Bates Building

The Bates Building is a historic house in the Columbia-Tusculum neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. A two-story building constructed in a vernacular style of architecture, it is one of the oldest buildings on Eastern Avenue in the neighborhood.[2]

Bates Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front of the house
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Location	3819 Eastern Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio
Coordinates	39°6′40″N 84°26′8″W
Area	Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1865
MPS	Columbia-Tusculum MRA
NRHP reference No.	79002700[1]
Added to NRHP	August 24, 1979

Constructed in 1865,[1] the Bates Building is a simple frame building with a gabled roof of shingles; it is three bays wide, and each side is a single bay. A significant exception to the house's simple construction is the ornate front porch, which appears to have been built after the rest of the house; complicated beveled woodwork covers the pillars of the porch. The eastern side of the house is otherwise the most distinctive part of the building; an outward projection on that side is the only exception to the house's rectangular shape, and included in the projection is a small oval window, which is the only non-rectangular window in the house.[2]

In 1979, the Bates Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places due to its historically significant architecture. It was one of seventeen Columbia-Tusculum properties included in a multiple property submission related to a historic preservation survey that had been conducted in the previous few years; most of the properties were buildings, but the Columbia Baptist and Fulton-Presbyterian Cemeteries were also included.[1]