{"nrhp_refnum":"84000227","name":"Gaensslen, Phillip, House","other_names":["Fremont-Mahler and Associates"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3056 Prospect Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.500991869000075,"lon":-81.66588692099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-11-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Italianate house at 3056 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, built around 1870 and part of the Prospect Avenue area surveyed by the Cleveland Landmarks Commission.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its architecture and as the home of a prominent businessman. It is described as one of the better examples of Italianate residential architecture on Prospect Avenue. Phillip Gaensslen, a German-born newspaper director and brewing company president, lived there from 1883 to 1905.","narrative":"Built around 1870 at 3056 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, this two-story brick house is a notable example of Italianate residential design on a street known for such homes. Its features include round-arched windows with heavily molded stone hoods, rounded triparte windows, a rounded double-door entry, a two-story bay window on the right side, and a dentilled cornice with evenly spaced brackets. The house also has a stone foundation and a hipped roof. It is tied to Phillip Gaensslen, a German-born businessman who lived there from 1883 to 1905. In 1875 he directed Waechter am Erie, the city's German newspaper, and he later served as president of the Phoenix Brewing Company. A historian of Cleveland described him as one of the most influential German citizens of the city. The house was listed for its architectural quality and its association with Gaensslen. Its exterior remains in excellent condition, and it is now used commercially.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior condition listed as excellent; present use is commercial.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.23116-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84000227.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000227/c9c00d086c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000227/c9c00d086c-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Warren LeMay from Cincinnati, OH, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cleveland,_Central,_2018_-_Phillip_Gaensslen_House,_Prospect_Avenue_Historic_District,_Midtown,_Cleveland,_OH_(28326056048).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Warren LeMay from Cincinnati, OH, United States</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cleveland,_Central,_2018_-_Phillip_Gaensslen_House,_Prospect_Avenue_Historic_District,_Midtown,_Cleveland,_OH_(28326056048).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100006160","name":"Midtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/midtown-historic-district-100006160/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984666","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Gaensslen_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7185678"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/gaensslen-phillip-house-84000227/"}