{"nrhp_refnum":"87002074","name":"Cunningham-Maier House","other_names":["Maier--Frederick (Reed) House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"506 Sixth","address_restricted":false,"city":"Portsmouth","county":"Scioto County","state":"OH","lat":38.73470071500003,"lon":-83.00264908899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-12-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick house at 506 Sixth Street (southeast corner of Sixth and Market) in the Boneyfiddle area of Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, completed in 1863 for merchant Benjamin F. Cunningham, with an early frame carriage house at the rear.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an intact example of the Italianate style adapted to an early Portsmouth house type, with a two-story, three-bay facade and sidehall entry. Alterations made before 1920 were in keeping with its style and character. It is also tied to Cunningham, a baking powder manufacturer, and to August Maier, a German immigrant brewer and beer sales agent.","narrative":"This two-story brick house at 506 Sixth Street in Portsmouth's Boneyfiddle area was completed in 1863 for Benjamin F. Cunningham, a merchant and baking powder manufacturer. It is a simplified Italianate design with a low-pitched hip roof, a cornice with thin brackets, parlor-length first floor windows, and flat stone lintels and sills. The three-bay facade with a sidehall entry is typical of early residential architecture in the city. Some 6/6 windows from an earlier tradition survive, and the interior retains original moldings, door and window treatments, and a simple staircase. In 1891 the house was bought by August Maier, a German immigrant who started a brewery in Boneyfiddle and later sold Lion Beer from Cincinnati. His descendants still lived there in 1987. Early in the twentieth century the porches were enclosed and the house was divided into two apartments. A frame carriage house remains at the rear. The house was listed for its intact Italianate character.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Built by Benjamin F. Cunningham (architect and contractor unknown)","architectural_style":"Simplified Italianate (Italianate influence, with earlier 6/6 window influence)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition rated excellent; described as virtually unchanged and occupied by descendants of August Maier as of 1987.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.803523-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/87002074.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986084","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/scioto-county/cunningham-maier-house-87002074/"}