German Village (Boundary Increase)

This 11-acre area lies against the northeast corner of German Village in Columbus and adds about 88 mostly residential buildings to the district. Early houses from the 1840s to 1860s are one-and-a-half-story brick on limestone foundations with slate gable roofs. Larger two-story brick homes followed in the 1860s and 1870s, and two-story frame houses date from 1880 to 1900. Buildings sit close to the street on narrow lots, and brick streets and sidewalks survive in places. The northern part was platted in 1848 as James Bryden's 2nd Addition, and the southern part as the Franklin County Infirmary Addition in 1884. The nomination presents the area as a representation of a 19th century German working class neighborhood, reflecting the building styles and spatial patterns of German settlers who arrived in large numbers after the 1830s. Many buildings have been rehabilitated, a process that began locally in the late 1950s. The area was added because its architecture matches the existing district.