Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Cincinnati

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Hooper Building
Photo: Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · tap to enlarge
National Register of Historic Places

Hooper Building

Also known as Fourth and Elm Building

On the National Register since 198046 years
Hannaford, Samuel and SonListed 1980Cincinnati
DirectionsAdd an old photo

Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

About

About Hooper Building

Hooper Building, at 139-151 W. 4th St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Mar 3, 1980. The Register lists it for its architecture, at the state level. 13 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isBuilding in Cincinnati, United States of America. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 15 MB · National Archives↗
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

139-151 W. 4th St., Cincinnati · about 0.3 miles on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Hooper BuildingStart here
  2. 2H. & S. Pogue Service BuildingBuilding · next door
  3. 3West Fourth Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)Renaissance · next door
  4. 4Terrace Plaza HotelBuilding · next door
  5. 5Building at 620-622 Vine StreetBuilding · next door
Around it

52 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BLombardy Apartment BuildingHannaford, Samuel0.1 miBH. W. Derby BuildingHannaford, Samuel0.1 miDWest Fourth Street Historic DistrictCommercial0.1 miDWest Fourth Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)District0.2 miBTraction Company BuildingBuilt 19030.2 miBUnion Trust BuildingCommercial · Built 19010.2 miBChurch, John, Company BuildingHannaford, Samuel0.2 miODavidson, Tyler, FountainBuilt 18710.2 miBCincinnati Gymnasium and Athletic ClubSecond Renaissance Revival · Built 19020.2 miBUnited States Post Office and Court HouseBuilding0.3 miBFirst National Bank BuildingBuilt 19040.3 miBMercantile Library BuildingBuilding0.3 miBFormica Corporation-Crystal Arcade-Contemporary Arts Center BuildingBuilding0.3 miBAtlas National Bank BuildingBuilding0.3 miBPalace TheatreNeo-Classical0.3 miBPalace HotelHannaford, Samuel0.3 miBCincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company BuildingArt Deco0.3 miDRace Street Historic DistrictLate Victorian0.3 mi
Show the other 34
BHotel MetropoleClassical Revival0.3 miBCincinnati Enquirer BuildingRomanesque0.3 mi★Plum Street TempleMoorish · Built 18650.3 miBCovenant First Presbyterian ChurchEnglish Gothic0.3 miBDoctors' BuildingLate Gothic Revival · Built 19230.3 miDMain-Third Street BuildingsHigh Victorian Italianate0.4 miBMain and Third Street ClusterNeo-Classical · Built 18620.4 miDEast Fourth Street Historic DistrictSecond Empire0.4 miBDuttenhofer BuildingBuilding0.4 miBReakirt BuildingBuilt 19240.4 miBBrunswick-Balke-Collender BuildingBuilding0.4 miBGwynne BuildingBeaux Arts0.4 miBSt. Peter-In-Chains CathedralGreek Revival · Built 18450.4 miBCincinnati City HallHannaford, Samuel and Sons0.4 miBGoodall BuildingSecond Renaissance Revival0.4 miBCuvier Press ClubFechheimer, Marcus · Built 18610.4 miBPhoenix Building/Cincinnati ClubNeo-Classical0.4 miDNinth Street Historic DistrictGreek Revival0.4 miBUnderwriters Salvage CorpsQueen Anne · Built 18970.4 miBPhoenix ClubHannaford, Samuel and Sons0.4 miBSaxony Apartment BuildingHannaford, Samuel, and Sons0.4 miBBrittany Apartment BuildingHannaford, Samuel · Built 18850.4 miBAbraham J. Friedlander HouseGreek Revival · Built 18300.4 miBIngalls BuildingBuilding0.5 miBB & O Freight TerminalRomanesque Revival0.5 mi★Carew TowerModern Movement · Built 19300.5 miBSt. Francis Xavier ChurchJacobethan · Built 18190.5 miBKrippendorf-Dittman CompanyHannaford and Son · Built 18880.5 miBCourt Street FirehouseRenaissance Revival0.5 miBPower BuildingCommercial0.5 miBYoung Women's Christian Association of CincinnatiNeo-Gothic0.5 miBAlkemeyer Commercial BuildingsItalianate · Built 18790.5 miBNathaniel Ropes BuildingQueen Anne0.5 miBCourtland FlatsSecond Renaissance Revival0.5 mi

Memories of Hooper Building

The record says what it is. Neighbors know what it means.

Town Square →
Weigh in
Have you been to Hooper Building?

Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.

Start a conversation
Have an old photo of it?Add it · +10

Questions about Hooper Building

Is Hooper Building on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Mar 3, 1980 (Register number 80003058).

Is Hooper Building a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Ohio has 73 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Plum Street Temple, 0.3 miles away.

Can you visit Hooper Building?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Hooper Building?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 15 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 71985338 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.