Underwriters Salvage Corps (Cincinnati, Ohio)

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Underwriters Salvage Corps
Underwriters Salvage Corps in Cincinnati.jpg
Underwriter's Salvage Corps of Cincinnati HQ (1897-1924) at 114 E. 8th St., later re-numbered as 112 E. 8th St. Salvage Corps is the red brick building only partial visible; the gray stone building, at center, was the YMCA in 1897.
Underwriters Salvage Corps (Cincinnati, Ohio) is located in Ohio
Underwriters Salvage Corps (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Location110-112 E. 8th St., Cincinnati, Ohio
Coordinates39°6′18″N 84°30′42″W / 39.10500°N 84.51167°W / 39.10500; -84.51167Coordinates: 39°6′18″N 84°30′42″W / 39.10500°N 84.51167°W / 39.10500; -84.51167
Arealess than one acre
Built1897
ArchitectWilliam Schuberth
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No.82003589[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 15, 1982

The Underwriters Salvage Corps is a historic building in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Located on Eighth Street in the city's downtown, it has historically been the home of a firm that worked together with both the Cincinnati Fire Department and local fire insurance companies.[2]

Local insurance companies formed the Underwriters Salvage Corps in 1886 at the end of a four-year-long process of negotiations. As a salvage corps, their goal was largely to assist firefighters in danger zones: employees rushed to burning buildings to try to save both lives and property, and they were accorded the same status as official firefighters while at fire zones.[2]

The present building was erected in 1897 under the direction of local contractor William Schuberth; its purpose was the storage of equipment and the housing of the Salvage Corps' employees who were on duty at any given point.[2] A brick building with a stone foundation,[3] it is a Queen Anne structure three-and-a-half stories tall.[2]

In 1982, the Underwriters Salvage Corps was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1] Key to this designation was its place in local history,[3] for it was the only Cincinnati-area corporation that worked closely with both insurance companies and the city's fire department.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 681-682.
  3. ^ a b Underwriters Salvage Corps, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2010-11-02.
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