{"nrhp_refnum":"99000096","name":"La Tosca Flats","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2700 Observatory Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.138083417000075,"lon":-84.44253702799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-02-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"La Tosca Flats is a three-story, nine-unit brick apartment building at 2700 Observatory Avenue, at the corner of Observatory Avenue and Edwards Road in Cincinnati's Hyde Park neighborhood, built in 1915.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a distinguished and uncommon example of the Prairie style applied to a small apartment building in Cincinnati. It is evaluated within the context of apartment house development in the city from about 1910 to 1930. It retains much of its original masonry detailing, windows, woodwork and mantelpieces, and has a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"La Tosca Flats is a nine-unit apartment building completed in 1915 at the corner of Observatory Avenue and Edwards Road in Cincinnati's Hyde Park neighborhood. Rising three stories above a raised basement, it is faced in chocolate-colored, wire-cut brick with belt courses, a corbeled cornice and stone entrance tablets bearing the building's name. Inside, apartments have angled doorways, oak woodwork with a fumed finish, built-in kitchen cabinets and distinctive wooden mantelpieces with green and gold tile. Its design draws on the Prairie and Craftsman styles, which were uncommon for apartment buildings in Cincinnati, where classical and revival styles were far more typical. The building is credited to Alfred E. Andersen. Its listing rests on architecture: it is regarded as a distinguished local example of a Prairie-style small apartment house that has changed little since construction. Original windows, interior detailing and layout survive, and later changes such as a basement shop doorway and rear murals are not visible from the street.","period_of_significance":"1915","architect_builder":"Andersen, Alfred E.","architectural_style":"Early 20th century American movements: Craftsman (Prairie style influence)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as multiple dwellings, with a dress store in the basement; alterations described as minimal and largely reversible.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.785258-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/99000096.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000096/ab0860e9c5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000096/ab0860e9c5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Tosca_Flats_front.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Tosca_Flats_front.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988871","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Tosca_Flats","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6465446"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/la-tosca-flats-99000096/"}