{"nrhp_refnum":"80003057","name":"Hemann, Joseph A., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"49 W. McMillan St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.12737849200005,"lon":-84.51406072499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Literature","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story red brick urban vernacular house at 49 West McMillan Street (formerly 37 Milk Street) in Cincinnati, Ohio, built in 1870 by Joseph A. Hemann for multiple housing on a steep corner lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a typical, largely unaltered example of mid-nineteenth century urban vernacular architecture in Cincinnati. It is also tied to Joseph A. Hemann, a German immigrant educator, publisher and banker prominent in Cincinnati's German community. It is described as the best remaining Hemann-associated property in the city, since his commercial buildings were demolished and other family houses heavily altered.","narrative":"Built in 1870 at 49 West McMillan Street in Cincinnati, this two-and-one-half-story red brick house was designed for multiple housing and adapted to a corner lot on a steep hillside. Its symmetrical five-bay front has a center gable with decorative bracing and a circular attic window, and the raised limestone foundation allows for basement windows. Windows are two-over-two with cornice lintels and stone lugsills. Inside, heavy moulded jambs, baseboards and a balustrade survive. The only major change is a twentieth-century frame wing at the rear. The house was built by Joseph Anton Hemann, who came from Germany to Cincinnati in 1839 and worked as a teacher, school principal, newspaper publisher and banker. He published German-language papers including the Volksfreund and founded the Deutsche Pionier. His family occupied the house into the early 1890s. Because his downtown commercial properties are gone and other family houses were altered, this is the best surviving Hemann property in the city.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Joseph A. Hemann (built the house in 1870)","architectural_style":"Mid-nineteenth century urban vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, private residence, in good condition and unaltered apart from a twentieth-century rear frame wing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.672328-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003057.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003057/7c1fbefbc7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003057/7c1fbefbc7-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Branlon at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HemannHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Branlon at en.wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HemannHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989073","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_A._Hemann_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6280810"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/hemann-joseph-a-house-80003057/"}