Nomination for Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Clecoe-Auburn Place Row Houses

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OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior OCT 2 7 2003 National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the Nationa lassification, materials, and areas of sianificance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. Historic name Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses Other names/site number 2. Location street & number Glencoe Place, Leroy Court, View Court N/A - not for publication city or town Cincinnati N/A O vicinity county Hamilton 3.

State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of1986, as amended, 1 hereby certify that this [X nomination J request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property LX meets - does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant C nationally C statewide [Xi locally._See continuation sheet for additional comments.) October 20, 2003 Ohio Historic Preservation Office -- OH SHPO State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property meets - does not meet the National Register criteria. (] See continuation sheet for additional Signature of commenting or other official 4.

National Park Service Certification - determined not eligible for the -entered in the National Register L See continuation sheet. Date RECEIVED 1. Name of Property zip code 45219 National Register NPS Form 10-900 the information requested. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural state OH code 061 I, hereby certify that this property is: - removed from the National Register Date of Action comments.) other (explain): Place Row Houses Hamilton County, Ohio 5. Classification Ownership of Property Number of Resources within Property (Check as many boxes as apply) (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) - private - building(s) - public-local X district - public-State - public-Federal - structure D object Name of related multiple property listing in the National Register 6.

Function or Use Historic Functions Current Functions Domestic / multiple dwelling / hotel vacant / not in use 7. Description Late Victorian / Italianate / Queen Anne built up (original may have been tin) Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) see attached continuation sheets for articles 7 & 8. stone other roof Total Foundation brick walls Materials Architectural Classification Noncontributing Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn (Enter categories from instructions) Number of contributing resources previously listed Category of Property (Check only one box) site NPS Form 10-900 (Rev.

10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row House: Hamilton County, OH The Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Row Houses is a late nineteenth century self-contained four streets, which lead into the property, circle around, and lead back out again. The six separate buildings comprise 54 distinctive rowhouses [townhouses]. Several row houses have been demolished since 1934 [see Sanborn Map, 1934]. Four of the buildings that line the streets are groupings of Italianate row houses. The fifth building, which is almost identical to the first four in exterior appearance, contains flats and one row house, while the sixth building, built in the Queen Anne style, originally was a hotel and now consists of a flat and row houses.

Current photographs of buildings, groupings, and details are included and keyed to each on the Site Plan drawings and text accompanying the Registration submission. Individual Building Description: 7.1 Glencoe -Auburn/ North, even numbered 2-30 Glencoe Place Construction date: between 1884 and 1891 (present on 1891 Sanborn map). Streets not shown on 1884 "Outline Map of Cincinnati" A. H. Mueller, Philadelphia. 2-30 Glencoe Place consists of 15 row houses and lies on the north side of Glencoe Place (Photographs 1-6). As described, rising three stories from the stone belt occurring above street level with brick extending below the belt course to below street level additional story. The building is constructed of brick masonry with running bond with header bond course every eighth course. Sandstone is used at the belt course of the second floor and for the window lintels and sills.

These lintels have a carved circular pattern in their center, with dentiled incisions extending to the left and right. The lintels have been replaced with concrete block at the basement Description Building groupings and individual party wall buildings within each are identified on the attached drawings. The roof is shed-form, with a slight slope toward the rear of the units. A decorative painted galvanized metal- bracketed cornice with the scrollwork is present at the top of all the buildings. The windows are a modern 1/1 level in some cases. The street facade brick and trim are painted. The rear facade is unpainted. neighborhood of six detached buildings, set on a hillside (Photo 26). These six buildings completely enclose Architectural Classification Section number 7 Page 1 OMB No. 1024-0018 NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev.

