{"nrhp_refnum":"96000931","name":"May, David and Mary, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3723 Washington Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.15209465000004,"lon":-84.49444605699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-08-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story Indiana limestone mansion at 3723 Washington Avenue in North Avondale, Cincinnati, Ohio, built in 1910 and designed by architects McMiller & Taft, with a sunken garden and stone garage on 1.75 acres.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be significant under Criterion A as one of the elegant residences that made Avondale Cincinnati's most elegant Jewish neighborhood from about 1900 to the 1950s. It is also significant under Criterion C as an excellent example of Italian Renaissance Revival style, blended with French Renaissance elements.","narrative":"Built in 1910 at the corner of Washington and Norway Avenues in North Avondale, this three-story Indiana limestone mansion combines Italian Renaissance and French Renaissance Revival styles. Cincinnati architects McMiller & Taft designed it for David and Mary May. The front facade has an open veranda with three double doorways framed by Tuscan columns, and green tile roofing tops the house. The grounds include a pair of ornate wrought iron gates, a brick circular drive, a two-car stone garage and a formal sunken garden with curved stairways, pools and a large fountain. The lot once covered 11 acres, but the rear park was sold and subdivided in the 1930s, leaving 1.75 acres. Inside, a Rookwood tile fireplace, a foyer with Doric columns and a large leaded glass window survive. The house is listed as an example of early twentieth century revival architecture and as one of the grand residences marking Avondale's growth as Cincinnati's leading Jewish neighborhood between 1900 and the 1950s.","period_of_significance":"1910-1946","architect_builder":"McMiller & Taft","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Italian Renaissance, French Renaissance","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single-family dwelling; the interior has had no major changes except an enclosed rear porch, now a mud room.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.021328-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/96000931.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000931/e8163e79cf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000931/e8163e79cf-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_and_Mary_May_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_and_Mary_May_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989163","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_and_Mary_May_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5241439"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/may-david-and-mary-house-96000931/"}