{"nrhp_refnum":"79002704","name":"Houston House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3708 Mead Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.11276306800005,"lon":-84.43824892099997,"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 1½-story frame residence at 3708 Mead Avenue in the Columbia-Tusculum area of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, dated to about 1900 and designed in the Carpenter Gothic style.","why_significant":"The inventory describes it as a highly artistic example of Carpenter Gothic. It has an ornamental porch and a richly carved bargeboard on a steeply pitched center gable. It was included as an individual property in the Columbia-Tusculum multiple resource area.","narrative":"Located at 3708 Mead Avenue in Cincinnati's Columbia-Tusculum neighborhood, this 1½-story frame house dates to about 1900 and is a richly detailed example of Carpenter Gothic design. It rests on a rubble fieldstone foundation with a raised water table and is clad in clapboard under a slate gable roof with a metal ridge. The symmetrical three-bay facade has a central door with a lighted transom. A highly ornamental porch has square columns, decorative brackets, and dentils beneath overhanging eaves. A very decorative carved bargeboard decorates the steeply pitched center gable, which also holds a lancet door with wood lintels. Some windows appear altered, and a one-floor addition extends from the rear. A barn with a shed roof stands behind the house. The surrounding area mixes residential and commercial uses, with Victorian-era houses of similar scale. The property was recognized as a highly artistic example of its style and remains in residential use.","period_of_significance":"1900","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Carpenter Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior condition is listed as fair; the house is still used as a residence, with a one-floor rear addition and some altered windows.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:11.956247-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79002704.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002704/9e94190bc6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002704/9e94190bc6-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Houston_House_in_Columbia-Tusculum.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Houston_House_in_Columbia-Tusculum.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985456","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5916595"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/houston-house-79002704/"}