{"nrhp_refnum":"84000228","name":"Gifford, Dr. William, House","other_names":["TKE Fraternity"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3047 Prospect Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.501351439000075,"lon":-81.66601041699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-11-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story Tudor Revival house at 3047 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, built in 1901 as the home of Dr. William Gifford. W.W. Sabin is listed as the architect.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its architecture, as a good example of Tudor Revival style. Its highly pitched roof and dormers, half-timbered second story and ogee-arched porch are cited. An illustration of the design, with some modifications, appeared in the 1901 Cleveland Architectural Club exhibition.","narrative":"Built in 1901 at 3047 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, this two-and-a-half-story house was designed by architect W.W. Sabin for Dr. William Gifford. It combines a brick lower story with a half-timbered second story under a roof of intersecting gables that face the street. A central porch has ogee-arched openings and a dentilled cornice, and carved wooden brackets and panels add detail. The house was listed for its architecture, as a good example of the Tudor Revival style. Its steeply pitched roof, dormers, half-timbering and arched porch are the features singled out, and a version of the design was illustrated in the 1901 Cleveland Architectural Club exhibition. Gifford's family used it as a single-family residence for sixteen years. In 1917 it became the Mary Ingersoll Girls Club, a boarding home for self-supporting young women, founded in 1901 by Mary Ingersoll. It is now used as a fraternity house and is part of the Upper Prospect group of listed properties.","period_of_significance":"1901","architect_builder":"W.W. Sabin (architect); builder unknown","architectural_style":"Tudor Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior in good condition; used as a fraternity house, privately owned.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.127159-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84000228.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000228/78c040aa00-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000228/78c040aa00-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Ohio Office of Redevelopment","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gifford_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ohio Office of Redevelopment</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gifford_House.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/71984612","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._William_Gifford_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5304473"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/gifford-dr-william-house-84000228/"}