{"nrhp_refnum":"79001853","name":"Beech Avenue Houses","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1120 and 1128 Beech Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.11294023800008,"lon":-84.57713277999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-02-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Performing Arts"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two adjacent Victorian-era houses at 1120 and 1128 Beech Avenue in the Price Hill area of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, built around 1885 and 1886 respectively.","why_significant":"The house at 1128 Beech is significant as a distinctive example of Queen Anne architecture, and it was once home to organist and composer J. Alfred Schehl. The house at 1120 Beech is significant for its characteristic Victorian detailing. Together, separated by a landscaped lot, they form a distinctive visual and architectural setting.","narrative":"Two neighboring houses on Beech Avenue in Cincinnati's Price Hill area, built around 1885 and 1886, represent the exuberant domestic architecture of the Victorian period. The house at 1120 Beech has a high slate hip roof, corbeled chimneys, a sunburst-decorated porch, and wood walls finished in bands of fishscale shingle, clapboard, and diagonal board. The house at 1128 Beech is a brick Queen Anne design with an asymmetrical plan, strong gable wall dormers, a truncated slate hip roof with metal cresting, and large corbeled chimneys with terra cotta pots. Inside, it retains paneled walls, carved woodwork, ornate simulated marble fireplaces, and a walnut newel post. The latter house was bought in 1919 by J. Alfred Schehl (1882-1959), an organist and composer known for his Catholic church music, including the St. Cecilia Hymnal. The two houses are separated by a landscaped lot and together create a distinctive setting. They were the only properties on the street identified as historically or architecturally significant.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne (1128 Beech); Victorian (1120 Beech)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Both houses are listed as occupied private residences in excellent condition, with owners described as sympathetic to restoring and maintaining them.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:13.029158-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001853.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001853/74d13b03d9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001853/74d13b03d9-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beech_Avenue_Houses_in_Cincinnati.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beech_Avenue_Houses_in_Cincinnati.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989127","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beech_Avenue_Houses","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4879560"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/beech-avenue-houses-79001853/"}