Fairmount-Style Townhouses

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These are based on two houses that stand next to each other at 1869 and 1871 Fairmount Avenue in Cincinnati's South Fairmount neighborhood. Built circa 1900, the defining feature of the house is a projected bay that sits at a 45-degree angle to the rest of the house, which originally housed a stained-glass window and has an exquisite wood trim detail on the gable above the window. Today, the two real-life houses this is based on are neglected and in danger of demolition or serious loss of their historic character due to the lack of any protections for North Fairmount or South Fairmount, which are home to many significant historic structures dating as far back as the 1820s, with most dating to between 1860 and 1910, and which recently lost a large amount of buildings to city-ordered demolitions of foreclosed, abandoned, and neglected properties, as well as a major stormwater drainage project that cleared out a large part of the heart of South Fairmount. This is mainly meant to document this vernacular style, which is similar to many other turn-of-the-century urban dwellings in the United States and Canada. Feel free to use this model as you see fit, on the condition that you contact me first so I know where it is being used (I'd love to see it wherever it ends up), and give me a mention or credit wherever it is used or published. #Cincinnati #Victorian #VanishedAmerica #HistoricArchitecture