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Peter G. Thomson House

Historic house in Ohio, United States

United States historic place


Peter G. Thomson House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Cincinnati Local Historic Landmark


Location	5870 Belmont Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio
Coordinates	39°11′54.44″N 84°33′16.20″W / 39.1984556°N 84.5545000°W / 39.1984556; -84.5545000
Architect	James Gamble Rogers ^[1]
Architectural style	Beaux Arts, Renaissance^[1]
NRHP reference No.	79001860^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 29, 1979^[1]

Peter G. Thomson House, commonly known as Laurel Court, is a registered historic building in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register on November 29, 1979.

Currently the house is a private residence that is available for tours by reservation and for special events.

Design and construction

Peter G. Thomson, founder of The Champion Coated Paper Co., began construction on Laurel Court in 1902. He selected James Gamble Rogers, the nephew of Peter's wife, Laura Gamble Thomson, to design the Gilded Age mansion. Rogers based the house's ordonnance and design on the Trianon de Marbre, the Grand Trianon at Versailles, France, as can be seen from the duplication of the Grand Trianon's decorated Ionic order and the concept of a colonnade between cubical pavilions. The house is smaller than the Grand Trianon, it is revetted in simple stone rather than the marble of the French prototype, it is two stories rather than one, and was adapted to meet the requirements of a private residence at the time of construction. The Thomson family moved into the College Hill residence in 1907.^[2]

Features

Atrium with a retractable roof
Rookwood tile swimming pool
Turkish carpets^[3]
Library paneled in African rosewood
Music room decorated in gold leaf^[4]

Historic uses

Single Dwelling
Secondary Structure
Residence of the Archbishop of Cincinnati (1947-1977)^[3]
Former residence of Donald Larosa

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. June 30, 2007.
^ "About Laurel Court". Laurel Court. Retrieved on February 7, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Gail Deibler Finke (2004). College Hill. pp. 36–39. ISBN 0-7385-3323-8. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
^ Cliff Radel. For sale: One grand landmark. Cincinnati Enquirer. November 5, 1999. Retrieved on February 7, 2010.