Norwell Residence

Ohio, United States

Access unknown

We could not determine this from the source data.

Find out more

Heritage registerNational Register of Historic Places↗

The Norwell Residence is a Victorian house built in 1890 in the Columbia-Tusculum neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. Constructed with weatherboard siding, a stone foundation, and a shingled roof, the two-and-a-half-story structure has an irregular L-shaped floor plan that visually reads as rectangular due to two distinct porches that fill the remaining space. The building is distinguished by ornate Victorian detailing: imbricated shingles adorn the westward-facing gable, while both the primary and secondary porches feature spindle friezes and cunningly crafted braces, with the secondary porch stacked atop the primary one. Praised as "outstanding" in a 1978 historic preservation survey of the neighborhood, the house maintained its virtually unchanged architecture and served as a design precedent for eight nearby residences. Its architectural significance led to its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 as part of a multiple property submission encompassing seventeen Columbia-Tusculum properties.