{"nrhp_refnum":"83004300","name":"Seneca Hotel","other_names":["Seneca Towers"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"361 E. Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":39.96289587100006,"lon":-82.99086051099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-12-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 10-story steel and reinforced concrete apartment hotel at 361 East Broad Street in Columbus, Ohio, built in 1917 and enlarged by a four-story addition in 1924. A two-story brick garage built in 1918 sits within the property boundaries.","why_significant":"It is described as the first of two known high-rise apartment hotels built in Columbus and one of the few surviving 1910s structures downtown. Its white glazed terra cotta detailing reflects English Renaissance Revival influence. It was co-designed by the noted Columbus architect Frank L. Packard and David Riebel & Sons.","narrative":"Rising ten stories along East Broad Street in Columbus, the Seneca Hotel opened in 1917 as a high-rise apartment hotel for permanent residents rather than transient visitors. Frank L. Packard and David Riebel & Sons designed it, and S.D. Peacock & Sons of Cincinnati built it. Its brick exterior is trimmed with white glazed terra cotta at the base and the top, including belt courses, sculptures, window surrounds and quoins, in a style influenced by English Renaissance Revival. A four-story addition in 1924 made the plan L-shaped, though the exterior looks much as it did after that work. Original wood paneling and balcony railings survive in the lobby. The hotel is listed as the first of two known high-rise apartment hotels in Columbus, and as one of the few remaining 1910s structures downtown. A two-story brick garage built in 1918 for 35 cars, later documented, also lies within the boundaries. The hotel now houses state agency offices.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Frank L. Packard, Architect (Columbus); David Riebel & Sons, Architect (Columbus); S.D. Peacock & Sons, Contractor (Cincinnati)","architectural_style":"English Renaissance Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The hotel building serves almost exclusively as offices for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The garage was last used for office space and is described as currently vacant. The form rates the hotel's condition as excellent and altered.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.521156-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83004300.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004300/245db834cf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004300/245db834cf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Columbus_ohio_seneca_hotel.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Wdzinc</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Columbus_ohio_seneca_hotel.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988328","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7763286"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/seneca-hotel-83004300/"}