{"nrhp_refnum":"83001984","name":"Main and Third Street Cluster","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"300-302, 304-306 Main St., and 208-210 E. 3rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.099424422000055,"lon":-84.50868379014247,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A cluster of three commercial buildings at 300-306 Main Street and 208-210 East Third Street in Cincinnati's central business district: the McMicken School of Design (1862), the Anderson Building (1893) and the Burkhardt Building (c. 1910).","why_significant":"The nomination argues the cluster is significant to the architectural history of Cincinnati's central business district because it embodies late nineteenth and early twentieth century commercial architecture. The McMicken School of Design and Anderson Building are credited with high artistic values and workmanship. The area was also the early center of Cincinnati's commercial and retail activity.","narrative":"Three commercial buildings at the corner of Main and East Third Streets in downtown Cincinnati form a cluster that reflects the area's early role as the city's commercial and retail center. The oldest, the McMicken School of Design at 300-302 Main Street, dates from 1862 and was designed by William Walters in the Italianate style, with sandstone facades and a bracketed metal cornice. It originally housed the design school on its top two floors, with commercial and banking uses below. Next door, the Anderson Building of 1893 shows Victorian Commercial detailing, including double pediments, triple windows and zig-zag brickwork. It was built by the Lars Anderson estate as an investment. The Burkhardt Building of about 1910, at 208-210 East Third Street, is a five-story Neo-classical Revival structure linked internally to the McMicken building for a fur merchant's business. Together they illustrate commercial styles that have become scarce in the central business district.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"William Walters, architect (McMicken School of Design)","architectural_style":"Italianate (McMicken School of Design); Victorian Commercial (Anderson Building); Neo-classical Revival (Burkhardt Building)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Storefronts of all three buildings have been altered from their original design; the Anderson Building's first and second floors house a restaurant and bar, and the form calls for rehabilitation under the Secretary of the Interior's Standards.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.606976-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83001984.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001984/f791102a4d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001984/f791102a4d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Main_and_Third_Street_Cluster.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Main_and_Third_Street_Cluster.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83004654","name":"Main-Third Street Buildings","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/main-third-street-buildings-83004654/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988943","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_and_Third_Street_Cluster","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6736202"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/main-and-third-street-cluster-83001984/"}