{"nrhp_refnum":"85000947","name":"New Indianola Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Chittenden and Grant Aves., Fifth St., Seventh Ave., and Fourth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":39.992179996500056,"lon":-82.99794503868262,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-04-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 90 rental buildings on roughly 18 acres in Columbus, Ohio, along North Fourth Street and Chittenden and Eleventh Avenues, built between 1916 and 1921 by developer Charles F. Johnson.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is architecturally significant as a dense, intact concentration of early twentieth century rental housing found nowhere else in Columbus. It shows many rental building types, from single-family houses and duplexes to four-family buildings, rows and paired courts, with strong architectural harmony. It is also a well-preserved example of a World War I-era streetcar suburb developed quickly by a single developer.","narrative":"Along North Fourth Street and Chittenden and Eleventh Avenues in Columbus stands a group of about 90 brick rental buildings, all erected between 1916 and 1921 by developer Charles F. Johnson. The buildings fall into six types: duplexes, single-family houses, a pair of frame houses, four-family buildings, multi-family rows and four pairs of apartment courts set perpendicular to Fourth Street. Large front porches, one-over-one windows, decorated parapets and consistent setbacks give the streets a unified look. Johnson bought and platted the land in 1916, and the district was largely complete by 1921. It was aimed at renters drawn by nearby employers, Ohio State University and streetcar service to downtown. City directories show middle-class tenants, especially in the courts. The district was recognized for its architectural cohesion, its concentration of rental housing unmatched elsewhere in Columbus, and its survival as an early streetcar suburb. Some state board members disputed its significance.","period_of_significance":"1916-1921","architect_builder":"Charles F. Johnson, Developer","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as well preserved with a high degree of integrity; of 93 buildings, 90 contribute and three are intrusions (a 1960-era apartment building, a gas station and a concrete block garage). Some buildings have lost their porches.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.323105-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/85000947.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988473","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/new-indianola-historic-district-85000947/"}