Detail View: Architecture and Urban Planning Collection: Sun Furniture Building

Work Record ID: 
811
Reproduction Record ID: 
811
Work Class: 
Architecture
Work Type: 
industrial building
Title: 
Sun Furniture Building
Title Type: 
preferred
Creator: 
Hannaford, Samuel, 1835-1910
Creator Dates: 
1835-1910
Creator Nationality: 
American
Creator Type: 
personal
Creator Role: 
architect
Date: 
19th century
Date Type: 
creation
Location: 
1102 Sycamore St., Central Parkway and Sycamore streets, Cincinnati (Ohio)
Location: 
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Location Type: 
site
Style Period: 
Italianate (North American architecture styles)
Culture: 
American
Subject: 
industrial buildings
Subject: 
retail stores
Subject: 
cornices
Subject: 
central business districts
Description: 
Changing hands multiple times, the Sun Furniture was designed for retail and office purposes but in 1960 was transformed into a multi-residential housing unit. In 1991, it was vacated, and in 2001 a presumed lightening strike resulted in its renovation.
Information Source: 
Driehaus, Bob. "Storm Sparks Sun Fix-Up." Cincinnati Post, My 4, 2001. NewsBank Access World News, CNP05040101770001. https://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:CNPB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rf
Reproduction Creator: 
Cincinnati Preservation Association
Reproduction Creator Type: 
donor
Reproduction View: 
Front and side facade
Reproduction View Type: 
exterior view
Reproduction Rights Statement: 
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