Urban Conservator meets today; 24 buildings declared public nuisance

The City of Cincinnati's Urban Conservator, Larry Harris, will hold a public hearing today at 2 P.M., Centennial Two, 805 Central Avenue, Suite 720, to determine the historic significance of 90 buildings that have been condemned and/or declared a public nuisance and entered into the City's hazard abatement program.

All of the following buildings are more than 50 years old and subject to review under Section 1101-57.1(1) of the Cincinnati Municipal Code:

• 2312 Boone St, Walnut Hills (two-family, 1910)
• 2400 Boone St, Walnut Hills (church, 1905)
• 2404 Boone St, Walnut Hills (two-family, 1910)
• 3118 Bracken Woods Ln, Westwood (multi-family, 1940)
• 3143 Bracken Woods Ln, Westwood (two-family, 1941)
• 3157 Bracken Woods Ln, Westwood (two-family, 1941)
• 965 Burton Ave, Avondale (single-family, 1895)
• 1114 Carson Ave, East Price Hill (three-family, 1900)
• 1927 Clarion Ave, Evanston (three-family, 1890)
• 3644 Clarion Ave, Evanston (single-family, 1913)
• 3646 Clarion Ave, Evanston (group home, 1900)
• 1038 Considine Ave, East Price Hill (single-family, 1890)
• 608 Crown St, Avondale (multi-family, 1900)
• 2611 Cummins St, North Fairmount (single-family, 1875)
• 2321 Dautel Ave, Westwood (multi-family, 1976)
• 669 Delhi Ave, Sedamsville (single-family, 1888)
• 704 Delhi Ave, Sedamsville (single-family, 1898)
• 812 Elberon Ave, East Price Hill (multi-family, 1941)
• 1241 Elberon Ave, East Price Hill (single-family, 1893)
• 1710 Esmonde St, South Fairmount (single-family, 1910)
• 1753 Esmonde St, South Fairmount (two-family, 1890)
• 1790 Esmonde St, South Fairmount (single-family, 1905)
• 1824 Esmonde St, South Fairmount (single-family, 1900)
• 3613 Evanston Ave, Evanston (single-family, 1905)
• 1232 Fairbanks Ave, East Price Hill (single-family, 1952)
• 1878 Fairfax Ave, Evanston (two-family, 1886)
• 1801 Forbus St, South Fairmount (single-family, 1900)
• 673 Glenwood Ave, Avondale (three-family, 1937)
• 2227 Grand Ave, South Fairmount (single-family, 1890)
• 4565 Hamilton Ave, Northside (two-family, 1914)
• 2210 Harrison Ave, Westwood (multi-family, 1951)
• 2280 Harrison Ave, Westwood (multi-family, 1960)
• 2322 Harrison Ave, Westwood (single-family, 1896)
• 609 Hawthorne Ave, East Price Hill (two-family, 1924)
• 1716 Hewitt Ave, Evanston (single-family, 1900)
• 1659 Iliff Ave, West Price Hill (single-family, 1911)
• 1663 Iliff Ave, West Price Hill (two-family, 1908)
• 3569 Irving St, Avondale (single-family, 1884)
• 3573 Irving St, Avondale (single-family, 1884)
• 1654 Jonathan Ave, Evanston (single-family, 1906)
• 2350 Kenton St, Walnut Hills (retail, 1930)
• 3003 Kerper Ave, Walnut Hills (multi-family, 1910)
• 4664 Kirby Ave, Northside (single-family, 1953)
• 3201 Lehman Rd, East Price Hill (single-family, 1939)
• 4221 Mad Anthony St, Northside (single-family, 1885)
• 1438 Manss Ave, West Price Hill (retail store, 1924)
• 2210 May St, Walnut Hills (single-family, 1890)
• 2715 May St, Avondale (three-family, 1900)
• 3318 McHenry Ave, East Westwood (single-family, 1927)
• 313 Mt. Hope Ave, Sedamsville (single-family, 1904)
• 3018 Murdock Ave, East Price Hill (two-family, 1905)
• 1369 Myrtle Ave, East Walnut Hills (single-family, 1900)
• 3633 Newton Ave, Evanston (single-family, 1905)
• 2825 Price Ave, East Price Hill (single-family, 1884)
• 501 Purcell Ave, East Price Hill (two-family, 1925)
• 1500 Queen City Ave, South Fairmount (manufacturing, 1908) (aka 1500 Waverly Ave)
• 1742 Queen City Ave, South Fairmount (mixed-use, 1895)
• 702 Ridgeway Ave, Avondale (multi-family, 1900)
• 3201 River Rd, Sedamsville (single-family, 1921)
• 877 Rockdale Ave, Avondale (single-family, 1900)
• 1529 Ruth Ave, Evanston (two-family, 1905)
• 1533 Ruth Ave, Evanston (single-family, 1909)
• 3138 Saffer St, South Fairmount (multi-family, 1961)
• 3162 Saffer St, Westwood (multi-family, 1958)
• 3181 Saffer St, Westwood (single-family, 1928)
• 2276 Schoedinger Ave, South Fairmount (single-family, 1900)
• 2482 Seegar Ave, South Fairmount (single-family, 1927)
• 3401 Spring Grove Ave, Camp Washington (mixed-use, 1885)
• 2830 Stanton Ave, Walnut Hills (multi-family, 1900)
• 2842 Stanton Ave, Walnut Hills (single-family, 1890)
• 1045 Sunset Ave, West Price Hill (single-family, 1905)
• 1582 Tremont St, South Fairmount (single-family, 1880)
• 1584 Tremont St, South Fairmount (single-family, 1875)
• 1638 Tremont St, South Fairmount (single-family, 1910)
• 3451 Trimble Ave, Evanston (single-family, 1910)
• 3550 Trimble Ave, Evanston (two-family, 1889)
• 1038 Underwood Pl, East Price Hill (single-family, 1915)
• 4325 Virginia Ave, Northside (single-family, 1922)
• 4384 Virginia Ave, Northside (single-family, 1928)
• 2724 Wagner St, University Heights (single-family, 1885)
• 2726 Wagner St, University Heights (single-family, 1880)
• 2537 Warsaw Ave, East Price Hill (two-family, 1928)
• 1641 Waverly Ave, South Fairmount (single-family, 1915)
• 1685 Westwood Ave, South Fairmount (three-family, 1905)
• 1801 Westwood Ave, South Fairmount (single-family, 1900)
• 1857 Westwood Ave, South Fairmount (two-family, 1865)
• 1708 William H Taft Rd, East Walnut Hills (two-family, 1865)
• 3309 Woodburn Ave, Evanston (single-family, 1909)
• 3315 Woodburn Ave, Evanston (single-family, 1909)
• 3556 Woodburn Ave, Evanston (single-family, 1915)

