The Florence Kenyon Hayden Rector House is a historic house in the Olde Towne East neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The building was designed by local architect Florence Kenyon Hayden, who later married and took the name Mrs. James Rector; she was the first woman architect licensed in Ohio and the only woman known to practice architecture in Columbus during the first three decades of the 20th century. The house was constructed from 1924 to 1926.
The house has a narrow and long footprint, with a gable roof and stuccoed exterior walls. The gabled front includes a high parapet wall, hiding the roof from street view. Exterior walls are plain, without decorative ornamentation. Its walls and doors are placed asymmetrically, and have different sizes and shapes; predominantly rectangular and round-arched forms.
Sketch by Bill Arter
References
- Arter, Bill (May 31, 1970). "Columbus Vignettes: Oxley Hall's Designer". The Columbus Dispatch Magazine, p. 32.
- 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 193. OCLC 2697928.