10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number Z Page 2 Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses metal sash, and date to the mid 1970's renovation. The windows on the second and third stories of the main façade are in line with each other, but offset slightly from the window and door openings on the first floor. The front and rear doors are both modern metal panel doors. The entry is recessed inward from the front plane of the façade, providing a covered area inside the building. Although unusual, this may have been the historic configuration, as evidenced by the appearance of the entries in a 1964 photo (Figure 1). The entry stoops are a mixture of the original stone steps and top slab, and replaced slab or steps in concrete. The iron railings were replaced in the 1970's.

original stairs remain in some of the units, but that is the extent of any intact original interior features in this renovation done in the 1970's. buildings were basically of a very simple straightforward design. The decorative Italianate style detailing was limited to the bracketed sheet metal cornices and modestly profiled and carved windows lintels, with simple stone lug sills. The selection of material and detailing by the row house builders were indicative of the impact being made on vernacular structures by the advent of the technological revolution taking place beginning in the constructed and others in Cincinnati as well. This revolution involved the development in cast iron and architectural materials were available through catalogues from numerous manufacturers.

This phenomenon is well described in a book entitled, Architectural Elements, The Technological Revolution, by Diana S. Waite. involved in this production. There is evidence of these decorative sheet metal elements being applied over top of original plain stone lintels. The buildings in this proposed Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Row Houses District show the impact of this revolution. Even though few manufactured detail materials were used, building. In some units, the original masonry party wall between units has been pierced and the unit floor plans As has been described in this application and as can be seen from the accompanying photos these row house The Edwards Manufacturing and John Van Range Companies were two prominent Cincinnati companies the stone elements were much simpler, reflecting changes in available crafts persons and associated costs.

The interiors of the buildings are heavily altered, with little historic facade fabric remaining intact. Only Hamilton County, OH middle of the nineteenth century and carrying well into the period during which those buildings were extend into the adjacent unit to comprise a larger, overlapping floor plan. This was part of the extensive galvanized sheet metal to duplicate / imitate what had previously been executed in stone; many of these new PS Form 10.90 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number Z Page 3 Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses Hamilton County, OH 7.2 Glencoe / South, odd numbered 27-49 Glencoe Place: 27-49 Glencoe Place is exactly the same design as its companion across the street, and consists of 12 row the 1970's remodeling of the property.

The interiors were remodeled in the same fashion as 2-30 Glencoe- Place, leaving only the stairs as a remnant of their historic design. Note that none of the original stair railings exist. See current photographs of this building group included and keyed elsewhere in this registration 7.3 Leroy Court / North, even numbered 2-22 Leroy Court 2-22 Leroy Court is nearly the same design as the units on Glencoe Place and consists of 11 row houses 7.4 Leroy Court / South, odd numbered 101-121 Leroy Court The buildings across the street, 101-121 Leroy, is not part of the former HUD property, but is of very similar design to those on Glencoe Place and 2-22 Leroy Court, and consists of 6 row house (each building has a unit Glencoe Hotel and Glencoe Place Row Houses. At the time of nomination, these units were boarded and their interiors could not be inspected.

The exterior is similar to 2-22 Leroy Court, however the windows at 101-121 Leroy are the original wood 2/1. The majority of the windows are broken, allowing the weather to enter the unpainted submission. (Photographs 17-20). Again, the top two stories are offset from the lower stories. Based on Sanborn maps, their historic design. were remodeled in the same fashion as the units on Glencoe Place, again leaving only the stairs as a remnant of houses (Photographs 13-16).

Based on the Sanborn maps, units 21, 23, and 25 were demolished in the course of building.Presently, the interior of 101-121 Leroy is in poor condition.All exterior walls and trim are per floor).(Photographs 22-25;Figure 2).These units were constructed concurrently with buildings of the Construction date:Between 1884 and 1891(present on 1891 Sanborn map).Streets not shown on1884 units 24, 26,28, and 30 were demolished in the course of the 1970's remodeling of the property. The interiors (Rev. 10-90) "Outline Map of Cincinnati", A.H. Mueller, Philadelphia. NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number Z Page 4 Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses penetration between.

