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received NOV 1 5 1979 date entered EC 2 | 1979 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms 1. Name and/or common - not for publication city, town - vicinity of _ county- _ state - district - public - unoccupied _ agriculture _ museum x building(s) X private _ commercial - park .structure - work in progress .entertainment . religious _ in process - yes: unrestricted - government _ scientific .being considered . industrial - transportation X no - military .other: 4. Owner of Property 515 Lafayette Avenue street & number 5. Location of Legal Description has this property been determined elegible?
_ federal - local depository for survey records both 061 Category Hamilton None date Location code educational Cincinnati Accessible 2nd Ownership object site historic Status private residence Hewson-Gutting House Public Acquisition Inventory-Nomination Form congressional district title Gertrude Gutting Gutting House Court and Main Streets Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service 3. Classification National Register of Historic Places Type all entries-complete applicable sections Present Use United States Department of the Interior 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Ohio For HCRS use only FHR-8-300 (11-78) street & number 515 Lafayette Avenue courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. yes Hamilton County Court House: Recorder of Deeds 7.
Description X excellent & original site X altered _moved date The house is a two-story house with a Mansard roof, with dormers, that encloses a full from the plane of the facade, in addition to the tower, are a bay window in the parlor which is in the northeast corner of the ground floor, and a bay window in both the living room and a bedroom above, which are in the northwest corner. The tower, although projecting upward and outward from the center of the front facade, basically is incorporated into the body of the house, but does achieve a more separate The floor plan seems to reflect an earlier arrangement, perhaps that of the Georgian period, in that the central hall which bisects the floor runs from front to rear. bath, because of their lower ceiling and floor, give evidence of the original farmhouse.
The third floor, under the Mansard roof, reflects the second floor plan, but with the exception that the southeast rooms, not a part of the original farmhouse, are on the As one ascends the levels of the house, the number of rooms increase, but their size Condition unexposed deteriorated ruins fair unaltered Check one The present house is the result of several additions and subtractions.The main rectangular associated with the house. No changes have occurred in the house since the photographs were taken. by a tower which is also capped by a Mansard roof.The only other projections outward The present owner has made extensive improvements in landscaping both on the original and an adjacent wooden porch.There have been no other major changes since.
land as well as on the adjacent parcels of land which were purchased in 1953 and the The present occupant, who purchased the house in 1932,removed a rear lean-to kitchen same level as the other rooms. identity with its own fourth level. third floor. The facade, the most significant of the elevations, is symmetrically divided either side of that hall are to be found an equal number of main rooms, although their sizes vary. The second floor reflects a similar plan, although the southeast bedroom and mounting an open porch on the ground floor was added on the east side in the l920's. Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance