{"nrhp_refnum":"80003001","name":"Near Northside Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Off OH 315","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":39.98476542250006,"lon":-83.01350452324083,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of roughly 70 square blocks northwest of downtown Columbus, Ohio, developed mostly between 1870 and 1920 around Goodale Park, Neil Avenue and the Dennison Park Addition.","why_significant":"The district is presented as an excellent, largely intact example of a nineteenth century urban residential neighborhood. Despite varied architectural styles, scale, proportion and materials unify it. It contains some of the finest domestic architecture of the period in Columbus, along with individually notable buildings such as the Peter Sells House, Hubbard Avenue School, Everett Junior High School and Goodale Park.","narrative":"Northwest of downtown Columbus, this neighborhood of about 70 square blocks grew between 1870 and 1920 on former farmland belonging to the Neil, Hubbard and Starr families, whose names survive on local streets. Development centered on Goodale Park, Neil Avenue and the Dennison Park Addition, which includes landscaped circles and the Vermont Place ellipse. Most buildings are single or multiple family homes, with churches, schools and a few small commercial buildings mixed in. Styles include Italianate, Second Empire, Eastlake, Queen Anne and Richardsonian Romanesque, typically in brick or stone with turrets, corbelled chimneys and stained glass. Notable buildings include the Peter Sells House, designed by Frank Packard for a circus owner, Hubbard Avenue School and Everett Junior High School. The area was recognized for its consistent scale, materials and proportions, and for surviving as a well-preserved nineteenth century urban neighborhood, despite some modern apartment intrusions near Ohio State University.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900-","architect_builder":"Examples named include Frank Packard, Charles Stribling, A. J. Solomon, D. Reibel and Elah Terrell and Company; no single architect for the district.","architectural_style":"Italianate, Second Empire, Eastlake, Queen Anne, Shingle Style and Richardsonian Romanesque, plus vernacular buildings","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; mostly private residences with churches, schools and small commercial buildings. Newer apartment buildings and the Doctors' Hospital complex are noted as intrusions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.378834-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003001.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003001/a655b8de93-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003001/a655b8de93-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neil_Avenue_in_the_Near_Northside.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neil_Avenue_in_the_Near_Northside.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988521","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_Northside_Historic_District_(Columbus,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105063245"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/near-northside-historic-district-80003001/"}