{"nrhp_refnum":"84000132","name":"Melbourne Flats","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"39 W. McMillan St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.12754128300003,"lon":-84.51324531499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-10-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Melbourne Flats is a sixteen-apartment, buff-brick apartment building at 39 West McMillan Street in the Clifton Heights neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, built in 1898 and designed by Joseph G. Steinkamp.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant under Criterion C for its turn-of-the-century classical design, which is rare among older multi-family apartment buildings in Cincinnati. Its large semi-circular arches, false quoins and elaborate entablature make it an important example of neo-classical architecture in the city. It also represents the work of Joseph G. Steinkamp, a prolific designer of school, office and apartment buildings.","narrative":"Melbourne Flats is a buff-brick apartment building on a sloping lot at 39 West McMillan Street in Cincinnati's Clifton Heights neighborhood. Completed in 1898, it stands two stories high at the street and three at the rear, on a T-shaped plan above a limestone foundation. The symmetrical front has three semi-circular arches at the entrance, a center window with the name Melbourne in colored glass, false quoins made from alternating red and buff brick, and a dentiled cornice. Joseph G. Steinkamp designed and developed the building, and lived in it for a few years. His firm, J. G. Steinkamp and Brother, designed many Cincinnati schools, offices and apartment buildings. The design is unusual among the city's apartment buildings of the period, blending Beaux-Arts, Neo-Classical and Second Renaissance Revival motifs. Its sixteen apartments have been rehabilitated, and the building remains largely unaltered and prominent in a mostly residential neighborhood.","period_of_significance":"1898","architect_builder":"Joseph G. Steinkamp","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical, combining Beaux-Arts, Neo-Classical and Second Renaissance Revival motifs","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Occupied and in excellent, virtually unaltered condition; the sixteen apartments were recently rehabilitated under a plan certified by the Department of the Interior.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.954031-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84000132.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000132/468d6028db-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000132/468d6028db-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Melbourne_Flats_in_Cincinnati.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Melbourne_Flats_in_Cincinnati.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988855","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Flats","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6811771"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/melbourne-flats-84000132/"}