{"nrhp_refnum":"79001861","name":"West Fourth Street Historic District (Amendment)","other_names":["See Also:West Fourth Street Historic District","Lombardy Apart"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"W. 5th and Perry Sts. between Central Ave. and Plum St., 4thSt. between Central Ave. and Race St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.02697560550004,"lon":-82.20852889975792,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-08-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An amendment adding eleven masonry commercial and office buildings on West Fourth Street and Elm Street in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the southwest edge of the central business district. The buildings date from about 1830 to 1927.","why_significant":"The buildings form a continuous row along West Fourth Street, with stone and terra-cotta detail and varied roof heights. They show commercial architecture from the late 19th to early 20th century, including works by Cincinnati architects Samuel Hannaford and Gustav W. Drach. The district adjoins the existing West Fourth Street Historic District on its west edge.","narrative":"Eleven masonry buildings within a two-and-a-half block area along West Fourth and Elm Streets, at the southwest edge of downtown Cincinnati, make up this district addition. The buildings run from five to fourteen stories and sit directly on the sidewalk line, forming a solid street wall with varied rooflines and rich stone and terra-cotta ornament. They span about 1830 to 1927. Examples include the 1876 High Victorian Italianate Meader Building, the 1893 Hooper Building designed by Samuel Hannaford, the 1906 Textile Building by Gustav W. Drach, and the 1927 Second Renaissance Revival tower built for the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. Most ground floors have lost original storefronts to modern replacements, and the former Gibson Art Building was converted to a municipal garage in 1957. Even so, the group has no vacant buildings and is in good overall condition. It extends the neighboring historic district and preserves a cohesive stretch of late nineteenth and early twentieth century commercial architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Samuel Hannaford (Hooper Building); Gustav W. Drach (Textile Building)","architectural_style":"High Victorian Italianate, Second Renaissance Revival, Commercial Style, Eclectic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition ranges from excellent to fair, with no vacant or substandard buildings. Most ground-floor facades have been altered with modern storefronts. The buildings are in retail, office, storage and light manufacturing use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.149563-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001861.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001861/e5357f4c38-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001861/e5357f4c38-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_Fourth_Street_Historic_District.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_Fourth_Street_Historic_District.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989037","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Fourth_Street_Historic_District_(Cincinnati,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7985186"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/west-fourth-street-historic-district-amendment-79001861/"}