{"nrhp_refnum":"79001836","name":"Higgins, H. A., Building","other_names":["Flatiron Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"129 E. Naghten St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":39.968720088000055,"lon":-82.99793768899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-08-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small, triangular three-story brick commercial and apartment building at 129 E. Naghten St. in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, built in 1914 by Herbert A. \"Myrt\" Higgins and known as the Flatiron Building.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the only example of its type in Columbus, designed to fit a pie-shaped lot. Its modest design is enhanced by stone beltcourses, keystones and brickwork around the first-floor windows. It is also tied to Higgins, a well-known local entrepreneur, and survives among lost nineteenth-century warehouses.","narrative":"Built in 1914 at 129 E. Naghten Street in Columbus, this small triangular building was designed to fit a pie-shaped lot. Constructed of brick on a stone foundation, it rises three stories under a flat roof with a parapet. The east end measures only about eight feet wide, widening to twenty-five feet at the west. Pointed-arch openings mark the first floor, while the upper windows are simple rectangular double-hung units. Light stone forms the beltcourse, keystones, sills and parapet coping, and a plaque reads \"H. A. Higgins 1914.\" Herbert Aloysius \"Myrt\" Higgins, a well-known local entrepreneur, designed and built it. His bar occupied the first floor, a grocery was at the rear, and the upper floors held efficiency apartments. The building is considered the only example of its type in the city. Large nineteenth-century brick warehouses once surrounded it, and several have since been demolished, leaving this little structure as a rare survivor.","period_of_significance":"1914","architect_builder":"Herbert Aloysius \"Myrt\" Higgins (designer and builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Form lists the property as privately owned and states that new owners plan to preserve it.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.653611-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001836.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001836/2aac957233-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001836/2aac957233-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:H.A._Higgins_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:H.A._Higgins_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988420","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.A._Higgins_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96380072"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/higgins-h-a-building-79001836/"}