{"nrhp_refnum":"83004306","name":"Gilbert-Sinton Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Morris, Gilbert and Sinton Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.11938182550006,"lon":-84.49469448579447,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-10-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A triangular residential historic district northeast of downtown Cincinnati, just north of Eden Park, bounded by Gilbert Avenue, Sinton Avenue and Morris Street. It holds 53 buildings, mostly houses, flats and rowhouses, built from the 1880s to the early twentieth century.","why_significant":"The district preserves a cohesive group of late-nineteenth-century residential buildings in Queen Anne and Shingle Style forms, built by several developers, notably Thomas Emery's Sons and Charles Dickson. Its development followed the cable and electric streetcar lines up the hill from downtown. The varied exteriors reflect the work of different developers, and many buildings share chimneys, porches and other details.","narrative":"Gilbert-Sinton Historic District is a triangular neighborhood northeast of downtown Cincinnati, just north of Eden Park. Gilbert Avenue, Sinton Avenue and Morris Street form its edges. It contains 53 buildings, mostly residential, built between the 1880s and the early twentieth century. Stone-faced buildings dominate the south, brick buildings with stone and metal trim line Sinton Avenue, and frame houses with decorative shingles fill the north. These groupings reflect different developers at work. Thomas Emery's Sons built in three phases, with Joseph Steinkamp presumed to be the architect. Charles Dickson developed most of Morris Street, and James Sibley leased houses on Deerfield Place to working-class tenants who could buy them after three years. Cable and electric streetcar lines up the hill encouraged growth. Building types range from flats and duplexes to single-family houses and large rowhouses, many with shared corbelled chimneys and similar porches. Some buildings have been rehabilitated, while others are neglected or demolished.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Joseph Steinkamp (presumed architect for Thomas Emery's Sons); John Steinkamp (superintendent of construction); developers Thomas Emery's Sons, Charles Dickson, Anthony Dittrich, James W. Sibley","architectural_style":"Queen Anne and Shingle Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is mixed: many buildings have been rehabilitated, some sympathetically and some not, while others are neglected and some have been demolished recently.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.730041-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83004306.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004306/d66ea7d0dc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004306/d66ea7d0dc-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Houses_on_Sinton_Avenue.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Houses_on_Sinton_Avenue.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989059","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%E2%80%93Sinton_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1523905"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/gilbert-sinton-historic-district-83004306/"}