Construction Date: between 1884 and 1891 (present on 1891 Sanborn map). Streets not shown on 1884 Outline Map of Cincinnati, A.H. Mueller, Philadelphia. View Court consists of 9 row houses along the north elevation and 1 additional building (10 View Court) with 5 courses of unpainted and smooth sandstones (Photographs 7 & 8). The sandstone façade is two bays wide with a corner turret at its northeast side. Incised stonework of an ivy motif and ballflower ornaments decorate the segmental arched front entry into the building. The keystone is ornamented with a shield. Each level above the entry has a small sandstone balcony. The balcony directly above the entry has the raised relief letters windows per floor, all with a curving sash. The front entry retains its decorative tile floor, however the original doors and transom have been removed, leaving only the wooden frame.

1-9 View Court abuts 10 View Court Aside from the façade, the building envelope is the same as those of 1-9 View Court. The east façade at the south corner of the building has a tripartite bay window, with one window on either side bay, but not at the front bay. The western section of the building is unpainted and lacks the ornamentation present on the eastern and southern brick exterior of 10 View. Part of the western façade was demolished in the rehabilitation project. It As with 1-9 View Court, the terrain is flat, so the roof is on the same level across the top rather than stepping down, as do the roofs of the Leroy and Glencoe units. The turret however, has a conical roof. curved sash wooden 1/1 windows of the turret are the extent of the preserved interior in any of the units. Hamilton County, OH (Photographs 9-12).

The interiors of the buildings are heavily altered, with virtually no historic fabric remaining intact. The original on the north facade, but does not penetrate the building's envelope (Photograph #8). appears as though after demolition, the end wall was rebuilt with brick and the windows were given stone sills 7.5 View Court, original separate building attached to South wall of View Court Building No. 9 with no units and 1 flat along the south elevation (Figure 3). The façade of 10 View Court is constructed of alternating "Glencoe", and the balcony at the top floor has carved decorative panels. The corner turret is conical with three United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Section number - Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses Hamilton County, OH 2-30 Glencoe Place, 1964 Source: Greenhorne & O'Mara, Inc. Hud Report, November 1991. Page FIGURE 1.

Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 SIG-MAR APARTMENTS NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses Hamilton County, OH Leroy Court, 1964 Source: Greenhorne & O'Mara, Inc. Hud Report, November 1991. Page Continuation Sheet Section number (8-86) National Register of Historic Places FIGURE 2. OMB Approval No 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Section number . Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses Hamilton County, OH 1-9 View court, rear, at left, since demolished Standish Apartments in center (once a part of Glencoe Hotel), 1964 Source: Greenhorne & O'Mara, Inc. Hud Report, November 1991. FIGURE 3.

Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 (8-86) Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses Hamilton County, Ohio 8. Statement of Significance

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Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property -A Property is associated with events that nave made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of - B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. X C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant Period of Significance and distinguishable entity whose components ca. 1884 lack individual distinction. -D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield Significant Dates information important in prehistory or history. (Mark "X" in all the boxes that apply.) Significant Person - A owned by a religious institution or used for (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) religious purposes.

- B removed from its original location. - C a birthplace or a grave. - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object, or structure - F a commemorative property. -G less than 50years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 9.

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Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS) X Federal Agency L Local government - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR L University 67) has been requested - previously listed in the National Register - previously determined eligible by the National Primary location of additional data -HUD Report by Greenhorne & O'Mara "Determination of - designated a National Historic Landmark Eligibility & Effect" See Art. 6 & 7 - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey -Applicants Architecture's Offices (Hefley / Stevens, -recorded by Historic American Engineering Record -Cincinnati Historic Preservation Office - State Historic Preservation Office -Cincinnati Inventory, M.

Warminski Register Architecture Bibliography Other unknown Property is: Criteria Considerations Architect/Builder for National Register listing) Name of repository: our history. (Enter categories from instructions) Cultural Affiliation Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses Hamilton County, Ohio 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property 4 acres UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) Zone Easting Northing 1 16 715240 4333150 Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) The boundary for Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Row Houses is shown as heavy dash line on Boundary Justification 11.

Form Prepared By street & number 2 Garfield Place telephone 513-381-0676 city or town Cincinnati state Ohio zip code 45202 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Maps See UTM coordinates on submitted colored map A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Property Owner (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) name Inwood Gardens, Ltd street & number 2100 Auburn Avenue telephone(513) 333-0300 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement:This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form.

