{"nrhp_refnum":"84001046","name":"Courtland Flats","other_names":["Courtstreet Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"117-121 E. Court St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.10651318200007,"lon":-84.51155631399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-12-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Courtland Flats is a five-story brick apartment (flat) building with ground-floor storefronts at 117-121 East Court Street in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, built by 1902 for liquor distiller Christopher Sandheger.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a notable and unusual example of the Second Renaissance Revival style in downtown Cincinnati and the first flat building constructed in that style there. Its facade stresses elaborate window heads, projecting pilasters and bold entablatures rather than the usual rustication and quoins. It also reflects the mixed-use character of downtown before the automobile and the career of Sandheger, a prominent distiller.","narrative":"Courtland Flats is a five-story brick building at 117-121 East Court Street in downtown Cincinnati, with commercial storefronts below and apartments above. It was completed by 1902 for Christopher Sandheger, a German-born liquor distiller who ran a wholesale wine and liquor business nearby and who had cleared an earlier brick residence from the site. The facade shows Second Renaissance Revival design, but with unusual emphasis on elaborate window hoodmolds, triangular pediments on the third floor, segmental pediments on the fourth, and projecting pilasters with capitals. Inside, spiral-baluster stairways, tiled landings, marble wainscoting, wooden mantels and tile-lined light wells survive. The nomination considers it the first flat building in this style downtown, based on map and deed research. Early tenants included salesmen, clerks and dressmakers, while the storefronts housed businesses tied to the Court Street canal market. Sandheger lived next door, illustrating the mixed-use pattern common in downtown Cincinnati before suburban commuting.","period_of_significance":"1902","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Second Renaissance Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed as private and partly unoccupied at the time of the form; the central entrance was boarded up and an architect's office occupied the easternmost storefront. Condition noted as altered with minor alterations.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.683108-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84001046.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001046/fe84ac7381-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001046/fe84ac7381-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Greg5030","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CourtlandFlats.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Greg5030</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CourtlandFlats.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988987","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtland_Flats","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5178552"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/courtland-flats-84001046/"}