{"nrhp_refnum":"78002075","name":"College Hill Town Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Belmont Ave. and Larch St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.19371970800006,"lon":-84.54958344499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A municipal town hall building at the southeast corner of Belmont and Larch in College Hill, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, built in 1886 by Gibbons & Smith of College Hill and later attributed to architect Samuel Hannaford.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is important as the first and only public building for College Hill, serving as the village's political and social center. Architecturally it is described as typical for its period but unique within the small community.","narrative":"College Hill Town Hall is a red brick municipal building at Belmont and Larch in Cincinnati, completed in 1886 and dedicated in January 1887. Gibbons & Smith of College Hill built it, and an amended sheet credits Cincinnati architect Samuel Hannaford with the design. The roughly rectangular building combines Renaissance and Greek Revival influences, with stone detailing, a fieldstone foundation, projecting pavilions with pediments, a porte-cochere, and a four-story campanile at the northwest corner. Inside are 17 rooms on three floors, including an auditorium with a stage. It was the first and only public building for College Hill, a village settled in 1816 and incorporated in 1866. For 24 years it hosted village council meetings, dances, suppers, lectures and occasional church services, and its five-acre grounds served as a public park. Cincinnati acquired it through the 1911 annexation agreement. By the time of nomination it was boarded up and vacant, with restoration plans underway.","period_of_significance":"1886","architect_builder":"Gibbons & Smith of College Hill (builder); designed by Samuel Hannaford, a well known Cincinnati architect (per amended sheet)","architectural_style":"Eclectic with Renaissance and Greek Revival influences","criteria":[],"status_note":"At the time of nomination the building was boarded up and vacant with some vandalism; the city had set aside $40,000 for renovation.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.956349-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002075.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002075/5589e72b7e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002075/5589e72b7e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CollegeHillTownHall.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:CollegeHillTownHall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985480","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Hill_Town_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5146436"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/college-hill-town-hall-78002075/"}