The Gilbert Row, as of 2005 often referred to as Emery Row, is a group of historic

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in the southern part of the Walnut Hills neighborhood of

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. Composed of six individual small houses and a more substantial structure designed as a commercial building, the row was built by the

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firm of Thomas Emery's Sons according to a design by the Steinkamp Brothers architectural firm.Owen, Lorrie K., ed. ''Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places''. Vol. 1.

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: Somerset, 1999, 603. Built in 1889, the complex became a model for many residential complexes constructed by Thomas Emery's Sons during the 1890s, including multiple apartment-style properties in Walnut Hills. Gilbert Row stairs and porches

Buildings in the Gilbert Row are generally constructed on

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of stone; their walls are built of brick or iron, and they feature other elements of brick and stone.,

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, 2007. Accessed 2011-03-25. Most buildings in the group do not feature iron: it is only present in the cast iron front of the building constructed as a store. Typical houses in the row feature porches with

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s, wooden posts with chamfered and reeded details,

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-shaped valences, and ornamental

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. Setting the complex apart from almost all other groups of rowhouses in the city is its general architectural style: it is a clear example of the Queen Anne style of architecture, which was rarely employed in the construction of rowhouses in Cincinnati. In May 1982, the Gilbert Row was listed on the

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; it qualified for inclusion because of its well preserved and historically significant architecture, which was seen as important throughout the local area. Little more than a year later, a portion of southern Walnut Hills bounded by Morris, Gilbert, and Sinton Avenues was designated a historic district, the Gilbert-Sinton Historic District, and listed on the National Register, and the buildings of the Gilbert Row were among the district's

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, 2011-03-25. Accessed 2011-03-25. The structure underwent a complete renovation between May 2005 and November 2006, transforming the building into 12 townhomes and 6 condominiums.

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