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Ransley Apartment Building

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of the first floor, while the other floors are brick. One enters the building through a recessed main doorway on the first floor, framed by a large stone archway; inscriptions "The Ransley" and "A.D. 1895" appear on and around the archway. Among the other major components of the design is a
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stores in various parts of the city. One of their properties was located along Kemper Lane on the southeastern corner of its intersection with McMillan Street, and it was here that they chose to erect a large new structure with plenty of residential space. To design the building, they chose
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During the late 19th century, S.C. and L.A. Ransley were a pair of businessmen in Cincinnati; by the 1890s, they owned a chain of three
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on the building's main corner, facing the intersection. Although the building's architecture has been described as a generic "
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National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Samuel Hannaford & Sons Thematic Resources
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tall, the Ransley Apartment Building is built of both brick and stone; the stonework is the
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Ransley Apartment Building is located in Ohio
Ransley Apartment Building is located in the United States
Cincinnati
Ohio
39°7′32″N 84°29′16″W / 39.12556°N 84.48778°W / 39.12556; -84.48778
Samuel Hannaford & Sons
Victorian
Romanesque Revival
MPS
Samuel Hannaford and Sons TR in Hamilton County
80003079
apartment building
Walnut Hills
Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
historic site
confectionery
Samuel Hannaford
City Hall
Music Hall
stories
ashlar
turret
Victorian
Romanesque Revival
National Register of Historic Places
multiple property submission

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