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Showing greater freedom than in his earlier design of the 1849 Norton House on Hillhouse Avenue, Henry Austin designed another Italian villa style house on Chapel Street in 1852. Built for the Cincinnati merchant Jonathan King, the house features a prominent central tower. It is commonly known by the name of its next resident, Oliver B. North, head of O.B. North, a saddlery and carriage hardware firm.

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The Oliver B. North House (1852)
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  • January 22, 2009 at 4:18 pm
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    i live in one of the apts that the house has been sl=plit up into. i can only imagine wht this place mustve been like in its hayday. it still has some of the interior details, but not all the charm that it used to im sure. would love to see some more money put into the home to bring it back to the glory it once had.

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