{"nrhp_refnum":"85002835","name":"Peeble's Corner Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Ransley Flats","Park Flats"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly E. McMillan St. and Gilbert Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.125566490500034,"lon":-84.4947113286503,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-11-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A commercial and residential historic district in Cincinnati's Walnut Hills area, Hamilton County, Ohio, centered on the intersection of East McMillan Street and Gilbert Avenue. It contains seventy-four buildings, mostly built between about 1861 and 1935.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant for its role in Cincinnati's neighborhood commercial development and for its architecture. It was a major commercial crossroads from the 1860s, and the 1925 Cincinnati Master Plan called it \"one of the most important intersections in the city.\" Its multi-family and mixed-use buildings show Italianate, Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Romanesque, Renaissance Revival and Art Deco styles, including work by prominent local architects.","narrative":"Peeble's Corner is a dense commercial and residential district in Cincinnati's Walnut Hills neighborhood, built around the meeting of East McMillan Street and Gilbert Avenue. Seventy-four buildings, mostly two to four stories of brick with sandstone trim, line the streets in rows or as free-standing structures. The crossroads formed where Montgomery Pike (Gilbert Avenue) and Madisonville Pike (McMillan Avenue) met, and by the 1860s it served as a hilltop shopping center for the community. The 1925 Cincinnati Master Plan still described it as one of the city's most important intersections. Buildings date from about 1861 to 1935 and show Italianate, Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Romanesque, Renaissance Revival and Art Deco styles. Fire Company #16, built in 1871 and designed by Anderson and Hannaford, is the oldest remaining fire station in Cincinnati. Uniform setbacks, brick walls and consistent heights give the district a cohesive appearance despite altered storefronts and some demolition.","period_of_significance":"C. 1861-1935","architect_builder":"Various; Fire Company #16 designed by Anderson and Hannaford","architectural_style":"Italianate, Queen Anne, Classical Revival, Romanesque, Renaissance Revival, Art Deco","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Sixty-four contributing and ten non-contributing buildings; many storefronts altered and some neglect and spot demolition noted. Mixed occupied and unoccupied uses, with some vacant lots inside the boundary.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.472583-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/85002835.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002835/2332ae494d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002835/2332ae494d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peeble%27s_Corner_Historic_District.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peeble%27s_Corner_Historic_District.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989041","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peebles%27_Corner_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7160125"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/peebles-corner-historic-district-85002835/"}