{"nrhp_refnum":"95000878","name":"Race Street Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Cincinnati Gymnasium and Athletic Club"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly, along Race, W. 6th and W. 7th Sts. and Shillito Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.10302860100006,"lon":-84.51503212099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-08-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A commercial historic district in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, covering a little more than a block of Race Street plus Shillito Place and parts of West Sixth and West Seventh Streets. It holds 25 low- and mid-rise commercial buildings dating from about 1850 to 1951.","why_significant":"The district keeps the early downtown street pattern, including narrow alleys, which surrounding redeveloped blocks have lost. Its buildings show a range of revival, Commercial and Moderne styles and record the area's commercial development from 1877 to 1951. Work by notable firms such as Elzner & Anderson and Tietig & Lee adds to its architectural interest.","narrative":"Race Street Historic District is a compact stretch of downtown Cincinnati made up of 25 commercial buildings along Race Street, Shillito Place and parts of West Sixth and West Seventh Streets. Buildings range from two to twelve stories, and most stand four to six stories tall, built to the sidewalk line. Unlike nearby blocks that have been redeveloped, the area keeps its early street pattern, including ten-foot-wide alleys. The buildings date from about 1850 to 1951 and show Italianate, Second Empire, Romanesque Revival, Italian Renaissance, Commercial and Moderne styles. Key buildings include the Lazarus Department Store, which began as the 1877 John Shillito Company store and was refaced in 1938 in a streamlined Moderne design. Others are the Robertson, Groton, Denton, Lancaster and Conrad buildings and the Cincinnati Gymnasium & Athletic Club. Architects such as Elzner & Anderson and Tietig & Lee designed some of them. The district was listed for its commercial history and architecture, with one noncontributing building.","period_of_significance":"1877-1951","architect_builder":"Elzner & Anderson, James McLaughlin, Tietig & Lee, Jos. G. Steinkamp & Bro.","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century; Late Victorian; Late 19th and 20th Century American Movements (including Italianate, Second Empire, Romanesque Revival, Italian Renaissance, Commercial, Moderne)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Most buildings have altered ground-floor storefronts. Current functions include commerce and recreation, and the form also lists some vacant space. One of the 25 buildings, 603 Race Street, is noncontributing.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.475824-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/95000878.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000878/67e6d56a09-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000878/67e6d56a09-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Race_Street_Historic_District_building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Race_Street_Historic_District_building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989039","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_Street_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7278922"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/race-street-historic-district-95000878/"}