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1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number & Page 1 Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses Hamilton County, OH Statement of Significance Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses are being nominated under Criterion C as a step profile of four of the buildings physically reflects the influence of Cincinnati's steep topography on urban residential development. The side passage, townhouse floor plans and Italianate-Queen Anne stylistic details, while characteristic of Cincinnati's historic urban architecture, are excellent groupings of a common urban house type to a challenging hillside site. As a whole Glencoe retains a high degree of integrity; few buildings Mt. Auburn - Background History The area that was to become Mt.

Auburn, Section 13 of Mill Creek Township, was conveyed to James Henry in 1792. Development of the land did not occur until James Key constructed his country home in 1819 along Sycamore Street, followed by the Gorham Worth and James Bigelow houses soon after. Houses in Mt. Auburn were built in the Greek Revival style, as was fashionable during the early to mid-1850's. The area was known Three years later, an omnibus line was established, providing the first public transportation between Mount Auburn and Cincinnati. Following suit, ecclesiastical, institutional, and charitable organizations began to move into the neighborhood as well. In 1851, the first church, the Mount Auburn Methodist Episcopal Church, was established at the corner of Auburn Avenue and McMillan Street. An early Gothic Revival styled building, it also functioned as the community's first schoolhouse.

Five years later, the Mount Auburn Young Ladies Institute was constructed on Auburn Avenue. The middle to late nineteenth century also saw the founding and construction of two prominent charities, the Cincinnati Orphans Asylum and the Widow's Home and Asylum. Despite the intrusion of the its residential character. Houses in the neighborhood followed contemporary trends and were built in a variety pumping station in 1869 to meet the demand for water in the community. have been lost, and no intrusive structures added (Warminski, Cincinnati Historic Inventory District Form). aforementioned nonresidential construction, businesses remained largely absent and the neighborhood retained 1849 Mount Auburn, not including the area north of McMillan Street, was annexed to the City of Cincinnati.

distinctive representation of 19" century brick urban row house architecture in Cincinnati.The unusual stair- Residents came to the hilltop neighborhood to escape the crowded, polluted conditions of the city below. of styles:Italianate, Gothic Revival, and Second Empire.An influx of residents spurred the installation of a as "Key's Hill"until 1837, when it was unofficially renamed "Mt. Auburn" and incorporated as a village. In NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 2 Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses allowed for greater access to and from the City. The Main Street Incline was put in service in 1872 as the first of five future incline planes.

Since the Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Row Houses were developed in the 1884-1891 period, it is obvious that the existence of the Main Street Incline had made the Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Mt. Auburn much more accessible from the downtown basin. The Main Street Incline ceased operation in 1898, but the Mt. Auburn / Glencoe area had become well established by that time. As more affordable housing became available and the neighborhood became more accessible to the City, the more affluent residents of Mount Auburn began to move out of the neighborhood, retreating to more rural areas. The Mount Auburn Young Ladies Institute remained in Mount Auburn until 1897, when it moved to Avondale and was renamed the H. Thane Miller School for Girls. A year later, a fatal accident on the Main Street Incline made people reluctant to ride the incline and so it was shut down.

In the absence of the incline, Vine Street became the main thoroughfare into the neighborhood. By 1900, Mount Auburn was a bustling urban area. There were four wholesale outlets, 11 retail grocers and dry good stores, 13 shops, and 14 professional offfices located within Mount Auburn in 1900. The early 20th century brought many changes in Mount Auburn. Many of the former "country residences" were divided into apartments and rooming houses, and the old estates were subdivided into smaller lots upon which small houses were built. The post World War I era in Mount Auburn saw the construction of manufacturing establishments in and near the neighborhood, eroding the residential nature of the community. In 1930, Christ Hospital demolished the buildings of the former Young Ladies' Institute and constructed a ten-story building on the site.

