{"nrhp_refnum":"76001438","name":"Old Gothic Barns","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6058 Colerain Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.203731006000055,"lon":-84.58026870899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-07-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A pair of frame Gothic Revival farm barns at 6058 Colerain Avenue in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, built about 1840-50 by unknown builders on land that was once part of the William Bell Estate.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the barns show an unusually pure Gothic Revival style applied to farm buildings, which it calls unique in southwestern Ohio. They were largely unaltered and kept much of their decorative detail, including bracketed eaves, arched doors and windows, and a spired cupola.","narrative":"Two wooden farm barns on Colerain Avenue in Cincinnati were built around 1840-50 in the Gothic Revival style, an unusual choice for farm buildings. The larger barn is a frame structure of hand-hewn timbers with board-and-batten walls, steeply pitched intersecting roofs of wood shingle, and carved brackets under the eaves. Its main doors close to form a semicircular arch, and each carries a wooden X. The smaller barn has a square cupola with arched, louvered openings and a pointed spire, along with round gable windows. The barns stood on land that was originally part of the William Bell Estate. Bell was an early pioneer in Green Township who died in 1847. It is believed, but not documented, that the barns predate his death. They were listed because they were judged the purest Gothic Revival farm buildings in southwestern Ohio and were largely unaltered. Later file notes record that the barns were disassembled and moved, and that the smaller one burned.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific dates c.1840-50)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Later notes in the file say the barns were threatened with demolition, disassembled and moved by the Miami Purchase Association, and that the smaller barn later burned. The fate of the remaining barn is unclear.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.086942-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/76001438.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001438/0f3aecf0e0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001438/0f3aecf0e0-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Site_of_the_Old_Gothic_Barns.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Site_of_the_Old_Gothic_Barns.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988891","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Gothic_Barns","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7084113"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/old-gothic-barns-76001438/"}