Geographical Data Cincinnati date Easting 11. Form Prepared By telephone Zone Williams Cincinnati Directories Attest: Fred Mitchell Historic Preservation Associates 9. Major Bibliographical References 1:24,000 Hamilton County Courthouse Deeds Quadrangle name name/title Quadrangle scale Keeper of the National Register Verbal boundary description and justification Chief of Registration SHPO less than an acre X local county For HCRS use only Ohio 45208 city or town Acreage of nominated property street & number P.o. Box 8933 1 hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register GPO 938 835 Covington,Ky.-Ohio Lot No.5 of the Abigail Lewis Subdivision per Sheriff;recorded National Park Service Fed. Reg. Date Lsubstantive reasons discussed below 1 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description Location dates clarity 7.
Description resubmission REJECT alterations/integrity Action: owner objection summary paragraph completeness nomination by person or local government NR decision boundary selection 6. Representation in Existing Surveys 3. Classification Date Due: Federal Agency: United States Department of the interior _ appeal Date 6/2/82 RETURN Substantive maps Substantive Review: 6-12-82 see continuation sheet NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 9. Major Bibliographical References 11. Form Prepared By context checked completeness summary paragraph Photographs justification of excepticn Maps relationship of integrity applicable criteria clarity the resource Other 10. Geographical Data 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification relating significance to 8.
Significance Phone: 202 272-35 Date justification of areas United States Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places received APR 2 8 1982 See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms and/or common street & number . not for publication city, town - vicinity of - county - public X unoccupied - agriculture _ museum * building(s) - park _ structure X private residence . object X yes: restricted - yes: unrestricted 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description _ local depository for survey records Miami Purchase Association, 812 Dayton St. 039 1978 061 Location government Hamilton Category transportation Accessible both Cincinnati code site commercial educational date district entertainment other: Ownership state industrial military religious historic Public Acquisition Status being considered scientific Ohio 1st 6.
Representation in Existing Surveys Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Inventory-Nomination Form congressional district Present Use in process Court and Main Streets 3. Classification Type all entries-complete applicable sections date entered For HCRS use only work in progress Mr. Charles Levinson Ohio 45202 1349 Broadway FHR-8-300 (11-78) X private - yes X no name X excellent - altered - original site moved date rectangular windows. lug sills and common bond brick. rehabilitated to allow for a better utilization of space and to bring Condition fair ruins deteriorated unexposed 7. Description motif pendant and bracketed lug sills. common bond brick distinctive example of Italianate architecture. The side facades are composed of simple standstone lintels and are flanked by lighted eliptical windows in the frieze.
atop a typically Italianate styled door with paired semicircular headed A decorative wrought iron fence rests atop a low retaining wall The first floor exhibits a sandstone stair and stoop treatment leading The upper story detail is composed of decorate brackets, turned column The raised water table with stone course is pierced by small in front of the main facade. compound arched sandstone lintel exhibits a decorative leaf motif at The interior exhibits a side hall plan and the rooms were recently Describe the present and original (if known)physical appearance Check one the building up to code. This building is an asymetrical,18'x 70',3 bay,2 1/2 story the keystone. to a raised recessed entrance.A semicircular lighted transom rests glass and decorative rectangular panels.
The door surround is composed The moderate gable roof has a slight parapet with stone coping and The second floor window treatment is identical to the first floor. The window treatment is 1/i double hung with compound Areas of Significance-Check and justify below - prehistoric _ archeology-historic .economics . literature - sculpture - architecture _military - social/ _ music X 1800-1899 _ commerce _ theater - communications - industry .transportation -other (specify) Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) scale, and architecturally significant buildings and contributes to today. When it was sold in 1928 by his heirs, the building changed 1700-1799 1600-1699 1500-1599 1400-1499 8. Significance philosophy apartments. invention politics/government engineering education conservation Period humanitarian distinctive streetscape.
science exploration/settlement law Identified in the Cincinnati Historic Inventory as contributing distinctive elements associated with the style and fine craftsmanship. 1900- The building has recently undergone rehabilitation in accordance in extremely limited distribution. and foliated motifs are significant stylized elements since they appear with the Secretary of Interior's Rehabilitation Standards and the Tax Act as it relates to historic buildings. House is an excellent example of Italianate architecture exhibiting It is believed that Bernard Ratterman had the building constructed exhibits distinctive characteristics associated with the Italianate The building is found in close association with similar period, during which time he was employed in various white collar activities.
Constructed in c.1865,the building with its use of semicircular stone window trim, bracketed lug sills and detailed cornice treatment In 1883,the building was sold to owner of a picture - - art -archeology-prehistoric - community planning x agriculture owners numerous times and at an unknown time was converted Specific dates C. 1865 Builder/Architect Unknown craftsmen enhances its architectural significance.The use of acorn The firm is still in operation owner is desirous of taking advantage of the provisionsof the 1976 in c.1865.He and his family resided init for a number of years 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property March 19, 1860 (Plat Book 2, Page 75) state - 11. Form Prepared By Historic Preservation Associates date November 1, 1981 12.