At the same time, wealthier residents moved further out into new developments and the middle class moved in to take their place. An expansion of the medical field in the 1950's spurred another influx of residents into Mount Auburn. Medical professionals began to move out of downtown Cincinnati and into its hilltop suburbs, closer to the medical complexes, such as that of Christ Hospital. The increase of medical professionals in Mount Auburn resulted in the further division of the large, old residences into medical offfices and the demolition of some Over the next thirty years, Mount Auburn experienced a swift decline, in part fueled by the infusion of a large number of underprivileged residents who were displaced by redevelopment within the City. As middle class residences to make room for parking lots.

Hamilton County, OH In 1870 the remaining northern portion of Mount Auburn was annexed.Advances in transportation technology NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses Hamilton County, OH residents began leaving the neighborhood, the number of vacant buildings rose and the condition of the housing stock in Mount Auburn continued to deteriorate. As a result, a group of concerned residents and community associations banded together, as The Mount Auburn out drug dealers, rehabilitating homes for low-income residents, and attracting middle class families to bring economic integration to the neighborhood.

The group successfully managed to bring about a drop in Mount Auburn's crime rate from third to 23rd in the City and fought successfully for the recognition of Mount Auburn as an historic conservation property from the City of Cincinnati. Today, much of Mount Auburn's Auburn 8.2 Glencoe-Auburn History Jethro Mitchell, the son of immigrants from Glencoe, Scotland, was born in Massachusetts around 1817. He moved to Ohio sometime before 1850 (Urban Design Plan for Glencoe, 1972) and was hired by Truman Bishop became President of Mitchell & Rowland Lumber Company, and in 1855 purchased the eventual site of built the grand Italianate residence at 2223 Auburn Avenue on this property in 1859 [ Mt. Auburn Historic The date of construction for Glencoe-Auburn, 1875, was listed in the guidebook that was cited in the Glencoe Place General Plan produced by the City Planning Commission of Cincinnati.

However, a chronology produced for the Mt. Auburn /Auburn Historic Study, also produced by the City Planning Commission, lists 1888 as the date of construction for the row houses and the Glencoe-Auburn Hotel. It is likely that the latter Oral traditions hold that the wealthy residents prevented Truman Bishop Handy from building a hotel up on Auburn Avenue. In revenge, he vowed to build 1,000 apartments in Mount Auburn. Truman Handy, however, hotel and vowed he would construct 1,000 apartment houses and a maze of streets on the hillside below Auburn Avenue (Urban Design Plan for the Glencoe-Auburn Sub area of the Cincinnati Neighborhood Development Program). The construction of a group of brick row houses along Auburn Avenue in 1873 set the precedent for houses and hotel to produce a steady flow of rental income with which to finance his construction business. District, 1973].

the Cincinnati City Planning Department). However, a more logical explanation is that Mitchell built the row date is more accurate, as the buildings do not appear in the map record until after 1884. Avenue is a historic district listed on the National Register (Listed 3-28-73). See page 13 of this Section for the Good Housing Foundation, and spearheaded a revitalization effort. The efforts of the group included driving died in 1884 without making good on his promise. In another historic account, it is Jethro Mitchell that built the Handy, a prominent Cincinnati builder. He eventually married Handy's daughter Helen (ibid). Jethro Mitchell Glencoe-Auburn from Jas.R. Lyle (Early property transactions, Hamilton County Recorder's Office). Mitchell this type of residence within the neighborhood.(Mt. Auburn Chronology, unpublished manuscript on file with map. NPS Form 10-900 OMB No.

1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number & Page 4 Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses Hamilton County, OH The apartments were rumored to have housed the servants and other employees of Mount Auburn's gentry. However U.S. Population Census records and the Williams Cincinnati Directories indicate that residents were middle class, including physicians, bakers, clerical workers, and skilled workers/tradesmen. management, the Glencoe-Auburn Hotel served as a residence for several Blue Book families until World War I (Urban Design Plan for the Glencoe-Auburn Sub area of the Cincinnati Neighborhood Development Program). Upon Helen's death in 1926 the property passed on to her sister, who sold it in 1939 to Irwin Rhodes.

