The Rawson House is a historic building along Clifton Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
History Erected circa 1870,Rawson House, University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, 2015. Accessed 2015-12-29. it has been ranked as a fine example of the Italian Villa style of architecture.Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 658. Built with brick walls and elements of wood and stone,, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2010-10-09. it was originally the home of Jacob Lloyd Wayne. Later, the house was sold to Joseph Rawson, who was the president of a local meat packing firm and then the vice-president of the city's First National Bank.
National Register of Historic Places In 1973, the Rawson House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Non-archaeological historic sites in the United States qualify to be listed on the National Register by passing any of three different criteria: significant historical role, relation to a historically significant person, or historically significant architecture.National Register of Historic Places Fact Sheet, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Accessed 2010-10-09. It is possible for properties to meet more than one criterion; the Rawson House fit all three. Five years later, a group of properties along Clifton Avenue were designated a historic district, the Clifton Avenue Historic District; the Rawson House is a contributing property to that district.National Register District Address Finder , Ohio Historical Society, 2010. Accessed 2010-10-10.
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