Peter G. Thomson House

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Peter G. Thomson House
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Location5870 Belmont Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio
Coordinates 39°11′54.44″N84°33′16.20″W / 39.1984556°N 84.5545000°W / 39.1984556; -84.5545000
Architect James Gamble Rogers [1]
Architectural style Beaux Arts, Renaissance [1]
NRHP reference No. 79001860 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 29, 1979 [1]

Peter G. Thomson House, commonly known as Laurel Court, is a registered historic building in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register on November 29, 1979.

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Currently the house is a private residence that is available for tours by reservation and for special events.

Design and construction

Peter G. Thomson, founder of The Champion Coated Paper Co., began construction on Laurel Court in 1902. He selected James Gamble Rogers, the nephew of Peter's wife, Laura Gamble Thomson, to design the Gilded Age mansion. Rogers based the house's ordonnance and design on the Trianon de Marbre, the Grand Trianon at Versailles, France, as can be seen from the duplication of the Grand Trianon's decorated Ionic order and the concept of a colonnade between cubical pavilions. The house is smaller than the Grand Trianon, it is revetted in simple stone rather than the marble of the French prototype, it is two stories rather than one, and was adapted to meet the requirements of a private residence at the time of construction. It cost $1 million to build in 1905. [2] The Thomson family moved into the College Hill residence in 1907. [3] Following the death of Peter G. Thomson, his son Logan and his family continued to reside in on the property until Logan's death in 1946. [4] [5]

The property was purchased and then given to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati , with John T. McNicholas' moving there from the archdiocesan seminary property (now the Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center) in 1946 and living there until his death there in 1950. [6] [7] Karl Joseph Alter also lived in the home. [8] In 1977, following the death of Alter, the Cincinnati archdiocese listed the property for sale and by 1979 it was owned by Donald LaRosa, the founder of LaRosa's Pizzeria. [9] LaRosa sold the property for $1 million in 1991. [10]

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Historic uses

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. June 30, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Archbishop' palatial residence goes up for sale". The Cincinnati Post. September 3, 1977. p. 18. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  3. ↑ "About Laurel Court". Laurel Court. Retrieved on February 7, 2010.
  4. ↑ "At Laurel Court". The Cincinnati Enquirer. May 18, 1935. p. 6. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Obituary for Logan G. Thomson". The Cincinnati Post. August 10, 1946. p. 10. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  6. ↑ "College Hill Estate bought for Cincinnati Archdiocese; Archbishop plans to move". The Cincinnati Enquirer. February 21, 1947. p. 13. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  7. ↑ "John T. McNicholas Succumbs Heart Attack ends his career". The Cincinnati Enquirer. April 23, 1950. p. 1. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Archbishop active though losing sight". The Cincinnati Enquirer. August 18, 1976. p. 28. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Controls urged for 2 Historic areas". The Cincinnati Post. July 21, 1979. p. 4. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  10. ↑ "LaRosa mansion is sold". The Cincinnati Enquirer. January 29, 1991. p. 14. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  11. 1 2 Gail Deibler Finke (2004). College Hill. pp. 36–39. ISBN   0-7385-3323-8 . Retrieved February 7, 2010.
  12. ↑ Cliff Radel. For sale: One grand landmark. Cincinnati Enquirer. November 5, 1999. Retrieved on February 7, 2010.
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