National Historic Landmark · house · Cincinnati, Ohio

Pendleton, George Hunt, House

Historic house in Ohio, United States in Cincinnati, Ohio. Built 1870. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.

Private, view from the streetNational Historic LandmarkBuilt 1870Listed 1966Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada
George Hunt Pendleton HousePendleton House, Prospect Hill Historic District, Cincinnati, OH (28226313518)
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What it is

Wikipedia · George Hunt Pendleton House

The George H. Pendleton House is a historic house in the Prospect Hill Historic District of Cincinnati, Ohio. It was built in 1870 in the French Second Empire style. From 1879 until his death in 1889, this was the residence of Senator George Hunt Pendleton (1825–1889). As a U.S. senator (1879–1885), Pendleton spearheaded civil service reform, meeting here in 1882 to draft the Pendleton Act, which created the Civil Service merit system. The building, now in mixed commercial and residential use, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address559 E. Liberty St., Cincinnati, OH
CountyHamilton County
ListedOct 15, 1966
Reference number66000611
Built1870
Type of placehouse
StyleSecond Empire architecture in the United States and Canada
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, Local Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

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Private property
Address559 E. Liberty St., Cincinnati, OH
Coordinates39.11204, -84.50442 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitWilliam Howard Taft National Historic Site · 1 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyOverlook Shelter (Brookville Lake) 34 mi · Caesar Creek Lake 35 mi · Tailwater Shelter 1 (Brookville Lake) 35 mi
Listing on the Register does not open the door. This is a private residence. See it from the sidewalk.

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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000611. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.