Stites House
{{short description|Historic house in Ohio, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Stites House
| nrhp_type =
| image = Stites House.jpg
| caption = Front of the house
| location = 315 Stites Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio
| coordinates = {{coord|39|6|41|N|84|26|5|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Ohio#USA
| built = 1835
| architecture = Federal, Greek Revival
| added = August 24, 1979
| area =
| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000615|title=Columbia-Tusculum MRA}}
| refnum = 79002699{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
}}
The Stites House is a historic residence in the Columbia-Tusculum neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
History
Built in 1835, it is a brick structure with a stone foundation and a shingled roof; its architecture is a mix of the Federal and Greek Revival styles.{{OHC NRHP|79002699|Stites House}}, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2011-06-17. The house is composed of two portions: the front, which Hezekiah Stites constructed in 1835, and the large rear wing, which Hezekiah's son Charles added in 1867. The original section is Federal except for its Greek Revival entrance portico: it features typical Federal chimneys and attic windows on the gabled ends, and it is largely free of ornamental elements otherwise. Conversely, the rear wing includes components such as a Victorian porch.Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 676.
Overall, the Stites House is a well-preserved example of the Federal style and historically significant because of its great age. Depending on the house's age and its status as the home of the families of some of the community's founders, it received substantial attention in a historic preservation survey of Columbia-Tusculum conducted in 1978.Columbia-Tusculum Historical Society–Miami Purchase Association. {{NRHP url|id=64000615|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Columbia-Tusculum Multiple Resource Area}}. National Park Service, 1978-10-27, 13. One year later, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places due to its historically significant architecture. It was one of seventeen Columbia-Tusculum properties included in a multiple property submission related to the previous year's historic preservation survey; most of the properties were buildings, but the Columbia Baptist and Fulton-Presbyterian Cemeteries were also included.
References
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{{National Register of Historic Places}}
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Category:Houses completed in 1835
Category:Federal architecture in Ohio
Category:Greek Revival houses in Ohio
Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio