{"nrhp_refnum":"80003050","name":"Edgecliff","other_names":["Emery Hall","See Also:Edgecliff Area Historic Group"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2220 Victory Pkwy.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.121687149000024,"lon":-84.48395798099995,"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":"Edgecliff, now called Emery Hall, is a three-story brick and limestone residence at 2220 Victory Parkway in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, built in 1881 and designed by Samuel Hannaford.","why_significant":"It was built as the home of Thomas and Mary Emery, members of a family that became one of the nation's largest real estate investors and developers. The Emerys, especially Mary, were vital to the development of Mariemont, Children's Hospital, the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Ohio Mechanics Institute. It is also included as one of the works of architect Samuel Hannaford.","narrative":"Edgecliff, also known as Emery Hall, is a large Victorian residence at 2220 Victory Parkway in Cincinnati. Built in 1881 to designs by architect Samuel Hannaford, it sits on a hill overlooking the Ohio River, together with a carriage house and a cluster of buildings of similar style and scale. The three-story building has rockfaced Bedford stone walls, an irregular plan, projecting pavilions, wall gables and a steep truncated hip roof of slate. A tall cylindrical corner turret with a conical cap dominates the front facade, which faces the river, while the driveway entrance is on the rear. It was built for Thomas and Mary Emery. Thomas was the son of Thomas Emery, Sr., who founded the family's Cincinnati estate in 1840. The Emerys, especially Mary, contributed to Mariemont, Children's Hospital, the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Ohio Mechanics Institute. The house was incorporated into Edgecliff College in 1935 and now houses an art department open to the public.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Samuel Hannaford (architect); builder unknown","architectural_style":"Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used by a college art department and open to the public; interior and exterior condition listed as excellent.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.884513-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003050.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003050/c0a84d15e4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003050/c0a84d15e4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edgecliff_site_in_Cincinnati.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edgecliff_site_in_Cincinnati.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"77001063","name":"Edgecliff Area Historic Group","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/edgecliff-area-historic-group-77001063/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985400","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgecliff_(Cincinnati,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5337742"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/edgecliff-80003050/"}