{"nrhp_refnum":"86001638","name":"Pabodie, Professor William, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"731 Brooks Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wyoming","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.231253636000076,"lon":-84.47622555399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-08-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story Second Empire cottage built about 1870 at 731 Brooks Avenue in Wyoming, Hamilton County, Ohio. It has a wood balloon frame, beveled siding and a wood-shingled mansard roof.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an outstanding, regionally significant example of a Second Empire cottage, almost entirely unaltered even to its wood shingles. It is the only fully developed Second Empire building in Wyoming. It is also tied to Professor William H. Pabodie, one of the early Cincinnati professionals to make Wyoming his home as the village was promoted as a suburb.","narrative":"This small Second Empire cottage at 731 Brooks Avenue in Wyoming, Ohio, dates from about 1870. It is a one-and-a-half-story balloon-frame house with beveled siding and a concave wood-shingle mansard roof pierced by semicircular dormers on every side. Decorative details include paired eave brackets, a veranda with chamfered pillars and scroll-sawn gingerbread, and chimneys with triple pots. The back is as carefully finished as the front. The nomination describes it as one of Ohio's most outstanding small-scale examples of the style and the only fully developed Second Empire building in the Wyoming survey area, remarkably unaltered. It was moved back from Springfield Pike when Brooks Avenue was laid out in the 1920s, though its orientation and setting changed little. Its first notable resident, Professor William H. Pabodie, taught mathematics in Cincinnati public schools and at Woodward High School. He was among the early professionals to settle in Wyoming as it developed into a Cincinnati commuter suburb.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Second Empire Cottage","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Exterior in good condition, described as in mint condition; interior unknown. Moved back from Springfield Pike when Brooks Avenue was built in the 1920s. 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 02:53:14.818607-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/86001638.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001638/73d8419b89-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001638/73d8419b89-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ProfessorWilliamPabodieHouse.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:ProfessorWilliamPabodieHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986400","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_William_Pabodie_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7248197"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/pabodie-professor-william-house-86001638/"}