{"nrhp_refnum":"86001629","name":"Bromwell, Jacob, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"69 Mt. Pleasant Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wyoming","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.22339931000005,"lon":-84.47963429299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-08-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Victorian Italianate frame house at 69 Mt. Pleasant Avenue in Wyoming, Hamilton County, Ohio, built about 1876. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The house is significant as the home of Jacob H. Bromwell, Wyoming's fifth mayor (1880-1886). He advocated a village master plan in his first annual address, and council adopted it, making Wyoming an early planner of systematic development. He was also a professor, attorney, City Solicitor, Common Pleas judge and nine-year U.S. Representative.","narrative":"Built around 1876 at 69 Mt. Pleasant Avenue in Wyoming, Ohio, this two-story Victorian Italianate house has a balloon frame, weatherboard siding, an L-shaped plan and a gable roof with asphalt shingles. Details include a left pavilion with mullioned windows, a gable with board and batten, sawtooth trim and a bullseye window, and a porch with chamfered pillars, brackets and a bracketed cornice. A one-story bay projects on the east side. The house is tied to Jacob H. Bromwell, Wyoming's fifth mayor from 1880 to 1886. In his first annual address he urged a general survey of the village so that grades and public improvements could follow a unified system. Council adopted the idea, and Wyoming became an early adopter of systematic planning, which led to wider streets and later to cement sidewalks, among the earliest in Ohio. Bromwell also worked as a professor and attorney, served as City Solicitor and Common Pleas judge, and spent nine years in the U.S. House of Representatives. The lot is about half an acre, and the house was recorded as vacant.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian Italianate","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Listed as a residence (vacant); exterior condition good, interior unknown.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.88198-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/86001629.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001629/fe7af0d793-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001629/fe7af0d793-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JacobBromwellHouseLR.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:JacobBromwellHouseLR.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986410","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Bromwell_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6118416"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/bromwell-jacob-house-86001629/"}