{"nrhp_refnum":"83001967","name":"Columbia Building","other_names":["The Clock Restaurant in the Larrimer Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"161-167 N. High St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":39.965864029000045,"lon":-83.00160113999993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-08-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-story, three-bay commercial building at 161-167 North High Street in downtown Columbus, Ohio, built about 1895 and now known as the Larrimer Building. Its ground floor holds a 1905 storefront and interior built for the Bott Brothers, later the Clock Restaurant.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for the 1905 storefront designed by Stribling & Lum and the hand-crafted bar interior installed by the Bott Brothers. It is also significant as the long-running Clock Restaurant, a downtown landmark eatery since 1925, and as one of few remaining 19th-century commercial buildings on High Street. Its sandstone facade is a rare treatment in Columbus.","narrative":"Located at 161-167 North High Street in Columbus, this five-story commercial building dates to about 1895 and has a smooth dressed sandstone facade, an unusual choice for 19th-century commercial buildings in the city. Its top two floors and parapet were removed in 1961, and a new cornice was added in 1981. The ground floor holds the storefront and interior created in 1905 for the Bott Brothers' bar and billiard business. Stribling & Lum designed curved glass windows topped by leaded colored glass domes. Inside, the Botts built a hand-carved Philippine mahogany bar with inlay, said to have won a ribbon at the 1893 World Columbian Exposition, along with plaster ceiling ornament, a mosaic floor and stained glass windows. After Prohibition the space became the Clock Restaurant in 1925, which remains a downtown landmark. The restored storefront and fixtures are the only identified Bott work left in Columbus.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Stribling & Lum, Architects (storefront); Bott Bros. Manufacturing Co., designers (bar fixtures)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Storefront restored and a new marquee built to reflect the original; the Clock Restaurant is still in business. The top two floors and stone parapet were removed in 1961 and a new cornice was added in 1981.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.811556-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83001967.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001967/cb217ec414-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001967/cb217ec414-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Columbia_Building,_Columbus.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Columbia_Building,_Columbus.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988432","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Larrimer_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94933292"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/columbia-building-83001967/"}