After its sale, the property was renamed the Standish Apartments. During the Depression Era, Glencoe-Auburn was known as "Little Bethlehem" (Clubbe 1992: 282). A WPA guide described it as such: "On winter nights when the steep hillside and the streets and homes of Little Bethlehem are snow-covered, the view of the cross [of Despite such an idyllic description, Glencoe-Auburn began to depreciate after Helen's death (Urban Design Glencoe-Auburn was known as the "the Hole" (Giglierano et al, 1988: 200). The buildings had not been Apartments held a rent strike to protest unsanitary living conditions and substandard electrical wiring attention on the way to the courts.

Unfortunately, the main outcome of the court process was the eviction of the The City reviewed the current conditions at the apartments, interviewed residents and made recommendations in the interior, but structurally sound (Glencoe Place General Plan, 1964). Residents of the apartments were found to be low to low-middle income, with only 40% of the household heads employed (Glencoe Place concerted effort to maintain their homes and in general, the residents liked the apartments and their location. 1992:282). Upon Jethro's death in 1891, the property passed to his wife Helen, an active socialite.

Under Helen's General Plan,1964).The interviews conducted by City Planners found that most residents appeared to make a Plan for the Glencoe-Auburn Sub area of the Cincinnati Neighborhood Development Program).By the 1960's, maintained and were in poor repair and infested with insects and rodents.In 1964,residents of the Standish (Giglierano et al. 1988: 200).As the protest became the first rent strike in Cincinnati, it attracted a lot of Christ Hospital] from the streets far down in this valley distinctly resembles the familiar scene on Christmas cards" (Clubbe protestors. However, because of the attention the strike bought to the apartments, the apartments got incorporated into the City redevelopment plan (Giglierano et al. 1988: 200). as to the disposition of the apartments. The City's 1964 study found that the apartments were in poor condition S Form 10-9 OMB No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 5 Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses The plan noted that rehabilitation appeared to be "quite feasible," and based this statement on two main points: the resident's opinions and the conditions of the buildings. "To rehabilitate them [Standish Apartments / Glencoe Place] because they are in good condition and to create decent quarters for people who were driven from their homes and for whom good housing is difficult to find" (Glencoe Place General Plan, 1964) 1964).

The apartments were renovated through Cincinnati's first low-income housing rehabilitation project redevelopment plan included the creation of playgrounds, private courtyards and passive open space by Despite the success of the rehabilitation project, the Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Row Houses loitering, and random gunfire (letter dated 9/12/92 from the Mount Auburn Good Housing Foundation to the 1975 rehabilitation are gone. However, the buildings themselves are all in good to fair shape, and are still suffered a steady decline. By 1992, the once renowned complex was the site of vandalism, drug dealing, Four years later, renovations began on the 101-121 Leroy Court apartments, (Glencoe Place General Plan, numerous awards, gaining national and international recognition (Clubbe 1992: 283). under the federal Rent Supplement Program (Glencoe Place General Plan, 1964).

Architect Bruce Goetzman's structurally sound. selectively demolishing the more structurally unsound structures(Clubbe1992:283).In1975,HUD insured Hamilton County, OH (Rev. 10-90) the mortgage of Glencoe-Auburn, and the rehabilitation project began. The project was well received, and won been relocated by the City. The grounds of the complex are unattended, and the playgrounds added during the NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev.

10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 6 Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses 8.3 Evolution of Construction in and around The Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Row Houses An early, undated map depicts "Sunnyside", William Doane's Italianate residence constructed in 1859, as the only building on the lot that would eventually be home to the Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Row Houses. Sunnyside is located along Auburn Avenue, and no roads are present on the lot. An 1884 map of Cincinnati shows no change in the project area. By 1891, three streets (Mitchell Avenue, Erie Street, East View Street), the Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Row Houses and other buildings appear within the their current names.

