{"nrhp_refnum":"83001983","name":"Madison and Woodburn Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Woodburn Ave. and Madison Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.12918803550005,"lon":-84.47668061881532,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-06-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-acre historic district in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the intersection of Woodburn Avenue and Madison Road, made up of nineteen contributing buildings dating from about 1875 to 1928, plus three city-owned vacant lots. It is the small neighborhood business district historically known as Woodburn.","why_significant":"The district is significant as a cohesive grouping of late nineteenth and early twentieth century urban architecture, including Italianate, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Classical Revival and Art Deco buildings. Its mix of high-density residential, commercial and church buildings shows Cincinnati's suburban expansion. It is described as the most cohesive commercial/residential streetscape on the city's east side.","narrative":"Nineteen buildings around the meeting of Woodburn Avenue and Madison Road in Cincinnati form a compact neighborhood business district once known as Woodburn. Most were built between about 1875 and 1910, as farms, orchards and estates gave way to suburban growth and better transport to the city centre. The streetscape combines three- and four-story Italianate storefront buildings, Queen Anne apartment blocks such as the Lutmer Flats and Krug Buildings, Classical Revival flats, a Spanish Colonial Revival auto showroom and a 1928 Art Deco bank. St. Francis de Sales Church, a Gothic Revival landmark designed by Francis G. Himper, dominates the intersection, while the seven-story San Marco Building, designed by John Boll, anchors the other corner. Varied brick, sandstone, limestone and cast-iron details create a consistent scale and visual continuity. The district was listed as a distinctive example of mixed commercial and residential architecture, and local groups have been rehabilitating its buildings.","period_of_significance":"1875-1928","architect_builder":"Francis G. Himper (St. Francis de Sales Church); John Boll (San Marco Building)","architectural_style":"Italianate, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival and Art Deco","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and altered. The San Marco Building was recently rehabilitated as housing after standing idle and deteriorated for years; rehabilitation of other buildings is under way.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.796842-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83001983.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001983/2bd70d2139-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001983/2bd70d2139-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madison_and_Woodburn_Historic_District.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madison_and_Woodburn_Historic_District.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988933","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_and_Woodburn_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6728224"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/madison-and-woodburn-historic-district-83001983/"}