St. Peter's Lick Run Historic District
The National Park Service has not published a boundary polygon for this district; the map shows the listed properties inside it and the district's reference point.
Why it's listed
Three stone buildings and a frame shed along Queen City Avenue in Cincinnati's South Fairmount neighborhood make up this small district. A one-story church from about 1840, a two-story hip-roofed school from the early 1850s and a stonemason's house from about 1849 sit close together beside the sidewalk. The church began as a residence and served a German Catholic congregation from 1843 to 1869. The house was built by Nicholas Schwab, a German stonemason, who lived there until 1881. All three stone buildings now serve as homes, and stucco applied before 1940 is the main change to their rough-faced stone walls. The group is the oldest surviving trace of a German Catholic settlement west of the Mill Creek. Its church and school are the second oldest of their kind in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, and they date from a formative period for the city's German Catholics, when German immigration was rising sharply. The shed is counted as noncontributing.
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| Period of significance | 1844-1869 |
|---|---|
| Styles | Other: 1-story Gable Front; 1-story Side Gable; 2-story Hip Roof |
| Areas of significance | European, Exploration/Settlement, Religion |
| Acreage | 3 |
| Boundary source | not published |
| Full listing page | St. Peter's Lick Run Historic District (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.