A G E N D A HISTORIC CONSERVATION BOARD REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 17, 2014 J. MARTIN GRIESEL ROOM – 7TH FLOOR 3:00 P.M., II CENTENNIAL PLAZA, 805 CENTRAL AVENUE Call the meeting to order. CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS 1. 1509 Republic Street, raise roof with new dormers, Over-the-Rhine Historic District. (Kellam 3:00 pm) 2. 1329 Republic Street cut away roof deck, Over-the-Rhine Historic District. (Kellam 3:30 pm) PRELIMINARY DESIGN REVIEW 3. 1325-27 Republic Street, construction of new townhomes, Over-the-Rhine Historic District. (Kellam 4:00 pm) NATIONAL REGISTER REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION 4. Mohawk Place Historic District National Register Nomination. (Harris 4:30 pm) ADJOURN NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. 1. Name of Property Historic name: ___Mohawk Place Historic District________________________________ Other names/site number: ______________________________________ Name of related multiple property listing : ___________________________________________________________ (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Location Street & number: 241 to 290 McMicken Avenue, 2009 to 2024 Mohawk Place, 218 to 256 Mohawk Street, and 2026 Central Parkway City or town: _Cincinnati____ State: _Ohio________ County: _Hamilton__________ Not For Publication: N/A Vicinity: N/A ___________________________________________________ _________________________ 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property ___ meets ___ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: ___national ___statewide ___local Applicable National Register Criteria: ___A ___B ___C ___D Signature of certifying official/Title: Date ______________________________________________ State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official: Date Title : State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Mohawk Place Historic District Hamilton County, Ohio Name of Property County and State ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) Private: X Public – Local Public – State Public – Federal Category of Property (Check only one box.) Building(s) District X Site Structure Object Sections 1-6 page 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Mohawk Place Historic District Hamilton County, Ohio Name of Property County and State Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) Contributing Noncontributing _____37______ _____5_______ buildings _____________ _____________ sites _____________ _____________ structures _____________ _____________ objects _____37______ ______5______ Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register __0_______ ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) DOMESTIC: single dwelling DOMESTIC: multiple dwelling COMMERCE/TRADE: specialty store COMMERCE/TRADE: warehouse RECREATION AND CULTURE: theater INDUSTRY/PROCESSING/EXTRACTION: manufacturing facility RELIGION: religious facility OTHER: stable Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) DOMESTIC: single dwelling DOMESTIC: multiple dwelling COMMERCE/TRADE: specialty store VACANT: not in use _ Section 7 page 3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Mohawk Place Historic District Hamilton County, Ohio Name of Property County and State _____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) Art Moderne Romanesque Revival Italianate Second Empire Greek Revival OTHER: Vernacular Materials: (enter categories from instructions.) Principal exterior materials of the property: WOOD/Weatherboard, BRICK, STONE/ Limestone, Slate; METAL/Cast iron; STUCCO, TERRA COTTA, ASHPALT, CONCRETE, SYNTHETICS/Vinyl Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style, method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has historic integrity.) ______________________________________________________________________________ Summary Paragraph The Mohawk Place Historic District is located in the Over-the-Rhine (OTR) neighborhood of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. This area of Over-the-Rhine, historically known as Mohawk, 1 is situated about a mile and a half northwest of downtown Cincinnati. The proposed district is bounded on the north by Mohawk Street and Peck Alley, on the west by Manchester Avenue, on the south by Central Parkway, and on the east by 218 Mohawk Street (Figure 1). The topography rises up a hillside east of West McMicken Avenue. The district is characterized mostly by continuous streetscapes at the sidewalk line created by three- and four-story brick row buildings that date primarily from the late nineteenth century. They are mixed-use brick buildings with storefronts on the first floor and apartments above. The 5.95-acre district includes 42 individual properties, of which 37 are contributing and 5 are non-contributing. The Period of Significance is from 1850, the construction date of the oldest remaining resource within the proposed district at 281 West McMicken Avenue (Resource 17, Photo 11) to 1940, the 1 According to the “Mohawk-Bellevue NBD Historic District” Designation Report by Daniel W. Young (City of Cincinnati, 2002), Mohawk was never incorporated, and its borders were never officially recorded. Most historic accounts describe Mohawk as being generally located west of Vine Street and North of Findlay Market. Today, Mohawk is considered the area that stretches along both sides of McMicken Avenue west of Elm Street, and the neighborhood is considered a part of the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. Section 7 page 4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Mohawk Place Historic District Hamilton County, Ohio Name of Property County and State construction date of the latest contributing resource, the Felsenbrau Stock House at 244 Mohawk Street (Resource 36, Photo 17). The Period of Significance marks the span of time when the Mohawk Place Historic District attained the characteristics that qualify it for listing. Most of the buildings date from 1855 to 1915; three early-twentieth-century buildings—a 1913 movie theater modified in the 1930s and three brewery buildings built between 1930 and 1940 contribute to the significance of the district. The important physical features of the district include the steep hillsides, historic street pattern, continuous streetscapes, late-nineteenth-century buildings representing Greek Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, and Rundbogenstil styles, and a few twentieth-century examples of Art Moderne. Although some of the resources may lack individual architectural merit, as a district Mohawk Place conveys a strong sense of place and embodies multiple different periods of development. ______________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description Property Construction Contributing/ Style Historic Name Photo Resource Address/OHI Date Non- and/or Use Reference