Aerial photograph of the districtThe East Town Street Historic District is a historic district in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 and the Columbus Register of Historic Properties in 1982; the district boundaries differ between the two entries.[1][2]
Properties
604 East Rich StreetThe Harry Micajah Daugherty House is located at 481 East Town Street, built in 1904.[2]
The Snowden-Gray House, a High Victorian-style two-and-a-half-story mansion with a cupola, built in 1852, is located at 530 East Town Street. It was the Kappa Kappa Gamma National Headquarters from 1952 to 2018.[3] It housed the Heritage Museum, displaying the history of the organization. The building now serves as an event space.[4]
The Alexander Medical Supply Building is located at 538-550 East Town Street. The building combined the Benjamin Kelly house at 538 East Town, built in 1844, and the house to its east at 550 East Town. The Keever Starch Company combined and restored these houses around 1940.[2]
The Kelton House Museum and Garden, originally the Fernandez Cortez Kelton House, is a historic house museum in the district. The house at 586 East Town Street was built in 1852.[2]
The Reverend Barzillia N. Spahr House, at 621 East Town Street, was built in 1873. The house was designed by Columbus architect George Bellows Sr.[2]
The Frederick Lazarus House, at 380 East Town Street, was built in 1886.[2]
Allen G. Thurman House, 513 East Rich StreetThe Allen G. Thurman House, at 513 East Rich Street, was built in 1879.[2]
Trimmers Manor, at 392 East Town Street, was built for Abram B. Cohen in 1888.[2]
The Frazier School of Speech-Voice, Public Speaking & Dramatics, at 565 East Town Street, was built in 1882. The Victorian Italianate house was built by W.H. Richards.[2]
The George J. Heer M.D. Offices, at 475 East Town Street, was built in 1894.[2]
The Wege Marble & Tile Company, at 539 East Town Street, was built in 1896 by W.C. Halliday.[2]
579 East Rich Street, no longer extant, was a Victorian-era house.[2]
Louis P. Hoster residence, 555 East Rich Street (demolished)124 South Washington Avenue is a house built in 1869.[2]
Loving Realty, at 529 East Town Street, is a Second Empire-style house.[2]
604 East Rich Street is a Second Empire-style apartment house.[2]
The Columbus Performing Arts Center, a theater venue made from two historic houses with numerous additions, lies within the district.[2]
The Ohio Institution for the Deaf and Dumb campus (now housing Cristo Rey Columbus High School and Topiary Park) are sometimes included in the district.[2]
370 East Town Street was constructed c. 1855 in the Italian Villa style, resembling the traditional farmhouses of Italy. This style was most popular in America from 1850 to 1860, so the house probably dated to that time.[6] The house no longer stands.
385 East Town Street lies within the district. The single-family house is a new construction, repurposing the facade of 318 East State Street (the McGavran Building), built c. 1870.[2][6]
Gallery
300 Block of Town Street
370 East Town Street (demolished)
380 East Town Street
(Fred Lazarus House)
385 East Town Street
390-392 East Town Street (Amelia & Ralph Lazarus House)
394 East Town Street (McManigal House)
400 Block of Town Street
400 East Town Street (Cristo Rey Columbus High School)
405 East Town Street
427 East Town Street
433 East Town Street
463 East Town Street
475 East Town Street
480 East Town Street (Topiary Park)
481 East Town Street
500 Block of Town Street
513 East Town Street (Samuel Hartman mansion, demolished)
529 East Town Street
530 East Town Street (Snowden-Gray House)
538 East Town Street
539 East Town Street
545 East Town Street
550 East Town Street
560 East Town Street
565 East Town Street
571 East Town Street
580 East Town Street (Townley Court)
581 East Town Street
586 East Town Street (Kelton House)
600 Block of Town Street
600 East Town Street
602 East Town Street
615 East Town Street
620 East Town Street
621 East Town Street
630 East Town Street
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form". National Park Service. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 440. ISBN 9781878592705.
- "Heritage Museum". Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- "Downtown Historic Resources". City of Columbus. June 1985. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- Samuelson, Robert E.; et al. (Pasquale C. Grado, Judith L. Kitchen, Jeffrey T. Darbee) (1976). Architecture: Columbus. The Foundation of The Columbus Chapter of The American Institute of Architects. p. 159. OCLC 2697928.
