{"nrhp_refnum":"80003024","name":"Worthington Public Square","other_names":["Public Green","Worthington Village Green"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Village Green","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worthington","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":40.08882340200006,"lon":-83.01786760799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Worthington Public Square (also called Worthington Village Green or Public Green) is a village green of about 4 acres in the center of Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio, dated to 1804. High Street and Granville Road divide it into four quadrants.","why_significant":"The green is significant as a vestige of the New England town planning concept transplanted to Ohio. It is described as one of only two such planned communities still extant in Central Ohio. Many of its trees were planted through the efforts of Rev. Uriah Heath, a Methodist minister.","narrative":"Worthington Public Square, long known as the Village Green or Public Green, is a roughly four-acre open space at the center of Worthington, Ohio. Dating to 1804, it is a grassy, tree-covered area divided by High Street and Granville Road into four quadrants, each measuring about 100 by 300 feet. A narrow street runs around its outer edge, and it sits at a very busy intersection. The green is owned by the city and open to the public. It was listed because it preserves a piece of New England town planning carried into Ohio by the settlers who founded Worthington. The form describes it as one of only two such planned communities still existing in Central Ohio. Many of the mature trees were planted through the efforts of Rev. Uriah Heath, a Methodist minister who lived nearby in the later nineteenth century. A 1991 correction changed the listed name from Worthington Village Green to Worthington Public Square without altering boundaries or significance.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as a grassy and forested public green, owned by the City of Worthington, open to the public and located amid very busy cross streets.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.139478-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003024.pdf"},"photo":null,"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/71985147","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/worthington-public-square-80003024/"}