{"nrhp_refnum":"98000040","name":"Levy, Harry Milton, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2383 Observatory Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.138076599000044,"lon":-84.45456861399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-01-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story single-family house at 2383 Observatory Avenue in the Hyde Park section of Cincinnati, Ohio, built in 1917 for Harry Milton Levy, with a stone garage and apartment on the same lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant under Criterion C for architecture, as a high-quality example of Tudor Revival design with Craftsman influences. It cites the refined handling of stone, brick and half-timbering and the elegant interiors. The form suggests an out-of-town architect, possibly Grosvenor Atterbury, because of strong stylistic parallels with his work.","narrative":"Built in 1917 for Harry Milton Levy, this house at 2383 Observatory Avenue in Cincinnati's Hyde Park neighborhood is a Tudor Revival dwelling with Craftsman touches. It rises two and a half stories on a steel frame, with a sandstone first floor and red brick set in dark half-timbering above. A low roof of flat red terra-cotta tile, deep bracketed eaves and leaded casement windows complete the exterior. A tall two-story bay marks the north front. Inside, the formal rooms include a living room with a geometric plaster ceiling drawing on Jacobean models, a carved strapwork stair railing, and a solarium with round arches. A stone garage with an apartment above stands at the southeast corner of the lot, beside the Cincinnati Country Club grounds. The house was listed for its architectural quality, notably the subtle treatment of materials and the balance of horizontal and vertical lines. The architect is unknown, though the nomination compares it closely to the work of Grosvenor Atterbury. It was converted back from apartments to a single home in the 1990s.","period_of_significance":"1917","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Bungalow/Craftsman/Tudor Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently a single-family dwelling. It was divided into two apartments between 1935 and the end of World War II, then converted back and rehabilitated in the 1990s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.829076-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/98000040.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000040/dc9b0a1ddc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000040/dc9b0a1ddc-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harry_Milton_Levy_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harry_Milton_Levy_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988851","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Milton_Levy_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5671121"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/levy-harry-milton-house-98000040/"}