{"nrhp_refnum":"79002694","name":"Robb, L. B., Drugstore","other_names":["Carousel Carpet Co."],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4030 Eastern Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.10856968100006,"lon":-84.43192511499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-08-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-bay brick commercial/residential building at 4030 Eastern Avenue in the Columbia-Tusculum area of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, dated to about 1860. It is currently used as a carpet business.","why_significant":"The form records that L. B. Robb operated a drugstore in the building before 1868, and that Arthur Clauder bought the property in 1938. It is included as part of the Columbia-Tusculum multiple resource area, whose commercial and church structures are described as significant.","narrative":"This is a four-story brick building at 4030 Eastern Avenue in Cincinnati's Columbia-Tusculum area, dated to about 1860. It sits on a fieldstone foundation beneath a steep slate gable roof, and the brick is laid in stretcher bond. The symmetrical design has machicolations on the gable end, simple brick pilasters and a central chimney rising through the roof. Windows have plain stone lintels and lugsills. A delicate wooden porch on the side facade was added after construction. Later changes include an addition that obscures the original storefront and altered windows, and the exterior is rated in poor condition. The building was part of a small cluster of commercial buildings at the edge of the commercial district. Its documented history centers on the L. B. Robb drugstore, which operated there before 1868. Arthur Clauder bought the property in 1938. It remains in commercial and residential use and is part of a larger group of surveyed properties in the neighborhood.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in commercial/residential use; exterior condition is rated poor and the original storefront is obscured by an addition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.13185-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79002694.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002694/2144f6d1a4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002694/2144f6d1a4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L.B._Robb_Drugstore_site.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L.B._Robb_Drugstore_site.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985438","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.B._Robb_Drugstore","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6456253"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/robb-l-b-drugstore-79002694/"}