{"nrhp_refnum":"86001628","name":"Baldwin, Joseph W., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"217 Springfield Pike","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wyoming","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.22173348100006,"lon":-84.47343938099993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-08-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Italian Villa style residence with a three-story tower at 217 Springfield Pike in Wyoming, Hamilton County, Ohio, built around 1884. It sits on a 0.7-acre lot set well back from the road.","why_significant":"The house is architecturally significant as one of only three Italian Villa style houses with a tower in Wyoming, and it strongly conveys the Victorian-era development of the town along Springfield Pike. It is historically significant for Joseph W. Baldwin, one of the Cincinnati industrial managers who chose to live in Wyoming.","narrative":"Built around 1884 at 217 Springfield Pike in Wyoming, Ohio, this two-story frame house is a fine example of the Italian Villa style. A three-story tower with a pyramidal roof and iron finial rises in the angle beside the main doorway. Other features include bevel siding, a slate gable roof, a box bay with paired windows, a band of triangular decoration below the gable, and a king post gable ornament with pierced panels. Joseph W. Baldwin, an officer of the C. R. Talbot Company, an iron and nail firm, and later with Equitable Fire Insurance in Cincinnati, lived here until 1900. Lawrence Maxwell, a Cincinnati lawyer, owned it from 1900 to 1907, followed by Herbert Padley, a foreman, until 1925. The house is one of only three Italian Villa examples with a tower in Wyoming and gives a strong impression of the town's Victorian growth along a now busy highway. The front door and porch pillars have been replaced, though the house remains a residence in excellent condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italian Villa Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Interior and exterior condition are both listed as excellent; the front door has been changed and the porch pillars appear to have been replaced. It is still used as a residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.400414-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/86001628.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001628/0ef2415577-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001628/0ef2415577-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JosephWBaldwinHouseLR.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo by Greg Hume (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:JosephWBaldwinHouseLR.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986424","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_W._Baldwin_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6287641"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/baldwin-joseph-w-house-86001628/"}