{"nrhp_refnum":"82001465","name":"Bauer Apartments","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2015-2017 Madison Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.13193635600004,"lon":-84.46219304299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-12-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick mixed commercial and residential building at 2015-17 Madison Road in the O'Bryonville area of Cincinnati, Ohio, built around 1885 for Ulrick Bauer.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a good example of the Queen Anne style applied to a mixed-use building in suburban Cincinnati. It has distinctive metal cornice details, projecting bays, sandstone courses and cast iron storefront columns. It is lower and more massive than comparable downtown examples and is one of a small number of such variations in the city's eastern neighborhoods.","narrative":"Built around 1885 on Madison Road in Cincinnati's O'Bryonville neighborhood, this three-story brick building combines ground-floor shops with apartments above. It was constructed for Ulrick Bauer, who ran a grocery in an adjacent building, and it stayed in the Bauer family for sixty-two years. Its Queen Anne character shows in a bracketed metal cornice with dentils, corbel courses, sandstone belt and string courses, and large projecting bays on the upper floors. The storefront has cast iron columns with sunburst and leaf motifs, uncovered after later cladding was removed. Inside, the ten apartments keep paneled doors with transoms, bullseye surrounds, wainscoting, tile fireplaces and a decorative stair. The commercial space has been altered over the years, housing businesses from a milliner to a savings and loan. The building was listed as a good local example of Queen Anne design adapted to mixed use in a suburban setting.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Occupied; ten residential units remain largely intact, while the first-floor commercial interior has been altered. The form says the residential/commercial use is to be retained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.133503-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001465.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001465/d1cee0329c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001465/d1cee0329c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BauerApartments.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:BauerApartments.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988951","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauer_Apartments","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4873451"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/bauer-apartments-82001465/"}