East Fourth Street Historic District (Cincinnati, Ohio)

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East Fourth Street Historic District
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Location123, 127, and 135–137 E. Fourth St.,
Cincinnati, Ohio
Coordinates 39°6′7″N84°30′37″W / 39.10194°N 84.51028°W / 39.10194; -84.51028 Coordinates: 39°6′7″N84°30′37″W / 39.10194°N 84.51028°W / 39.10194; -84.51028
Area9 acres (36,000 m2)
Built1860
Architectural styleSecond Empire, Italianate
NRHP reference No. 88000078 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 22, 1988

East Fourth Street Historic District is a registered historic district in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 22, 1988. It contains a row of 3 side-by-side contributing buildings dating circa 1860.

The former headquarters Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company, completed in 1929, [2] although not a contributing property, stands next door to the cluster of buildings at the southwest corner of Fourth and Main streets. Its tower can be seen in the left side of the image.

Notes

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1943). Cincinnati, a Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors. p. 172. ISBN   9781623760519 . Retrieved 2013-05-04.


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