The lot is nearly built out by 1922, having been subdivided into lots containing small single- family homes. A 1951 map shows no significant changes in the project area between 1922, 1934, and 1950. By 1981, the changes wrought by the rehabilitation of the Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Row Houses are still evident: the selective demolition of row houses along Leroy Court and Glencoe Avenue, and the demolition of the buildings on Deronda Court. Elsewhere on the original lot three houses along Inwood that the Glencoe-Auburn and Glencoe-Auburn Row Houses retains the essence of its original historic fabric. On March 19, 2002, the Ohio Historic Preservation Office determined the Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Row Houses eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places [letter from M. Epstein to J. McGregor, HUD]. Hamilton County, OH project area.

A 1913 map shows improvements to the lot, and depicts the streets in their current locations with Place had also been demolished. Despite the selective demolition of buildings within the project area, it appears OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Continuation Sheet Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses Hamilton County, OH Major Bibliographical references Management, Inc., 2001. Margaret Warminski, Historic Preservation Associates, Glencoe Place Historic District, prepared for Cincinnati Historic Inventory, Historic Conservation Office, City of Cincinnati, Walter E. Langsam, Historical Surveyor, Emery Row Nomination Search by Cincinnati Historical Office, Developer & Applicant's files, Williams Directories, etc.

Review by Cincinnati Conservation Staff & Board of National Register Nomination with unanimous approval by the Board, August 23, 2003, and OHPO notified. 2002. Page National Register of Historic Places for National Register of Historic Places Inventory, 1985, Section number - 9 NPS Form 10-900-a (for row houses example). (8.86) for additional data available from Cincinnati Historic Society NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service GLENCOE-AUBURN HOTEL AND GLENCOE-AUBURN PLACE ROW HOUSES Shaded areas denote Scale Unknown Source: Sanborn Mapping Company, 1934. Historic Structures Determination of Eligibility and Effects Report Page 183 National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet (8-86) Section number demolished units HUD Property HAMILTON CO.; OH NPS Form 10.900-a OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service GLENCOE-AUBURN HOTEL AND GLENCOE-AUBURN PLACE ROW HOUSES HAMILTON CO.; OH X Demolished Since 1981 BOUNDARIES OF NOMINATED PROPERTY Scale Unknown Historic Structures Determination of Eligibility and Effects Report Page 170 Continuation Sheet 183 171 National Register of Historic Places 166 Section number (8-86) NPS Form 10 900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses Additional Documentation Photographs, item 3 Photographs taken by Thomas W. Hefley, Architect Photographs taken on June 24, 2003 2 Garfield Place, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. Page Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places Section number 1 (8-86) Photograph negatives are in the offices of Hefley/stevens, Architects, Hamilton County, OH OMB Approval No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses 1. View looking West down Glencoe Place, with row houses on each side of the street. 2. View looking Northwest at row houses on the North side of Glencoe Place. 3. View looking North from Adnored Court at detail of the South face of a typical row house on the North side of Glencoe Place. 5. Close up view of the North wall of the Glencoe/North building. 6. View looking East on Glencoe Place at the Glencoe/North building. development within the View Court Right-of-way. 8. View looking South on View Court at the East face of the row houses, with the original Glencoe Hotel 9. View looking Southeast at the West face of View Court row houses that face Adnored Court. 10.

View looking East at the West face of View Court row houses facing Adnored Court. Glencoe Hotel. 13. View looking West down Glencoe Place at the row houses on the South side of Glencoe Place. 14. View looking East up Glencoe Place and Deronda Court intersection with the North facade of row houses on the South side of Glencoe Place. 15. View looking Northeast at the intersection of Deronda Court and Leroy Court at South facade of row houses facade beyond. 4.View looking West from Inwood Place at the North wall of the Glencoe/North building. OMB No. 1024-0018 7.View looking South on View Court to the original facade and entry of the Glencee Hotel, with the 1970's 12. View looking East at the South and West walls of the original Glencoe Hotel building. 11. View looking East from Leroy Court at the West new 1970's wall after removal of a portion of the original along Glencoe Place.

Hamilton County, OH Section number 11 Page 2 NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 11 Page 3 Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses Hamilton County, OH 16. View looking Northeast at the intersection of Valroy Court and Leroy Court, showing row houses on the South side of Glencoe Place and the North side of Leroy Court. houses on the North side of Leroy Court. 18. View looking West at the South facade of the row houses on the North side of Leroy Court. 20. View looking East at the North face of the row houses on the North side of Leroy Court. 21. View looking West at the South face of the row houses on the South side of Glencoe Place. - Court. 23.

