{"nrhp_refnum":"76001435","name":"Lytle Park Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Police Station No. 2"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by 3rd, 5th, Sycamore, Commercial Sq., and Butler Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.10081418850007,"lon":-84.5056698931352,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-03-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about 50 acres in downtown Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, centered on Lytle Park and covering a few city blocks along Third, Fourth, Fifth, Pike, Arch and Broadway Streets, with buildings from about 1820 to the early twentieth century.","why_significant":"The district gathers a wide range of architectural styles, including Georgian, Federal, Italianate, Greek Revival, Gothic and Tudor, within a few blocks. It also occupies the site of Fort Washington, built in 1789 at the settlement that became Cincinnati, and includes institutions such as the Literary Club and the American Book Company, publisher of the McGuffey Readers.","narrative":"Lytle Park Historic District is a compact area of downtown Cincinnati built around Lytle Park, which became city property in 1905. The park lies on the site of Fort Washington, a log fort completed in 1789 where the village of Losantiville was renamed Cincinnati. Within a few blocks stand buildings from roughly 1820 to the early twentieth century in many styles. The Literary Club, built about 1820, shows Georgian influence. The Nolan, Keelor and Stites Building, about 1865, and the Academy of Medicine, about 1850, are Italianate townhouses. The Western and Southern Life Insurance building of 1916 uses Greek Revival elements, and the Chapel of the Holy Spirit, dedicated in 1927 and designed by Edward J. Schulter, is Gothic in inspiration. The Taft Museum and Fenwick Club were already listed separately. The park also holds a Lincoln statue by George Grey Barnard, dedicated in 1917. Together the buildings illustrate a continuous sequence of architectural fashions.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Edward J. Schulter (Chapel of the Holy Spirit)","architectural_style":"Mixed styles: Georgian, Federal, Italianate, Victorian, Greek Revival, Gothic, Tudor, Baroque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent and largely unaltered; the district is occupied and used for commercial, educational, religious, residential and park purposes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.707708-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/76001435.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001435/3cdd443630-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001435/3cdd443630-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Literary_Club_of_Cincinnati.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Literary_Club_of_Cincinnati.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989085","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytle_Park_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6710362"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/lytle-park-historic-district-76001435/"}