{"nrhp_refnum":"82003579","name":"Gilbert Row","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2152-2166 Gilbert Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.120103286000074,"lon":-84.49407651699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-05-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A row of seven connected brick buildings at 2152-2166 Gilbert Avenue in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, built in 1889 by the Thomas Emery's Sons Real Estate Company. Six are 2½-story townhouses and one is a larger end building with a cast iron storefront.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an unusual example of Queen Anne architecture, rarely found in row house form in Cincinnati. It reflected the latest innovations in urban residential living and is thought to be the earliest Emery apartment development in Walnut Hills. It also anchors the surrounding Nassau-Eden neighborhood, which was determined eligible as a historic district.","narrative":"Gilbert Row is a line of seven connected brick buildings at 2152-2166 Gilbert Avenue in Cincinnati, completed in 1889 by the Thomas Emery's Sons Real Estate Company. Six are 2½-story townhouses with low gabled roofs, dormers, corbeled chimneys, denticulated brick friezes and porches with chamfered wood posts. A taller end building has a mansard-type roof and a cast iron storefront. The row is regarded as an unusual Queen Anne design, since that style is rarely found in row house form in Cincinnati. Thomas Emery Jr., an abolitionist and civic activist, directed the firm, which is said to have been first to build apartment houses in the city. The Steinkamp Brothers are believed to be the architects. Gilbert Row is considered the earliest Emery apartment project in Walnut Hills and a model for his later work. Commercial additions from the 1920s were removed in the late 1970s. Many windows have been lost, yet the exterior detailing largely survives, and the row anchors the Nassau-Eden neighborhood.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1889)","architect_builder":"Builder: Thos. J. Emery (Thomas Emery's Sons); Jos. G. Steinkamp and Bros. possible architects","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as vacant, deteriorated and altered. Most window sash is lost, but exterior wood and brick detailing remains. Rehabilitation was planned by the owner at the time.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.791415-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82003579.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003579/7d1324ff0d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003579/7d1324ff0d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gilbert_Row_stairs_and_porches.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gilbert_Row_stairs_and_porches.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83004306","name":"Gilbert-Sinton Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/gilbert-sinton-historic-district-83004306/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988953","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Row","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5561190"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/gilbert-row-82003579/"}