{"nrhp_refnum":"80003076","name":"Powell, Henry, House","other_names":["Deaconness Home Association Building","See Also:Mount Auburn H"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2209 Auburn Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.12221357100003,"lon":-84.50845929999997,"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 three-story brick residence at 2209 Auburn Avenue in the Mt. Auburn Historic District, Cincinnati, Ohio, built in 1858 for Henry Powell and remodeled in the early 1880s in the French Second Empire style.","why_significant":"The house is nominated as part of a thematic group of works by architect Samuel Hannaford. It was built as a Greek Revival residence for Henry Powell, son of the founder of the Powell Valve and Brass Works Company, and remodeled by Hannaford into a Victorian French Empire building. Its mansard roof with segmental dormers and wrought iron cresting is described as exceptional.","narrative":"Located at 2209 Auburn Avenue in Cincinnati's Mt. Auburn Historic District, this three-story brick house was built in 1858 for Henry Powell, son of William Powell, who founded the Powell Valve and Brass Works Company in 1846. It began as a Greek Revival residence. Architect Samuel Hannaford later remodeled it into a Victorian French Empire building, with an 1882 trade journal reporting his work for Powell. The symmetrical three-bay facade has a slate mansard roof with segmental dormers and wrought iron cresting, a dentiled cornice, wooden brackets, bracketed window lintels and a three-bay porch with an outstanding frame balustrade. The south side has an exposed fieldstone foundation and a second-floor bay window. A rear addition is considered sympathetic. The house was listed as one of several properties illustrating Hannaford's varied career. It later served as the Deaconess Home Association building, and its exterior remained in good condition.","period_of_significance":"1858, 1882","architect_builder":"Samuel Hannaford (1882); builder unknown","architectural_style":"French Second Empire","criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior condition described as good; originally a residence, later used as the Deaconess Home Association building. A nearby hospital expansion is noted as a threat.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.28059-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003076.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003076/b22fedbf34-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003076/b22fedbf34-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Powell_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Powell_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"73001464","name":"Mount Auburn Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/mount-auburn-historic-district-73001464/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985408","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Powell_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5727174"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/powell-henry-house-80003076/"}