Yellow Springs Historic District

Yellow Springs Historic District covers the older core of a Greene County, Ohio village that grew around a mineral spring. It keeps its original grid street pattern, wooded lots and low building density. The district holds 332 main buildings plus 155 outbuildings. Of the main buildings, 243 are classed as contributing features, 37 as background structures and 51 as intrusions. Most date from after 1840, and the peak of construction came between 1846 and 1856, mainly in modest brick or frame houses with Greek Revival traits. Later buildings add Italianate, Second Empire, Colonial Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival and bungalow examples, along with Antioch College halls. The oldest surviving building is the Birch House of 1842. The village began with a tavern and bathing resort at the spring in 1802, then grew as a water-cure destination and as a railroad commercial center. Antioch College, founded in this period, has remained closely tied to the village.