{"nrhp_refnum":"76001436","name":"Mecklenburg's Garden","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"302 E. University Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.13254034700003,"lon":-84.50265846299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick beer garden and tavern building at 302 E. University Avenue in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, built in 1865 by Louis Mecklenburg, with an enclosed outdoor garden on the corner of Highland and University Avenues.","why_significant":"It is described as the last functioning German-style beer garden in Cincinnati and an excellent example of the type. It reflects the city's large German immigrant population, which once made up about a quarter of residents. In its early years it also served as a place where immigrants learned about American politics through regular and mock elections.","narrative":"Mecklenburg's Garden is a brick tavern and restaurant at 302 E. University Avenue in Cincinnati, built in 1865 by Louis Mecklenburg. The building has a stone foundation, a hipped roof over the south end and a gabled roof over the north end. Its second-floor windows have carved stone lintels, and a large rectangular bay window marks the west side. Inside, beamed ceilings, exposed timber and plaster walls survive, with the original bar on the first floor and dining upstairs. A garden runs the length of the building on the corner of Highland and University Avenues, enclosed by a lattice fence and shaded by a grape arbor. The property was recognized as the last functioning German-style beer garden in Cincinnati, a reminder of the mid-nineteenth-century wave of German immigrants who at one point made up a quarter of the city's population. It also served as a place where newcomers were introduced to American politics through regular and mock elections.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Louis Mecklenberg","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as a restaurant and tavern; described as renovated, in good condition, and once again a thriving concern.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.330914-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/76001436.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001436/26a503146e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001436/26a503146e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MecklenburgGarden.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MecklenburgGarden.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989255","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklenburg%27s_Garden","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6804800"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/mecklenburgs-garden-76001436/"}