{"nrhp_refnum":"86003393","name":"East Broad Street Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Old Governor`s Mansion"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Along E. Broad St. between Monypenny and Ohio Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":39.96685141150007,"lon":-82.96178778766324,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district along East Broad Street on Columbus's east side, roughly between Ohio and Monypenny Avenues on the north side and Sherman and Auburn Avenues on the south. It has 66 contributing buildings, including houses, apartment buildings, a high school, a synagogue and a service station, dating from the mid-1800s to the 1930s.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant under Criterion A for reflecting the successive periods of growth along East Broad Street, which parallel the development of Columbus's east side. Under Criterion C it is significant for its representation of 19th and early 20th century residential architecture, especially turn-of-the-century period revival styles built for prominent business leaders.","narrative":"East Broad Street in Columbus developed as a fashionable avenue on the city's east side, and this district preserves much of that history. It holds 66 contributing buildings, among them large single-family houses with carriage houses, apartment buildings, East High School, Temple Tifereth Israel, and a 1928-31 Tudor Revival service station. Styles range from the 1856 Italianate Baker-Taylor House to the 1936-37 Art Deco Royal York Apartments, though most buildings are turn-of-the-century period revival designs. A plank road built in 1852, annexation in the 1870s, the park across the street, and a streetcar line encouraged growth. Prominent business leaders built many of the houses, and the former Governor's Residence of 1904 served as the official residence from 1919 to 1954. In the 1920s and 1930s, luxury apartment buildings and the automobile changed the street. Brick, stone, ornamentation and large landscaped lots give the district a cohesive appearance, and its 12 non-contributing elements are scattered.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Miller and Reeves; Frank Packard; Richards, McCarthy and Bulford; Howard, Inscho and Merriman; R. Gilmore Hanford; Florence Kenyon Hayden","architectural_style":"Mixed styles from Italianate to Art Deco, mostly turn-of-the-century revival styles (Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival/Arts and Crafts, Neo-Classical Revival, Chateauesque, Second Renaissance Revival)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Retains a high degree of integrity of its original residential character; 66 contributing buildings and 12 non-contributing elements. Monypenny Hall is now offices, and a newer gas station is noted as vacant.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.914883-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/86003393.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003393/533b94d50b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003393/533b94d50b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Broad_Street_Historic_District.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Broad_Street_Historic_District.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985202","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Broad_Street_Historic_District_(Columbus,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5327949"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/east-broad-street-historic-district-86003393/"}