The Bates Building is a historic house in the Columbia-Tusculum neighborhood of

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. A two- story building constructed in a vernacular style of architecture, it is one of the oldest buildings on Eastern Avenue in the neighborhood.Owen, Lorrie K., ed. ''Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places''. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 563. Constructed in 1865, the Bates Building is a simple

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building with a

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d roof of shingles; it is three

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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

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ed 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. In 1979, the Bates Building was listed on the

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due to its historically significant architecture. It was one of seventeen Columbia-Tusculum properties included in a

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related to a

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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.

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{{authority control Houses completed in 1865 Houses in Cincinnati Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio National Register of Historic Places in Cincinnati Vernacular architecture in Ohio