{"nrhp_refnum":"79002701","name":"Spencer Town Hall","other_names":["Zorn Engineering Offices"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3833 Eastern Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.11098149000003,"lon":-84.43507549699996,"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 brick former township meeting hall at 3833 Eastern Avenue in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, dated on the inventory form to 1860. It lies within the Columbia-Tusculum multiple resource area.","why_significant":"The inventory describes it as one of the oldest remaining meeting halls in Cincinnati. It served as both a township meeting hall and an I.O.O.F. lodge. It also shows Greek Revival influences with an Italianate cornice.","narrative":"Spencer Town Hall, at 3833 Eastern Avenue in Cincinnati, is a brick building dated to 1860 on the state inventory form. It was built as a township meeting hall and also housed an I.O.O.F. lodge, and it is described as one of the oldest remaining meeting halls in the city. The building has a symmetrical facade with pilasters, stone capitals, plain lintels and sills, and tall 12-over-12 windows. These details show Greek Revival influences, while the overhanging cornice is Italianate, giving the building a transitional character. Two stone nameplates on the facade identify the township and the Odd Fellows lodge. A recent brick addition has been built onto the front. The building sits about ten feet from a busy street at the edge of the business district, on a fieldstone foundation with a gable roof of shingle. It is now used as engineering offices, and its exterior is in good condition. It was listed as part of the Columbia-Tusculum multiple resource area.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Transitional, with Greek Revival influences and an Italianate cornice","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as an engineering firm's offices; condition listed as good on the exterior, with a recent brick addition on the facade.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.256882-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79002701.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002701/f4846b6eff-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002701/f4846b6eff-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spencer_Township_Hall_in_Columbia-Tusculum.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spencer_Township_Hall_in_Columbia-Tusculum.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985452","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Township_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7576206"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/spencer-town-hall-79002701/"}