Ben Pitman House

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Ben Pitman House
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Location Cincinnati, Ohio
Coordinates 39°7′13.25″N84°28′50.34″W / 39.1203472°N 84.4806500°W / 39.1203472; -84.4806500 Coordinates: 39°7′13.25″N84°28′50.34″W / 39.1203472°N 84.4806500°W / 39.1203472; -84.4806500
ArchitectBenjamin Pitman [1]
NRHP reference No. 69000144 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 7, 1969 [1]

Ben Pitman House is a registered historic building in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register on July 7, 1969.

Benjamin Pitman lived in this house until his death in 1910. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. June 30, 2007.
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1943). Cincinnati, a Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors. p. 242. Retrieved 2013-05-04.


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