Anyone with pertinent information or evidence of any of these buildings' historic significance is encouraged to testify. A finding of historic significance can prevent a building from being demolished.


Public nuisances declared

Following public hearings held Feb. 22 by the Department of Community Development, Property Maintenance Code Enforcement, the following 24 buildings have been declared a public nuisance:

• 1700 Baltimore Ave, North Fairmount (multi-family, 1959)
• 425 Whiteman St, West End (multi-family, 1885)
• 3008 Woodburn Ave, Evanston (two-family, 1879)
• 3111 Bracken Woods Ln, Westwood (three-family, 1940)
• 1813 Fairmount Ave, South Fairmount (single-family, 1906)
• 2635 Melrose Ave, Walnut Hills (three-family, 1890)
• 2810 Stanton Ave, Walnut Hills (multi-family, 1900)
• 2521 Chatham St, Walnut Hills (three-family, 1880)
• 2538 Hemlock St, Walnut Hills (two-family, 1904)
• 2518 Hemlock St, Walnut Hills (multi-family, 1880)
• 2532 Stanton Ave, Walnut Hills (single-family, 1900)
• 2619 Stanton Ave, Walnut Hills (single-family, 1880)
• 1112 Yale Ave, Walnut Hills (two-family, 1880)
• 911 Yale Ave, Walnut Hills (two-family, 1880)
• 905 Fairbanks Ave, East Price Hill (single-family, 1895)
• 3065 Bracken Woods Ln, Westwood (multi-family, 1939)
• 3073 Bracken Woods Ln, Westwood (two-family, 1939)
• 1917 West Fork Rd, Northside (two-family, 1885)
• 431 Purcell Ave, East Price Hill (two-family, 1895)
• 3661 Clarion Ave, Evanston (single-family, 1924)
• 3545 Bevis Ave, Evanston (single-family, 1898)
• 3217 Gilbert Ave, Evanston (multi-family, 1890)
• 3628 Trimble Ave, Evanston (single-family, 1908)
• 651 E McMillan St, Walnut Hills (multi-family, 1905)

A public nuisance declaration subjects these buildings to demolition by governmental action, pending historic review, the awarding of bids, and the issuance of permits.

Previous reading on BC:
48 buildings declared a public nuisance (3/7/13)
Urban Conservator, Board of Housing Appeals meet today (3/4/13)
44 buildings declared a public nuisance (2/11/13)
Urban Conservator, Board of Housing Appeals hearings today (2/4/13)
Urban Conservator, Board of Housing Appeals holding hearings today (1/7/13)