{"nrhp_refnum":"80003062","name":"Lombardy Apartment Building","other_names":["See Also:West Fourth Street Historic District"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"318-326 W. 4th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.09917395000008,"lon":-84.51805806299996,"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 seven-story brick and limestone apartment building at 318-326 West Fourth Street in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, built in 1885 and designed by Samuel Hannaford for Thomas Emery & Sons.","why_significant":"The Lombardy was one of the first apartment flats built in Cincinnati and is described as an outstanding example of late nineteenth century urban architecture. It is also part of a thematic group of works by architect Samuel Hannaford. It sits within the West Fourth Street Historic District.","narrative":"Built in 1885 at 318-326 West Fourth Street in Cincinnati, the Lombardy is a symmetrical seven-story apartment building of brick with various limestone wall treatments and projections on its front facade. Details include Corinthian pilasters, ornate brackets, wrought iron balconies, and a pedimented central dormer set in a pseudo-Mansard roof. The cast iron storefront has fluted pilasters and a classical frontispiece, with the name Lombardy inscribed above the entrance. Samuel Hannaford designed it for Thomas Emery & Sons, who also built the Lorraine, Brittany and Normandy apartment buildings in the mid-1880s; only the Brittany and the Lombardy are noted as still standing. It was among the first apartment flats built in Cincinnati and is regarded as an outstanding example of late nineteenth century urban architecture. The building lies in the West Fourth Street Historic District. An inventory recorded it as largely vacant and in poor condition, threatened by neglect.","period_of_significance":"1885","architect_builder":"Samuel Hannaford (architect); Thomas Emery & Sons (builder)","architectural_style":"Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Inventory lists the building as 90% vacant, with interior and exterior in poor condition and endangered by neglect.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.832402-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003062.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003062/71a30acde0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003062/71a30acde0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LombardyApartments.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LombardyApartments.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"76001443","name":"West Fourth Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/west-fourth-street-historic-district-76001443/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985430","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombardy_Apartment_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6669402"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/lombardy-apartment-building-80003062/"}