View looking Southwest for a closer view of the North face of the row houses along the South side of Leroy 24. View looking Southeast at the North face of the row houses along the South side of Leroy Court. 25. View looking West at the South face of the row houses along the South side of Leroy Court. Glencoe Hotel and Glencoe Row Houses. 26. View looking North from the upper floor of Christ Hospital [south of property], showing most of the 19. View looking North at the intersection of Leroy Court and Adnored Court at typical row house group on the North side of Leroy Court. 17.

View looking Northeast at the intersection of Valroy Court and Leroy Court, showing the South face of row 22.View looking Southwest down Leroy Court at the North face of the row houses on the South side of Leroy Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Glencoe-Auburn Place Row Houses PHOTO KEY SYMBOL B &W PHOTO NUMBER Hamilton County, OH NOTE COURT LEROY GLENCOE PARK UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACE EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Glencoe-Auburn Hotel and Clecoe-Auburn Place Row Houses DATE OF 16TH DAY: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/ SUMMARY COMMENTS : REJECT DATE TELEPHONE RETURN 12/11/03 REVIEWER DISCIPLINE PROPERTY MULTIPLE 12/05/03 10/27/03 RECOM./CRITERIA OTHER: DATE RECEIVED: DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: Bntered in the REASONS FOR REVIEW: DATE OF 45TH DAY: NAME : STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Hamilton REFERENCE NUMBER: N PDIL: N PERIOD: N SLR DRAFT: N DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N 03001286 NATIONAL: APPEAL: CINCINNATI, OHIO - HAMILTON CO., OHIO GLENCOB HOTEL+GLENCOe PLACE Row HOUSEs GLENCOE HOTEL + GLENCOE PLACE ROW HOUsES CINCINNATI, HAMILION COUNTY, OHIO DISTRICT CINCINNATI, HAMILTON COUNTY, DISTRICT OHIO PLACE ROw HOUSES GLENCOe HOTeL + GLENCOE CINCINNATI, HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO PLACE ROW HOUSGS DISTRICT GLENCOE HOTEL + GLENCOE GLENCOE HOTEL + GLENCOE PLACE Row HOUSES DISTRICT OHIO CINCINNATI, HAMILTON COUNTY, CINCINNATI, HAMILTON COUNTY OHIO GLENCOE HOTEL+ GLENCOE PLACE ROW HOUSES GLENCOE HOTEL + GLENCOS PLACE Row HOUSEs DISTRICT DISTRICT CINCINNATI, HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO Glencoe Hotel + GLencoe Place Row Houses GLENCOE HOTEL + GLENCOE PLACE ROW HOUSBS CINCINNATI, HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO DISTRICT GLENCOE HOTEL + GLENCOE PLACE ROW HOUSES CINCINNATI, HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO DISTRICT GLENCOE HOTEL + CLENCOE PLACE POw HOUSES DISTRICT GLENCOB HOTEL + GLENCOE PLACE OHIO CINCI NNATI, HAMI LTONCOUNTY, Row HoUSES DISTRICT GLONCOE HOTEL + GLENCOE PLACE ROW HOUSES CINCINNATI, HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO DISTRICT GLENCOE HOTEL +GLENCOE PLACE ROw HOUSES DISTRICT OHIO ONE BEGIN WAY DISTRICT CINCINNATI, HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO GLENCOE HOTEL + GLENCOE PLACE ROW HOUSES DISTRICT CINCINNATI, HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO GLBNCOE HOTEL + GLENCOE PLACE ROW HOUSES DISTRICT GLENCOE HOTEL.

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HAMILTON CO., OH ALTA/ACSM LAND TITLE SURVEY DATE: 9-23-02 VALENCIA STREET PARCEL IX PARCEL VIII. LEROY COURT 2639 DERONDA VALROY COURT GLENCOE PLACE 1=20°