Dublin High Street Historic District

Dublin's High Street district covers four short blocks of a tree-lined street along the Scioto River, with buildings dating from 1826 to 1890. Early stone houses sit beside simple Victorian frame structures, serving as homes, small shops and antique stores. Dublin was the only town ever to develop in Washington Township and the first settled by early families, drawn by the river and established roads. Notable buildings include the Thomas House, a coursed-rubble Federal tavern of about 1832 built by John Sells for his son-in-law Zenas Hutchinson, later Dublin's first mayor. Others include a c. 1840 brick former tin shop and post office, an Italianate-influenced office with round-arched windows, a log structure beneath shingle siding, and a hotel and home linked to merchant Holcomb Tuller. A few newer small buildings intrude but do little to change the streetscape. The street remains quiet, with low traffic.