{"nrhp_refnum":"79002699","name":"Stites House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"315 Stites Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.11142142500006,"lon":-84.43459697499998,"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 two-and-a-half-story brick residence at 315 Stites Avenue in the Columbia-Tusculum area of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. The front portion was built in 1835 and a rear wing was added in 1867.","why_significant":"The house combines Federal and Greek Revival features and is tied to the Stites family, early settlers of Columbia. Hezekiah Stites, Jr., a prominent pork packer, built it, and his son Charles F. Stites inherited the homestead and added the wing. It is part of a multiple resource area for Columbia-Tusculum.","narrative":"Built in 1835 by Hezekiah Stites, Jr., this brick house at 315 Stites Avenue in the Columbia-Tusculum area of Cincinnati began as a symmetrical Federal-style residence with a small Greek Revival entrance portico. Stites was a prominent pork packer in Columbia. Federal details include end chimneys, attic windows in the gable ends, plain lintels and lugsills, smaller second-story bays and a plain entablature. His son Charles F. Stites, born in 1831, inherited the homestead and in 1867 added a large two-story brick wing at the rear. That wing keeps the plain Federal vernacular character but has a Victorian two-story porch. Charles Stites appears as the owner on the 1869 and 1884 county atlases. The house sits on a spacious lot and faces Eastern Avenue rather than Stites Street, unlike most neighboring buildings. It is recognized for its architecture and its link to a family important in the early development of Columbia.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Built by Hezekiah Stites, Jr. (1835); wing added by Charles F. Stites (1867)","architectural_style":"Federal-Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as a residence in good condition (exterior), in use as a residence at the time of the inventory.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.451974-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79002699.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002699/8c7458e94b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002699/8c7458e94b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stites_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stites_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985448","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stites_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7617658"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/stites-house-79002699/"}