{"nrhp_refnum":"80003036","name":"Balch House","other_names":["Meyer House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"267 Greendale Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.15123925100005,"lon":-84.51761805499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story brick residence at 267 Greendale Avenue in the Clifton area of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, built in 1895-1896 and designed by Samuel Hannaford & Sons for George Balch.","why_significant":"It was included as one of the works of Cincinnati architect Samuel Hannaford and Sons in a thematic group of Hannaford buildings. It is an example of the firm's residential work with Queen Anne influences. The form also records its history as the home of George Balch, a railroad clerk later promoted to purchasing agent.","narrative":"This 2½-story brick house at 267 Greendale Avenue in Cincinnati's Clifton area was built in 1895-1896 to designs by Samuel Hannaford & Sons for George Balch. Balch had lived in Clifton since 1892 and worked as a clerk in the president's office of the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad, becoming a purchasing agent in 1898. The L-shaped, asymmetrical house shows Queen Anne influences. A large front gable with timber and stucco treatment and small multi-paned windows dominates the facade, while an entrance porch with two arched bays on short brick pedestals is its most decorative feature. Windows are mostly one-over-one with heavy ashlar lintels, and a projecting west pavilion is carried on scrolled wooden brackets. The roof gables are slate and the foundation is rock-faced ashlar. The house sits among large turn-of-the-century buildings near the proposed Clifton Avenue Historic District. It was listed as part of a group of works by Hannaford and his firm.","period_of_significance":"1895-1896","architect_builder":"Samuel Hannaford & Sons (architect); builder unknown","architectural_style":"Queen Anne influences","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a residence; interior and exterior condition recorded as good, with restoration and repair work reported as under way.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.923216-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003036.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003036/5f78c3b154-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003036/5f78c3b154-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BalshHouse.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)</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:BalshHouse.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"78002074","name":"Clifton Avenue Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/clifton-avenue-historic-district-78002074/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985424","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Balch_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4850240"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/balch-house-80003036/"}