{"nrhp_refnum":"80003066","name":"Mount Adams Public School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1125 St. Gregory St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.10865445100006,"lon":-84.49795130599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2 1/2 story brick public school building at 1125 St. Gregory Street in the Mount Adams business district of Cincinnati, Ohio, built in 1894 for the Cincinnati Board of Education and designed by Henry E. Siter.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is one of the few remaining nineteenth-century Romanesque school buildings in Cincinnati designed by architect Henry E. Siter. Its asymmetrical fenestration, extensive dormers and arched main entrance make it a fine example of Romanesque architecture. It also holds a prominent position in the Mount Adams business district and is an integral part of the community.","narrative":"Mount Adams Public School is a 2 1/2 story brick schoolhouse at 1125 St. Gregory Street in Cincinnati, built in 1894 at a cost of $38,150. Designed as an eight-room school for 450 pupils, it sits on a steep, graded lot in the Mount Adams business district. The steeply pitched slate roof, corbelled chimneys, pedimented dormers and richly detailed arched entrance give it a distinctly Romanesque character. Inside, the original woodwork, wainscoting and stairways with pierced iron risers survive, and construction mixes steel I beams in the central corridor with wood joists in the classrooms. Architect Henry E. Siter, who worked for the Cincinnati Board of Education, designed it as a departure from older school plans. It is one of the few remaining nineteenth-century Romanesque schools in the city. The school had occupied five earlier locations, more than any other school in Cincinnati, before settling on this site. It now houses the Art Academy of Cincinnati under a lease.","period_of_significance":"1894-95","architect_builder":"Henry E. Siter","architectural_style":"Romanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a school; the Board of Education has leased it to the Art Academy of Cincinnati. Described as unaltered apart from fireproof stair enclosures in 1917 and electrical work in 1972.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.221256-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003066.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003066/458d2ddd2d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003066/458d2ddd2d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Adams_Public_School_from_southeast.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Adams_Public_School_from_southeast.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989067","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Adams_Public_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6919256"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/mount-adams-public-school-80003066/"}