{"nrhp_refnum":"84002714","name":"Procter and Collier-Beau Brummell Building","other_names":["Gordon B. Miller &amp","Co. Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"440 E. McMillan St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.12690420600006,"lon":-84.50031288399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-10-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story Tudor Revival industrial building at 440 E. McMillan Street in Cincinnati's Walnut Hills area, built in 1921 for the Procter and Collier Company to designs by Elzner and Anderson, later used by Beau Brummell neckwear.","why_significant":"The building is argued to be a distinctive example of Early Tudor Revival architecture in Cincinnati and a representative work of Elzner and Anderson, the city's leading Tudor-style architects. Its Elizabethan appearance and semi-suburban hilltop site also reflect \"city beautiful\" principles and the use of corporate symbolism in commercial architecture, notably through its water tower.","narrative":"Set on a landscaped rise above East McMillan Street in Cincinnati's Walnut Hills area, this 2½-story industrial building was completed in 1921 for the Procter and Collier Company, a printing and advertising firm. Elzner and Anderson designed it in an Early Tudor style, using fieldstone, stucco and half-timbering over a concrete frame. A brick water tower carries the slogan \"Beau Brummel Ties the Best,\" and inside, a wood-paneled Advertisers Hall with a Rookwood mantel remains largely original. The company chose the hilltop site for light, ventilation and quiet away from downtown. In 1936 the building was sold to the maker of Beau Brummell neckwear, which used it for decades and made it a familiar local landmark. It is considered significant as a distinctive Tudor Revival work by the firm that led that style in Cincinnati, and as an example of corporate image-making in architecture. A new owner planned to rehabilitate it.","period_of_significance":"1921","architect_builder":"Elzner and Anderson, Cincinnati","architectural_style":"Tudor Revival (Early Tudor)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Marked as in work in progress; a new owner planned to rehabilitate it using the investment tax credit, and the covered skylights were to be restored. Condition listed as good and altered.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:15.171372-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84002714.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002714/3a50c28b35-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002714/3a50c28b35-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Procter_and_Collier-Beau_Brummell_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Procter_and_Collier-Beau_Brummell_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989043","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procter_and_Collier%E2%80%93Beau_Brummell_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7247496"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/procter-and-collier-beau-brummell-building-84002714/"}