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Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century public building. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Elsinore Arch

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 710 words across 9 pages, filed in 1980. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 80003052, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

The nomination, in full

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

Columbus, Ohio 43211 1. No. 4. Present Name(s) 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives 8. Specific Location 28. No. of Stories 29. Basement? No D 30. Foundation Material 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 31. Wall Construction 8. Site Plan with North Arrow 19. Architect or Engineer Mus 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment 35. Plan Shape irregular 23. Ownership 36. Changes Addition - Private O 9. Coordinates in #42) Moved C If known U.T.M. Reference 25. Open to Yes O Preservation Structure & Object - 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? 11. On National 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 13. Part of Estab. Yes O District Visible from Cincinnati City Planning Comm. Hist. Dist.? 41. Distance from and 42.

Further Description of Important Features round medallions, and arched or vertical stone voussoirs. 43. History and Significance Following completion of the Eden Park reservoirs in the 1870's, two large water mains were seeing a picture of the backdrops used in a local performance of Hamlet, Moore commissioned 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings 45. Sources of Information 46. Preparad by Personal observation Gordon / Tuttle 47. Organization 48. Date 49. Revision Date(s) Good 1883 stone Hamilton 10/78 Front Easting County Register? Cincinnati Underway? same Elsinore Arch, Exterior Northing Zone Site Long. 3/77 Lat. Eligible? Eclectic Charles Hannaford Cincinnati Historic Inventory. Frontage on Road August, Ohio Historical Center Altered City of Cincinnati Elsinore Tower Walnut Hills History random ashlar Interior Nat.

Water Works Other features include extremely narrow windows, ashlar beltcoursing, built to supply the basin area of Cincinnati. A. G. Moore, Superintendent of the Water (Explain Miami Purchase Association 16. Thematic Category This medieval gateway is distinguished by a large cylindrical castel- Public Road? OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Ohio Historic Preservation Office This structure is located in the extreme southwestern corner of Eden Park and adjacent to a diamond shaped plaque with the inscription "Elsinore A.D.1883." 1700 Gilbert Avenue rock faced random ashla By What? Side irreg HAM-2Z29-31 Condition 18. Style or Design 33. No. of Bays Present Use 24. Owner's Name & Address, 2 2 1 Building O 15. Name of Established District Works, needed a' structure to protect the valves that would control the water flow.

After lated tower connected to a smaller square tower by a battlemented the contemporary Museum of Natural History. Elsinore is a strong focal point. Arch The entrance appears to be a Romanesque arch above which is valve house for water works 22. Present Use 17.Date(s) or Period 27. Continued. (1335-1911). Master's Thesis, University of Cincinnati, 1977. Looking southeast Looking north East facade joined with their father's practice in 1887. Crowe, Michael. A Preliminary Documentation of the Career of Samuel Hannaford the firm of Samuel Hannaford and Sons to build the tower. Charles Hannaford, one of Samuel's sons, is reputed to have designed the Elsinore Arch. Cost of the structure: $15,000. Charles Hannaford (1860-1936), along with his brother Harvey, officially Works Progress Administration.Cincinnati;A Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors.

SOURCE: Cincinnati Water Works, Annual Cincinnati: Spencer & Craig, 1893. Looking northeast ELSINORE. and Picturesque Cincinnati Report for 1894. ELSINORE ARCH. State OH- Hamilton ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - Review - National Register Write-up Entered - Federal Register Entry OTHER HAER KEEPER CONTROL TECHNICAL HISTORIAN Send-back ARCHEOLOGIST Re-submit Maps MAR BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT CHIEF 2.26.80 Working Number 1/-15- 79 277/ Photos i2g fouers, ete.

United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO N NOV 1 5 1979 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio August, 1978 South & west facades, looking northeast MAR 3 1980 Thematic Resources of Samuel Hannaford Miami Purchase Association Steve Gordon Structure # 46 Elsinore Arch CQ- NOV 1 5 1979 August, 1978 MAR 3 Photograph # 103/129 1980 Miami Purchase Association Thematic Resources of Samuel Hannaford Elsinore Arch Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio Steve Gordon Structure 46 East facade, looking northwest NOV 1 5 1979 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio MAR 3 1980 Miami Purchase Association Elsinore Arch Thematic Resources of Samuel Hannaford Structure 46 Steve Gordon August, 1978 West facade, dateplate, looking east Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number:64000626 for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet