Glendale Historic District (Glendale, Ohio)

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Glendale Historic District

| nrhp_type = nhld

| nocat = yes

| area = {{convert|392|acre|ha}}

| image = Glendale OH shops.jpg

| caption =

| location = SR 747, Glendale, Ohio

| coordinates = {{coord|39|16|17|N|84|27|49|W|display=inline, title}}

| locmapin = Ohio#USA

| built = {{start date|1861}}

| architect = Multiple

| architecture = Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian and Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals{{NRISref|2007b}}

| designated_nrhp_type = May 5, 1977{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1658&ResourceType=District|title=Glendale Historic District|accessdate=2008-04-12|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119060746/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1658&ResourceType=District|archive-date=2008-01-19|url-status=dead}}

| added = July 20, 1976

| refnum = 76001447

| increase_refnum = 100003285

| increase = December 18, 2018 (also includes decreases)

}}

The Glendale Historic District encompasses the historic core of Glendale, Ohio. Developed in 1851, Glendale is one of the earliest known examples of a planned residential village subdivision, its layout made using principles developed for rural cemeteries popular at the time. The district features shaded winding residential lanes, and a large assemblage of well-preserved period buildings. The district was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977.

Description and history

The village of Glendale is located in southwestern Ohio, about {{convert|15|mi|km}} north of Cincinnati. Its historic core is an area of about {{convert|392|acre|ha}}, bounded roughly by Coral and Washington Avenues on the north, Springfield Pike (SR 4) on the west, Oak Street on the south, and South Troy Avenue on the east. South Troy parallels railroad tracks, and the village's business district basically straddles those tracks near Sharon Road. Congress Avenue is a major road passing through the district north from the junction of Springfield Pike and Oak Street. The area east of Congress Avenue is heavily residential, with winding roads and mature landscaping. There are two small parks in this area, both on East Fountain Avenue, which travels generally southwest to northeast. Houses in the district are mostly either Italianate or Second Empire, reflective of the village's development period in the 1850s.{{Cite journal|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Glendale Historic District|url={{NHLS url|id=76001447}} |format=pdf|date=1977 |author=Pitts, Carolyn |publisher=National Park Service}} (incomplete scanned copy) and {{NHLS url|id=76001447|title=Accompanying 37 photos, from 1866, 1975, 1976, and undated|photos=y}} {{small|(32 KB)}} The railroad depot included in the district holds a museum of memorabilia of the village's past, including when John Hunt Morgan went through the village on his great raid.

File:Train station in Glendale.jpg

Glendale was the brainchild of George Crawford and Henry Clark, two Ohio businessmen who saw the possibility of a suburban residential development along the railroad line of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway. To that end, they ended up purchasing {{convert|600|acre|ha}} on which Glendale was built. {{convert|200|acre|ha}} were laid out by Robert Phillips, a civil engineer, and development proceeded once the railroad began running in 1851. The village streets were at first lit by coal oil lamps, which were upgraded by 1872 to natural gas; these fixtures are still used.

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[http://www.glendaleohio.org/landmarks.html Glendale Ohio National Historic District] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511201641/http://www.glendaleohio.org/landmarks.html |date=May 11, 2008 }}

Glendale Historic District (Glendale, Ohio)

Description and history

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