. A bracketed cornice runs along the roofline, and the double-hung windows have molded lintels and sills. A large wooden porch wraps the front and east side, with X-shaped railing panels, carved rosettes, square columns and curved brackets. The house is better known for its former resident, Jacob D. Cox. Born in Montreal in 1828 and educated at Oberlin College, Cox served as an Ohio state senator and as a Union general in the Civil War. He was elected Republican Governor of Ohio in 1865 and later served as Secretary of the Interior under President Grant. He also led the University of Cincinnati. Cox lived in the house from 1883 to 1897.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (c. 1880)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate (High Victorian Italianate)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as deteriorated and altered, on its original site, and in private residential use. The upper balcony may be a later addition.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.37996-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001416.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001416/7ec986eba2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001416/7ec986eba2-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacob_D._Cox_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacob_D._Cox_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989129","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_D._Cox_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6118505"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/cox-jacob-d-house-75001416/"}