Iuka Ravine Historic District

Iuka Ravine is a neighborhood of 53 houses and apartment buildings in Columbus, Ohio, set along a wooded ravine between Indianola Avenue and North Fourth Street. Iuka Avenue curves through the ravine on brick paving, passing beneath two classical concrete and sandstone arch bridges at Indianola and Summit Streets before opening into Iuka Park. Development began in 1906 and continued for about twenty years from two separate real estate additions, without a single master plan. The buildings are mostly Tudor and English Cottage revival, Dutch Colonial and Craftsman designs, including several by architect Charles Inscho, who built two homes for himself here, and a large house by Frank Packard. The district was recognized as the first Columbus development to use an existing natural landscape, keeping mature trees and curving streets rather than the surrounding grid. Its architecture and landscape design made it an example for later early twentieth century neighborhoods in and around the city.