{"nrhp_refnum":"99000318","name":"Cincinnati East Manufacturing and Warehouse District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Between E. Court and E. Eighth, Broadway and Main Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.10613265400005,"lon":-84.5086972521159,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-03-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of 25 buildings, plus parking lots and small parks, on the eastern edge of Cincinnati's central business district in Hamilton County, Ohio. It covers roughly 10 whole or partial blocks between E. Eighth and E. Court streets and between Broadway and Main streets. Buildings date from about 1860 to the late 1940s.","why_significant":"The district is nominated under Criteria A and C as a surviving cluster of manufacturing, warehouse and automotive-related buildings. It reflects the area's growth from canal- and railroad-era industry, including pork packing and shoe manufacturing, into the twentieth century. It also shows a range of styles, chiefly Italianate and Chicago/Commercial, with a high level of architectural integrity.","narrative":"On the eastern fringe of downtown Cincinnati, this district of 25 buildings covers about ten blocks between E. Eighth and E. Court streets and Broadway and Main streets. Most buildings are five- to seven-story brick loft structures, with some low automotive buildings from the early twentieth century. Landmarks include the 10-story Power Building of 1903, noted for its self-supporting electrical system, the 12-story Post Times-Star Building of 1933, and a 1905 flatiron building. The area grew up around the Miami-Erie Canal and the Little Miami Railroad depot. By the 1850s it was densely filled with pork packers, lumber concerns and other industries. Later shoe manufacturers and automotive businesses followed. The district contains Italianate buildings from about 1860 to 1885, Chicago/Commercial loft buildings from 1904 to 1921, and a rare late 1920s filling station. It was listed for its association with the city's industrial development and for its architecture, which retains a high degree of integrity despite surface parking lots.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Alfred O. Elzner (212 E. Eighth Street); Samuel Hannaford & Sons (Krippendorf-Dittman Building, outside the district)","architectural_style":"Italianate; Chicago/Commercial Style; Romanesque; Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival; Art Deco","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current uses include business, government offices and a fire station. Alterations are mainly window sash changes and storefront modifications.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.914165-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/99000318.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000318/29ba90546b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000318/29ba90546b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sycamore_in_the_Manufacturing_and_Warehouse_District.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sycamore_in_the_Manufacturing_and_Warehouse_District.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989101","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_East_Manufacturing_and_Warehouse_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5120246"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/cincinnati-east-manufacturing-and-warehouse-district-99000318/"}