Brittany Apartment Building
The Brittany Apartment Building is a historic apartment building in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. A Queen Anne structure constructed in 1885,[1] it is a six-story rectangular structure with a flat roof,[2] built with brick walls and elements of wood and sandstone.[3] It was built by the firm of Thomas Emery's Sons,[4]: 7 Cincinnati's leading real estate developers during the 1880s. It is one of four large apartment complexes erected by the Emerys during the 1880s; only the Brittany and the Lombardy Apartment Buildings have endured to the present day.[2] Both the Lombardy and the Brittany were built in 1885 according to designs by Samuel Hannaford;[2]: 7 at that time, his independent architectural practice was gaining great prominence in the Cincinnati metropolitan area.[4]: 11
Brittany Apartment Building | |
 Front of the apartment building | |
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| Location | 100-104 W. 9th St., Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 39°6′19″N 84°30′57″W / 39.10528°N 84.51583°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1885 |
| Architect | Samuel Hannaford; Thomas J. & Joseph T. Emery |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| Part of | Ninth Street Historic District (ID80003067) |
| MPS | Samuel Hannaford and Sons TR in Hamilton County |
| NRHP reference No. | 80003037[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 3, 1980 |
Among the distinctive elements of the Brittany's architecture are the massive chimneys on each end of the building. The exterior of the building is covered with decorative pieces, such as a comprehensive cornice with boxed pediments, plentiful brick pilasters and corbelling,[2] and prominent bay windows.[4]: 7
In 1980, the Brittany Apartment Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, due to its well-preserved historic architecture.[1] Dozens of other properties in Cincinnati, including the Lombardy Apartment Building, were added to the Register at the same time as part of a multiple property submission of buildings designed by Samuel Hannaford.[4]: 10 Eight months later, the portion of Ninth Street between Vine and Race Streets was added to the Register as the Ninth Street Historic District,[1] and the Brittany Apartments were named one of the district's dozens of contributing properties.[5]
The building has been redone as LeBrittany, housing 15 units of luxury condominiums.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 568.
- ^ Brittany Apartment Building, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2010-10-04.
- ^ a b c d Gordon, Stephen C., and Elisabeth H. Tuttle. National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Samuel Hannaford & Sons Thematic Resources. National Park Service, 1978-12-11. Accessed 2010-10-04.
- ^ National Register District Address Finder Archived September 28, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Ohio Historical Society, 2010. Accessed 2010-10-16.
- ^ Vaccariello, Linda (November 2006). "The New Downtown". Cincinnati Magazine. p. 120. Retrieved May 16, 2013.