Eckert Building

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Eckert Building
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Eckert Bldg.
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Eckert Bldg.
Location in the United States
Location Cincinnati, Ohio
Coordinates 39°07′38″N84°28′42″W / 39.12722°N 84.47833°W / 39.12722; -84.47833 Coordinates: 39°07′38″N84°28′42″W / 39.12722°N 84.47833°W / 39.12722; -84.47833
Builtc.1896
Built forValentine Eckert
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP reference No. 83001981
Added to NRHP29 September 1983 [1]

Eckert Building is a historic building in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 29, 1983. [2]

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Description and history

The large multi–story mixed residential/commercial use building sits on a foundation of rock faced limestone in an ashlar pattern capped with a smooth plinth course. The main wall treatment is deep red brick with sandstone belt courses that become ornamented lintels. The lintels vary on each floor. String courses run in line with lug sills. A decorative frontispiece with a glazed brick arch and name plate is on the south facade. It is an example of Queen Anne style architecture in the United States. It is the only example of its kind on the east side of the Cincinnati. It was built for Valentine Eckert, who operated a notions business with his brother Joseph, as an investment property. [2]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System  Eckert Building (#83001981)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. 2 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 Mitchell, Fred (29 Sep 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Eckert Building". National Register of Historic Places. Washington, D.C., USA: National Park Service. Retrieved 21 Feb 2020.