{"nrhp_refnum":"79001855","name":"Friedlander, Abraham J., House","other_names":["Meckstroth, Schwierling, Wais and Monnie-Law Offices"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8 W. 9th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.105487104000076,"lon":-84.51413633599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-05-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story sandstone-faced townhouse with rear additions and a carriage house at 8 West Ninth Street in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, built c. 1830-1850 with a first addition c. 1855. The builder is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a representative example of nineteenth-century Greek Revival townhouse architecture, inside and out, with details suggesting familiarity with the pattern books of Minard Lafever. It is also tied to Cincinnati's commercial history through its prosperous residents, including meat packers, dry goods merchants and clothing manufacturer Abraham J. Friedlander.","narrative":"Built around 1830-1850 at 8 West Ninth Street, this three-story townhouse in downtown Cincinnati has a smooth sandstone front with incised horizontal bands and a classical Greek Revival entrance reached by six sandstone steps. Behind the main block are sympathetic brick additions, one dating to about 1855, and a carriage house. Inside, a three-story staircase with a cherry banister, tiger maple spindles and scrolled moldings is the most notable feature. The designer appears to have known the pattern books of Minard Lafever. The house also reflects the commercial life of Cincinnati. Ninth Street became a desirable residential area after 1824, and residents included meat packer John H. Gerard, dry goods merchant Simon Rindskopf and liquor dealer Lafayette La Boiteaux. The house takes its name from Abraham J. Friedlander, a Bavarian-born clothing manufacturer who lived there from 1871 until his death in 1897. The family left in 1898. As the neighborhood turned commercial, many neighboring homes were demolished, but this one survived with its architectural character largely intact.","period_of_significance":"C. 1830-1855","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as largely unaltered and currently used as law offices; lamp posts on the stoop were being restored and windows were being replaced.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.494864-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001855.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001855/16e0bf0779-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001855/16e0bf0779-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friedlander.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:Friedlander.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989035","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_J._Friedlander_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4668929"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/friedlander-abraham-j-house-79001855/"}