{"nrhp_refnum":"82003592","name":"Shield's, Edwin M., House","other_names":["William Johnston House","Shield's Crossing"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"220 Riverside Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Loveland","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.26686704300005,"lon":-84.26216176999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of seven buildings at 220 Riverside Avenue in Loveland, Hamilton County, Ohio, built circa 1868 by local carpenter Henry Crooks. It has a two-story frame main house and six outbuildings on 2-2/3 acres beside the Little Miami River.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is a cohesive, largely unaltered group of nineteenth-century suburban architecture. It is also an early example of suburban migration after the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad opened in 1866. It is tied to industrialist Edwin M. Shield and to lawyer and political figure William Johnston.","narrative":"Shield's Crossing is a group of seven buildings on Riverside Avenue in Loveland, Ohio, facing the Little Miami River. Built around 1868 by local carpenter Henry Crooks, it includes an L-shaped two-story frame house and six late nineteenth-century outbuildings: a Gothic octagonal gazebo, ice house, smoke house, stable, wood shed and carriage house. The house keeps its original woodwork, ceiling decoration and most major interior walls, though aluminum siding now covers the original lap siding. The property reflects the move of Cincinnati businessmen to Loveland after the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad was completed in 1866. Edwin M. Shield, founder of the Fulton Foundry and an early backer of the Mt. Adams Inclined Plane Railroad, lived here from 1868 to 1879. William Johnston, a lawyer and legislator, later made it his retirement home. The house became a restaurant in 1979, and the intact outbuildings are the feature that sets it apart from other local examples.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Henry Crooks, Builder","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Converted to a restaurant in 1979 with minimal exterior and interior changes; condition listed as excellent. The stable is used for storage and is not well maintained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.589803-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82003592.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003592/3cd2c7fd41-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003592/3cd2c7fd41-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shields_Crossing_in_Loveland.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shields_Crossing_in_Loveland.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989089","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield%27s_Crossing","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7496149"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/shields-edwin-m-house-82003592/"}