{"nrhp_refnum":"83001986","name":"Park Flats","other_names":["Park Apartments"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2378-2384 Park Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.125514345000056,"lon":-84.48596159499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story apartment building at 2378-2384 Park Avenue in the Walnut Hills area of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, built in 1904 by developer Charles Mayer.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a local example of combining elements of the Chicago Commercial style with the classicism of the early 20th century in a residential building. Its repeated multi-story bay windows recall early Chicago skyscrapers, while the rusticated base, beltcourses and classical details reflect a simple Second Renaissance Revival treatment. It also shows a developer's choice of a location near Peebles Corner and downtown streetcar lines.","narrative":"Park Flats, also called Park Apartments, is a four-story apartment building at 2378-2384 Park Avenue in Cincinnati's Walnut Hills neighborhood. Developer Charles Mayer built it in 1904, shortly after moving from insurance into real estate; the architect is not known. The building has a rusticated stone base, buff-colored brick upper stories, two beltcourses per floor and a heavy bracketed cornice. Eight three-story bay windows line the Park Avenue front, and four arched entrances with opalescent glass fanlights serve the apartments. The nomination values the design as a blend of Chicago Commercial style functionality, seen in the repeated tall bays that bring in light and ventilation, with the classical taste of the early twentieth century. Its location near Peebles Corner, the area's main commercial center, and two blocks from downtown streetcars attracted residents such as clerks, stenographers and merchants. Other apartment buildings of the period in the city have bays, but not continuous or taller than two stories.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Charles Mayer, developer (architect not known)","architectural_style":"Chicago Commercial style combined with Second Renaissance Revival elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Marked as occupied; the form lists the condition as good and altered, with a brick wall on the rear porches now stuccoed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.276891-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83001986.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001986/5f8fabfbf0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001986/5f8fabfbf0-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Park_Flats,_Cincinnati.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Park_Flats,_Cincinnati.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988853","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Flats","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7137732"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/park-flats-83001986/"}