{"nrhp_refnum":"90000585","name":"Third Avenue and North High Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"N. High St. in the vicinity of 2nd and 3rd","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":39.98386751000004,"lon":-83.00471141756623,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-04-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A commercial and multifamily residential historic district along North High Street in the Short North area of Columbus, Ohio, roughly between E. First and E. Fourth Avenues. It holds 24 contributing and 6 non-contributing buildings, mostly brick structures built between 1900 and 1920.","why_significant":"The district is significant under Criteria A and C for its streetcar-era and automobile-era commercial development. Its buildings are excellent examples of their property types, and their massing and density give the district a cohesive character. It is described as the second largest district in the Short North and one of the largest of its kind in Columbus.","narrative":"Along North High Street in Columbus's Short North area, this district gathers 33 buildings between East First and East Fourth Avenues, 24 of them contributing. Most are two- to three-story brick buildings from 1900 to 1920, with shops on the ground floor and apartments or offices above. The group includes a row of about 1905 commercial buildings with matching polychromatic brickwork, the Italianate Dennison Hall fraternal building from around 1890, the Craftsman-style Hubbard Apartments, a reinforced concrete warehouse with terra-cotta facing, a Neoclassical branch library, a Gothic Revival Methodist church built in 1922, and early auto dealerships and garages. Commercial growth came late because large residences and slow subdivision limited development before 1900; streetcar electrification and later automobile and truck transport then shaped the area. The district was recognized for its architecture and for illustrating these two phases of commercial development between 1890 and 1940.","period_of_significance":"1890-1940","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate; Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements (including Colonial Revival, Jacobethian Revival, Neo Classical Revival, Craftsman, Late Gothic Revival)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Most buildings retain integrity; storefronts and upper-story windows have been altered in places, and many buildings have been recently rehabilitated. Current uses include specialty stores, business and multiple dwellings.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.72543-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/90000585.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985188","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/third-avenue-and-north-high-historic-district-90000585/"}