State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: X local 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated State Historic Preservation Officer signature I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register county Easting date Northing organization code Zone Cincinnati 513-871-6857 telephone name/title national Williams Cincinnati Directories Attest: 1:24,000 less than an acre Chief of Registration Hamilton County Courthouse Deeds Quadrangle scale Quadrangle name Verbal boundary description and justification UMT References Keeper of the National Register Fred Mitchell List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries For HCRS use only city or town Ohio 45208 SHPO L433,119,5,0 street & number P.O.
Box 8933 As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service. GPO 938 835 Covington,Ky.-Ohio ACREAGE NOT VERIFIEU United States Department of the Interior lug sills, bracketed lug sills or slip sills; 2 to 4 bays wide; architecture in Cincinnati, the Ratterman House is an excellent style.
received Page Inventory-Nomination Form mostly asymmetrical facades with simple entrance to frontispiece example because its exterior utilizes additional architectural date entered Within the significant architectural history of Cincinnati, stone pendants with acorn motif below its frieze and having its Continuation sheet Bernard Ratterman House ltem number This use of detail adds to the diverse motifs applied to the When viewed within the context of residential Italianate Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service National Register of Historic Places in limited distribution as it is applied to the style. details that are unique since they are not common to the style. of the style are characterized by bracketed cornice with For HCRS use only FHR-8-300 (11-78) the Italianate style, as used on residential buildings, makes same motif.
Additionally, the use of the decorative leaf motif at the key- semicircular compound arch stone window trim terminate with the stone above the frontispiece is a decorative treatment found surrounded by decorative stone trim.T The Ratterman House de- frieze pierced by a variety of styled windows; lintels com- The use of this detail adds a unique, distinctive National Park Service EVALUATION / RETUR SH T Recom. /Criteria Discipline - see continuation sheet -Nomination returned for: - technical corrections cited below 5. Location of Legal Description - original site Location 7. Description REJECT photos dates alterations/integrity Action: RETURN 1. Name clarity owner objection NR decision Working No. completeness summary paragraph 4. Owner of Property 3. Classification resubmission Federal Agency: nomination by person or local government 6.
Representation in Existing Surveys boundary selection ruins _substantive reasons discussed below Date Due: States Department ol the Interior 4.28.82-1262 State, County:- Fed. Reg. Date: - - sample _ request - unattered - moved Reviewer comments: maps Substantive Review: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLAC S 9/29/8 IN CONTEXT OF CITY NAjustification of excepticn ND other 2. Major Bibliographical References 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification 13. Other Signed - Comments for any Item may be continued on an attached,sheet checked Maps completeness context applicable criteria Photographs relating significance to clarity Date the resource Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to 10. Geographical Data 8.
Significance Phone: 202 272-3504 relationship of integrity summary paragraph Now PRovlotD FOR PSI REALTORS 1349 Broadway Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio October, 1981 Photo #1 of 4 Photographs by Fred Mitchell Bernard Ratterman House Negatives with the Laker Company Looking at front (east) facade 1349 Broadway Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio October, 1981 Photo #2 of 4 Photographs by Fred Mitchell Negatives with the Laker Company Bernard Ratterman House Architectural details of first floor PETIE ALBERS - 241-6216 PSI REALTORS FOR SALE 1349 Broadway Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio October, 1981 Photo #3 of 4 Negatives with the Laker Company Bernard Ratterman House Photographs by Fred Mitchell Architectural details of upper floors Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio Photo #4 of 4 Broadway Negatives with the Laker Company Bernard Ratterman House Photographs by Fred Mitchell Streetscape including 1349 October, 1981 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COVINGTON, KY.-OHIO ROAD CLASSIFICATION COVINGTON QUADRANGLE 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) ELLSWORTH LOVE - CHAIRMAN HERBERT W.
STEVENS ESTELLE B. BERMAN - VICE CHAIRMAN CITY PLANNING COMMISSION DIRECTOR OF CITY PLANNING SAMUEL T. BRITTON ROOM 222. CITY HALL ROBERT J. BRODBECK THOMAS B. BRUSH CINCINNATI. OHIO 45202 L. MONTY ERB ERWIN E. HOFFMAN SYLVESTER MURRAY February 1, 1982 Mr. W. Ray Luce I-71 & 17th Avenue Dear Mr. Luce: 1. Grace Church 2. The Bernard Ratterman House 3. The Samuel Burdsal House 4. Gilbert Row 5. The Moses Goldsmith Building 6. Underwriters Salvage Corps 7. The Sycamore, 13th Street Grouping 8. The William Groesbeck House 9. The Charles Broadwell House 10. The John H. Endebrook House The Historic Conservation Board acknowledged its support of all ten nominations.
The contribution to a potential historic district of the Groesbeck, Broadwell growth and expansion was acknowledged, despite the fact that the Historic Adele Cramer City Planner II AC: rmc Equal Opportunity Employer 1980-1981 meeting. ADMINISTRATOR. Sincerely, ALL-AMERICA CITY State Historic Preservation Officer Ohio Historical Center PHONE 352-3471 Conservation Board questioned their nomination on an individual basis. and Endebrook Houses and their historic association with Cincinnati's early reviewed by the Cincinnati Historic Conservation Board at its January 25,1982, LAND USE AND ZONING Board for final approval February 5,1982.The following ten nominations were This letter is in regard to the nominations of buildings in the City of Columbus, Ohio 43211 Cincinnati which will go before the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory April 13, 1982 RECEIVED Ms.
