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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 APR 2 8 1989 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1. Name of Property Ford Motor Company Cincinnati Plant Location street & number Jnot for publication city, town Jvicinity code 3. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property X private X building(s) Name of related multiple property listing: listed in the National Register - 4. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. State or Federal agency and bureau Signature of commenting or other official 5.
National Park Service Certification 1, hereby, certify that this property is: Zlentered in the National Register. Jdetermined eligible for the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the Noncontributing Cincinnati site state district structure REGISTER code061 public-local National Register of Historic Places Date Total object public-Federal Ohio NATIONAL public-State Registration Form See continuation sheet. other, (explain:) Number of Resources within Property removed from the National Register. other names/site number historic name Number of contributing resources previously Signature of certifying official Date of Action National Register and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions.
For additional space use continuation sheets Hamilton zip code 45206 county This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts. See instructions in Guidelines nominationrequest for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the 660 Lincoln Avenue : 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) 7. Description Materials (enter categories from instructions) (enter categories from instructions) other glazed terra cotta The Ford Motor Company assembly plant is located three miles northeast of downtown a mixed residential/industrial environment, the site has since been altered by the historically has separated the Walnut Hills and Avondale neighborhoods.
Today the As a factory structure, the plant comprises two distinct components: a flat-roofed eight-bay manufacturing works to the west, and a single bay, gable roofed railway siding at the zone interfaces. At the fourth story each bay is topped by a segmental arch faced decorative banding. Along the western side of the facade is a decorative cast iron Bedway, Albert Kahn & Associates). [X Soe continuation sheat Chicago brick roof walls Architectural Classification INDUSTRY/Manufacturing Facility *some warehousing reinforced concrete properties interspersed in the immediate area. granite water table, and deep mortar joints further enhance the facade's composition. widening of Lincoln Avenue and the construction of Interstate 71,which now borders the Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) VACANT/NOT IN USE* Describe present and historic physical appearance.
surrounding neighborhood is generally characterized by pockets of late nineteenth and The building nominated is a six story industrial structure of reinforced concrete columns and slabs, measuring approximately by 160' by 235'. The Lincoln Avenue elevation, or south facade, rises four stories above street grade and is faced with red brick and glazed three smaller window arrangements on each floor, is surmounted by a gabled pediment of brick and terra cotta. soon after the construction of the plant, and may be a ca. 1921 "alteration" designed by visible although all the rails, ties, and stone ballast have been removed. The facade, with its Chicago style influences, is divided into three elevational zones: ground, or first floor, intermediate, and roof, with projecting white terra cotta cornices with terra cotta, which also forms a continuous cornice above the windows.
The facade and This may be the alteration Kahn was commissioned to do to the plant ca. 1921 (Joseph Cincinnati near the southeastern edge of the Avondale neighborhood. Originally located in Undated photos of the plant interior describe this east bay as the "new annex." (There is some evidence to suggest this east pavilion was added portions of the side elevations are further accented by brilliant blue glazed tile NPS Form 10-900-a OMB Approval No.1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service FORD MOTOR COMPANY, CINCINNATI PLANT, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH northern half of the west elevation, which both are poured reinforced concrete, and the rear face of the gallery, which is corrugated metal siding.
The only pretense of glass block are the only openings in the indented west elevation, and in the east elevation above each of the arched openings on the sixth floor are three small rectangular and production. Widely spaced, octagonal columns three feet in diameter with mushroom chutes, ramps, and chain conveyors were used in the earlier multi-story Ford plants for on the lower levels, although in the Cincinnati plant chassis assembly was performed on the third floor. (Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 May 1915). The show room, garage floor, and service stock were located on the "C" floor, or main entrance level on Lincoln Avenue.
"A" level, or the sub-basement, housed the rail siding, the boiler room and a maintenance shop, while "B" floor was reserved for the paint dipping housed on the second level, or "D" floor, and the top floor of the plant, or "F" floor, The original 1915 structure is remarkably intact, despite changes in performance necessitated the construction of a concrete barrier wall along the west lot line as well the north compound, formerly a lumber yard, is currently undeveloped and overgrown. Continuation Sheet 1owered by gravity along vertical chutes and ramps through the various processes of National Register of Historic Places 1939 was 174,820 feet.
included the stock bins and the body conveyors.The final main assembly line and chassis stock bins were located on the "E",or third floor.Total floor space of the plant in All elevations are faced in brick with the exception of the east elevation and the faced concrete chimney stack and a 40,000 gallon steel water storage tank. The roof space level of concrete vehicular loading docks and overhead doors were added by Sears and Roebuck in 1940. At the same time the brick elevator shaft and stairwell stack was added. An earlier single story frame loading dock can be observed in photographs of the plant taken in 1936 (see attached).
On the west Interstate 71 acquired 100' of the original architectural style on the east elevation is employed at the corner bay, which continues On the interior the concrete structural system permitted an open floor plan for assembly stairwells protrude from the rear roofline and are accompanied by a cylindrical brick requirements and alterations to the site. On the north, or rear elevation, the double manufacturing and subassembly.Automobile bodies were generally attached to the chassis as the alteration of a service road Street) to the north.The area to the rear of NP& Form 10-900-e OMB Approvel No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interlor National Park Service FORD MOTOR COMPANY, CINCINNATI PLANT, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH the removal of the railroad tracks and portions of the loading platform along the north elevation.
Continuation Sheet National Register of Historic Places The only significant alterations to the front elevation have been the removal of the upper Page 2 Section number 7 terra cotta wall treatment have fallen from the facade or have cracked, but by and large the architectural detailing remains in good condition.More recent alterations include 8. Statement of Significance