Springboro Historic District

Springboro Historic District covers the old core of Springboro, Ohio, a pike town platted in 1815 and 1818 by Jonathan Wright. It runs seven blocks south along South Main Street and includes East Street and several short cross streets. Of its 189 resources, 138 contribute to its character. Most are modest single-family houses, along with small shops, a former hotel and tavern, a blacksmith shop, four 19th-century churches, a Friends cemetery, a town hall and a 1929 township high school. Early brick buildings, many laid in Flemish bond, give the streetscape its character, and more than half of the primary contributing buildings predate the Civil War. Styles range from restrained Federal and Greek Revival to Italianate and Queen Anne. Buildings sit close together on narrow lots, often directly on the sidewalk. The district reflects the village's growth from 1810 through 1945, though many houses now serve commercial uses as the area grows along the Interstate 75 corridor.