{"nrhp_refnum":"79001899","name":"Gilbert, Philip E., Houses","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1012 Huffman Ave. and 18-30 Belpre Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dayton","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.75774485000005,"lon":-84.15142996499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-08-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A group of eight buildings in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio: a large brick main house at 1012 Huffman Avenue, built in the 1860s and remodeled in 1889, and seven small frame houses at 18-30 Belpre Place, built in the 1890s. All were developed by carpenter Philip E. Gilbert.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the houses are a distinctive part of Dayton's 19th century architecture and the work of a master carpenter, Philip Gilbert. They are described as unique adaptations of the Queen Anne style, with elaborate spiral brackets, columns and a gargoyle bracket on the main house. The smaller frame houses show the same builder's imagination in their vari-form siding and elevations.","narrative":"On a hilltop in Dayton, a large brick house at 1012 Huffman Avenue and seven small frame houses on Belpre Place form a visual group created by carpenter Philip E. Gilbert. The main house began as a vernacular building in the 1860s and was remodeled by Gilbert in 1889. Its exterior includes a round tower with the main entrance, a curved porch with a gargoyle bracket, a polygonal bay and a veranda with dark stone detailing. Inside are Eastlake mantels, decorative plaster ceilings, an oak-paneled tower foyer, carved lattice doorways and many art glass windows. The seven story-and-a-half houses were built in the 1890s on Gilbert's land and moved to their present location in 1898 to make room for a factory complex. They show Queen Anne influence and vari-form siding. Gilbert, born in 1845, trained as a carpenter and became a Dayton contractor and builder. The group was listed as a distinctive example of local craftsmanship in the Queen Anne style.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Philip E. Gilbert","architectural_style":"Queen Anne (with Victorian Italianate and Eastlake elements)","criteria":[],"status_note":"The main house was being restored by new owners; the seven frame houses are individually owner occupied. Both are in private residential use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.260356-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001899.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001899/2d0fce9ae1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001899/2d0fce9ae1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philip_E._Gilbert_Houses.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Wdzinc</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philip_E._Gilbert_Houses.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990428","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138632669"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/gilbert-philip-e-houses-79001899/"}