{"nrhp_refnum":"79001847","name":"East Second Street District(Boundary Increase)","other_names":["See Also:East Second Street District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"184-271 E. 2nd St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Xenia","county":"Greene County","state":"OH","lat":39.68444860200006,"lon":-83.92510458750996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-09-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of 4.3 acres along East Second Street in Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, made up of mid- to late nineteenth century houses in Italianate, Eastlake and Queen Anne styles.","why_significant":"The district is described as architecturally significant for its well-preserved residential buildings that represent their time and locale. Three houses (Hivling, Allen and King) also carry notable local history. The Allen house is called one of the finest Eastlake examples in Ohio.","narrative":"East Second Street in Xenia contains a 4.3-acre group of nineteenth century houses near the center of town. The buildings include Italianate, Eastlake and Queen Anne designs, mostly of brick or wood frame, with details such as bracketed cornices, decorated porches and corbelled chimneys. The Hivling house, built about 1863 by Abraham Hivling, son of an early Xenia settler, is a large Italianate residence later owned by the poet and state senator Coates Kinney. Next door, the Allen house was built in 1881 by banker John B. Allen and is considered one of the finest Eastlake houses in Ohio. The King house, a Queen Anne built about 1885, belonged to a banker and powder manufacturer and later housed the Greene County Historical Society. The remaining houses are less distinguished but support the character of the street. The nomination notes that the surrounding neighborhood is deteriorating and shifting toward institutional and multi-family use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Hivling house built c. 1863 by Abraham Hivling, believed designed by Hiram Brown","architectural_style":"Italianate, Eastlake and Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as a quiet residential street in a deteriorating neighborhood that is changing from residential to institutional and multiple residences; most buildings are occupied.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.537872-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001847.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988744","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/greene-county/east-second-street-district-boundary-increase-79001847/"}