{"nrhp_refnum":"80003012","name":"Hotel Central","other_names":["Old Worthington Inn"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"New England and High Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worthington","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":40.08692435800003,"lon":-83.01828065799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Hotel Central, also called the Old Worthington Inn, is a three-story brick hotel and inn at New England and High Streets in Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio. The front portion was erected in the 1830s, with later enlargements and alterations.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an example of changing 19th-century architectural tastes, with turn-of-the-century eclectic character shown by its classical porch and unusual hipped mansard roof. It is also important as an inn serving commerce and traffic on the Columbus-Sandusky Turnpike (High Street) and as a place of social activity and entertainment from the 1830s to the present.","narrative":"Hotel Central, also known as the Old Worthington Inn, is a three-story brick building at New England and High Streets in Worthington, Ohio. Its front portion was built in the 1830s as a five-bay, two-story inn and was enlarged to the rear in the 1860s. After a major fire destroyed the original gable roof, a third-story mansard roof with a hipped and gabled cap was added around 1900, along with porches. The top floor was designed to serve as a ballroom. The main feature of the facade is a front porch with classical columns and a three-story central balcony beneath the hipped mansard. The building was recognized as an example of changing architectural tastes during the 19th century and for the eclectic style of the turn of the century. It also matters for its role as an inn serving traffic and commerce on the Columbus-Sandusky Turnpike, and as a center of social life and entertainment from the 1830s onward. It now houses a restaurant and shops.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Eclectic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a restaurant and shops; exterior condition good, interior fair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.93638-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003012.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003012/51be742744-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003012/51be742744-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_Central,_Worthington_Inn.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_Central,_Worthington_Inn.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"10000190","name":"Worthington Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/worthington-historic-district-10000190/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985304","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138338476"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/hotel-central-80003012/"}