{"nrhp_refnum":"86003427","name":"Garfield-Broad Apartments","other_names":["Broadway Apartments"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"775 E. Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":39.96473912300007,"lon":-82.97791803999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-12-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, U-shaped brick and half-timber apartment building at 775 East Broad Street in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, built in 1929. Galbreath and Leonard were the builders, and H.O. Chapman was the developer.","why_significant":"The building is significant under Criterion A as an example of the luxury apartment buildings that developed along East Broad Street once streetcar lines and automobiles made the area convenient for commuting. Under Criterion C it is an excellent example of early twentieth century period revival architecture in the Jacobethan Revival style. Its low scale and period style blended with the residential character of the area when it was built.","narrative":"Garfield-Broad Apartments, also known as the Broadway Apartments, is a three-story apartment building at 775 East Broad Street in Columbus. Built in 1929 by Galbreath and Leonard for developer H.O. Chapman, it cost $200,000 and held 49 units. The U-shaped brick building surrounds an interior courtyard, and twin crenellated octagonal towers flank the courtyard entrance. Its Jacobethan Revival styling includes half-timbering, quoins, parapets, hood moldings, terra cotta roping, and decorative diagonal, basketweave and herringbone brickwork under a steeply pitched slate roof. The building was listed because it shows how East Broad Street changed in the early twentieth century. Streetcar lines and then the automobile encouraged luxury apartments there, housing businessmen near downtown offices and older single residents who did not want to maintain large houses. Its modest scale and period revival design fit the neighborhood's residential character. It is still used as apartments, and its exterior is in very good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Galbreath and Leonard (contractor/builder); developer H.O. Chapman","architectural_style":"Jacobethan Revival (Jacobean Revival)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as apartments; exterior condition listed as very good, interior unknown.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.299097-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/86003427.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003427/cad0174b5b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003427/cad0174b5b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Garfield-Broad_Apartments.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Garfield-Broad_Apartments.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"78002063","name":"Columbus Near East Side District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/columbus-near-east-side-district-78002063/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985196","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield-Broad_Apartments","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105044041"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/garfield-broad-apartments-86003427/"}