Nomination for Goshorn, Sir Alfred T., House

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Clancy Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR - State (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - County NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) AND/ OR HISTORIC: 3540 Clifton Avenue CITY OR TOWN: (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC - In Process - Being Considered - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Transportation - Comments - Other (Specify) OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: 254 Greendale Avenue LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DATE OF SURVEY: X Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 1960 1973 Cincinnati Religious ACCESSIBLE 11972 Government LOCATION CATEGORY Commercial STATUS OWNERSHIP Private 061 Site NAME Entertainment District Both Yes: CLASSIFICATION Scientific 039 CODE Restricted Unoccupied Educational Agricultural DATE Structure Park Industrial Public Museum Object REGISTER Military Private Residence Ohio Hamilton County Court House COMMON: Hamilton Cincinnati City Hall Building Court and Main Streets Inventory and Appraisal of Historic Sites, Buildings and Areas Public Acquisition: STREET AND NUMBER: 80l Plum Street Goshorn, Sir Alfred Tu - Federal APR 9 Joe Allan Prenter and George William Alexander, Jr.

RECEIVED b39 DESCRIPTION - Excellent X Good - Deteriorated - Unexposed X Unaltered - Moved X Original Site much more prominent wing, also two stories in height, with a skylight, stained glass windows/and gold-plated chandelier effects. Still used as a private residence, the buildings and CONDITION SEP11972 REGISTER Ruins grounds are in good condition. main portion of the house is three stories in height and rec- This is a large ashlar stone building situated on a story round and hexagonal tower on the south end of the build- tangular in plan.It has a gambrel roof and a round turret Fair to the north of a round arch entrance portal with a metal large skylight in the roof.This was designed as an art in the living room were used to achieve the desired lighting gently sloping site on the east side of Clifton Avenue.The (Check One) gallery to accommodate the owner's art collection.

The DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

The NATIONAL hexagonal geometry of this wing is terminated byone and half ing.All the roofs are tile, and the chimneys have ceramic canopy in the center of the west facade.Well to the rear on the north side is a two story wing.On the south side isa PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) X 19th Century SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Literature STATEMENT OF

Statement of significance

lin, one of the founders of the Cincinnati Chapter of the A.I.A. The house was built for Sir Alfred T. Goshorn, the the governments of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Ger- ciation Church, the house 1f firmly ensconced in the heart SEP 1 1972 Conservation Communications Commerce losophy Engineering Aboriginal Architecture REGISTER Political Science Transportation Theater Landscape Prehistoric NATIONAL Social/Human- Pre-Columbian Agriculture SIGNIFICANCE itarian Music Invention Sculpture Military Industry president of Anchor White Lead Company, who moved in with though for the skillful manner in which the architect larity of the Romanesque vocabulary during the last quarter Urban Planning relations, was knighted by Queen Victoria and decorated by Religion/Phi.

Architecturally, this building emphasizes the popu- of the nineteenth century.It is perhaps more notable Education of clifton today. Other AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) designed the lighting. his family in 1888. Goshorn, influential in international many, Italy, Spain and Turkey. On its site opposite Annun- Art RECEIVED The architect was James W. McLaugh-

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINA TES DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: less than 1 FORM PREPARED BY December, 1971 12. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICA1ION As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service.

The recommended GP 0 901.087 039 Degrees Seconds Name LATITUDE LONGITUDE DATE Title Minutes ORGANIZATION Cincinnati STATE COUNTY CORNER CODE National Degrees Minutes Seconds MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the Ohio Local NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION State of Ohio,Cincinnati, A Guide to the Queen City and National Register. STREET AND NUMBER: 812 Dayton Street level of significance of this nomination is: NAME AND TITLE: CITY OR TOWN: LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation John C. Garner, JI., Executive Director Miami Purchase Association Its Neighbors.

NPS Number PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER LOC Title: NPS Number _Y PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER Loc Title: Gs Form 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY STREET AND NUM BER: 1: 2400 TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.

039 Hamilton Cincinnati REQUIREMENTS COUNTY DATE STATE 061 COMMON: 11972 CODE REGISTER Ohio MAP REFERENCE Metropolitan Topographical Survey SCALE: City of Cincinnati and HamiltonCounty Clifton Avenue NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND/OR HISTORIC: ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries-attach to or enclose with map) PROPERTY MAP FORM SOURCE: CITY OR TOWN: NAME Edition of 1952 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR CINCINNATI WEST, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CINCINNATI WEST QUADRANGLE METROPOLITAN TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY SHEET NO 327 CINCINNATI METROPOLITAN AREA CITY OF CINCINNATI AND HAMILTON COUNTY Long. 84° 31' 05" HAMILTON COUNTY OHIO Lat.39°0849