Carol Shull, Acting Keeper APR 2 8 1982 National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior 440 G Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20240 appropriate notification procedures have been followed and the state review board has approved each nomination. Ross-Gowdy House Burdsal, Samuel, House Goldsmith, Moses, Building Ratterman, Bernard, House Sycamore-13th Street Grouping Mother Thompson House Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company We are recommending that the following nominations receive a substantive Broadwel1, Charles, House Endebrook, John H., House Groesbeck, William, House Please let me know if you have any questions. State Histbric Preservation Officer WRL/DAS: jb Housing enclosure Sincerely, Highland Hamilton Name Mahoning review: REGISTER NATIONAL County Ohio Historic Preservation Office Meyer-Phillipp House Dear Ms. Shull: Enclosed are eleven new National Register nominations.
All the W. Ray Luc Ohio Historical Center 1-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500 Clermont Dr. W. Ray Luce State Historic Preservation Officer The Ohio Historical Society Interstate 71 at 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 Dear Dr. Luce: We have reviewed and considered the following nominations for individual properties within the Over-the-Rhine area of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio: Broadwell, Charles, House Endebrook, John H. House Groesbeck, William, House properties cannot he listed on the basis of the current documentation. As in the past, we continue to feel it is inappropriete to nominete individually properties whose prime distriet.
We recommend that these properties be nominated as part of the larger Over- the-Rhine Historic Distriet, which is presently pending before the Ohio State review The strength of the properties listed ebove lies in their collective contribution to the historic character and architectural diversity of the Over-the-Phine section of meet the Nationel Register criteria for evaluation, the context for their evaluation is often difficult to establish without an extensive anelysis of the locality's erchitecture! development or historic themes. The Charles Burdsal House, also in the Over-the-Rhine few remaining examples of Federal period architecture, it stands on its own as development.
Although the Meyer-Phillipp House and the Bernard Ratterman House are prime examples of a predominant style and type of housing in the distriet, we are unable to evaluate them individually without being provided further analysis of the significance show how each of the examples meets these requirements. As currently written, the nominations stress how each building contributes to the significance of the overall sufficient analysis of significance in the context of their respective architecturel themes.
However, even if the significance of their vernacular or transitionel types could Ratterman,Bernard,House Meyer-Phillipp House residential architecture.Such analysis should define what characteristics and degree of significance is their contribution to the collective and cohesive character ofa larger significant when evaluated within the context of the city's overall early 19th-century We are returning these nominations to you with substantive comments on why the integrity an example must possess in order to qualify for individual listing,and should The nominations for the Broadwell,Endebrook,and Groesbeck Houses similarly lack of their particular type or stylistic detail in the city-wide context of 1gth-century JUL11982 area,was listed in the National Register on June 10,1982,because,as one of the city's board.
be established, they do not possess sufficient historic integrity for individual listing due to alterations, additions, and overall deterioration. Although these properties were found Ratterman House if they are resubmitted with additional contextual information, it is more appropriate that they be nomineted as part of the overall distriet. Owner's Association calling for an appeal by the Acting Keeper based on the refusal of the Ohio review board and the State Historic Preservation Offieer to approve the nomination of the distriet. We ere writing you separately concerning the affadavit. Caro! D. Shull Acting Keeper of the Nationa!
Midwest Regional Office BASIC FILES RETAINED IN NR System 8 (NOM) - # 1057 710 Register Enclosures Sincerely yours, Historic District.We have received an affidavit from the Over-the Rhine Property Although we will reconsider the nominations for the Meyer-Phillipp House end the FNP:NR:LMcClelland:1dg:272-3504:6/29/82 contribute to the significance of the larger district. We are aware of the controversial neture of the nominetion for the Over-the-Rhine August 10, 1982 Ms. Carol Shull Chief of Registration National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior 440 G Street, NIV Dear Ms.
Shull: All the appropriate notification procedures have been followed for the We are recommending that four of the nominations receive a substantive review: the Krumm House, Franklin County; the Miller House, Franklin County; the Wright House, Hamilton County; and the Ropes Building, and Wright House during the ERTA Part 1 certification process which we feel have been addressed in the nomination form. The Miller House was approved by the state review board but I have questioned its basic eligibility on a signed continuation sheet that is enclosed with the Miller, Orlando, House AUG 1 6 1982 First Reformed & First Lutheran - Ratterman, Bernard, House Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Luce Churches Resubmission Hamilton Name NATIONAL Franklin Portage Cuyahoga Stark Clermont County YWCA New Submissions Ohio Historic Preservation Office Ropes Building Krumm House Wright House Snow Houses Enclosed are ten new National Register nominations and one resbumission. Diver House and Storebuilding Grace Church Roas-Ihhardt Farm and Winery Washington, D.C. 20240 Ohio Historical Center 1-71& 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500 Hamilton County. form. Since RECISTER RECEIVED
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