{"nrhp_refnum":"84003714","name":"St. Francis Hospital","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1860 Queen City Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.12709521100004,"lon":-84.56033831999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-04-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 4 1/2-story Queen Anne style hospital building at 1860 Queen City Avenue in the South Fairmount neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, built in stages from 1888 to 1900 on a hillside site, with rear additions made in 1958 and 1966.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion A for its social/humanitarian service, as a hospital founded by the Sisters of the Poor that never turned away sick or injured people and pioneered several services. Under Criterion C, it is a distinct Cincinnati example of the Queen Anne style by prominent architect George W. Rapp.","narrative":"St. Francis Hospital is a 4 1/2-story Queen Anne building at 1860 Queen City Avenue in Cincinnati's South Fairmount neighborhood. Designed by architect George W. Rapp, it rose in stages between 1888 and 1900 on a hillside site once occupied by a German cemetery. Its polychromatic brick with stone banding, corner turrets, hip roofs with stepped and paired dormers, and a hexagonal central pavilion topped by a cupola and a statue of St. Francis give it a commanding presence. Inside are marble floors and stairs, wrought iron railings, and stained glass in the chapel and a skylight. The Sisters of the Poor founded the hospital to care for the chronically ill and aged, easing crowding at their St. Mary's Hospital. It admitted all sick or injured people, treated cancer patients when few others did, and later hosted a cancer research laboratory and clinic. Rear additions came in 1958 and 1966, leaving the original structure largely intact.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"George W. Rapp","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The form describes the building as in good condition and marks it occupied and unoccupied; it notes conversion from a hospital to a senior citizens residence as a fitting continuance of its service.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.66333-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84003714.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003714/90c3b66e07-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003714/90c3b66e07-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Francis_Hospital_in_Cincinnati.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Francis_Hospital_in_Cincinnati.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989173","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Francis_Hospital_(Cincinnati,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7587966"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/st-francis-hospital-84003714/"}