{"nrhp_refnum":"86000014","name":"Cummins School","other_names":["22nd District Public School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"824 Wiliam H. Taft Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.12796211800003,"lon":-84.49084835499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-01-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Cummins School is a 3 1/2-story brick Italianate public school building at 824 William H. Taft Road in the Walnut Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, begun in 1871 and opened in 1873, with a rear addition built in 1907.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is an excellent, well-maintained example of the Italianate style applied to a large public building, a school type found in very limited numbers in Cincinnati. It is also significant for its association with Cincinnati architect Samuel Hannaford, and it served as a prototype for the city's school system because of its cost effectiveness and innovative floor plan.","narrative":"Cummins School, at 824 William H. Taft Road in Cincinnati's Walnut Hills neighborhood, is a 3 1/2-story brick school built in the Italianate style. Construction began in 1871, two years after Walnut Hills was annexed to the city, and the school opened in 1873. The double-E plan has a symmetrical five-bay front with a projecting central bay, bracketed pediment lintels, a rock-faced ashlar foundation and corbeled chimneys. A two-story classically inspired addition was added at the rear in 1907. Samuel Hannaford designed the building, and Edward C. Crofton built it. School officials called it worthy of ranking with the best school buildings, and it was recognized at the Paris exposition of 1900 along with other Cincinnati schools. It and another Hannaford school served as prototypes for the city's school system because of their cost effectiveness and innovative floor plans. The building served as a school for more than a century and is now vacant.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect Samuel Hannaford; builder Edward C. Crofton","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as vacant, with the interior in fair condition and the exterior in good condition. The school closed within the last few years after operating for over 100 years.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.976088-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/86000014.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000014/cbaacb5b74-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000014/cbaacb5b74-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cummins_School.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cummins_School.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985426","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cummins_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5194146"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/cummins-school-86000014/"}