Nomination for Smith, Benjamin, House

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Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Rev.

6-72) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE County NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY DATE (Type all entries complete applicable sections) AND/ OR HISTORIC: STREET AND NUMBER: TO THE PUBLIC - In Process - Preservation work PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Transportation - Comments Commercial X Other (Specify) OWNER'S NAME: LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE OF SURVEY: DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: 049 039 STATE Private Government Religious LOCATION Military Franklin Entertainment Columbus Federal OWNERSHIP Unoccupied District ACCESSIBLE Both Site Educational Restricted Museum Agricultural CLASSIFICATION Park CATEGORY Being Considered STATUS Industrial Private Residence Building Structure CODE Yes: Franklin County Courthouse Ohio Public Scientific club COMMON: Public Acquisition: Object Columbus Club Building 380 South High Street OWNER OF PROPERTY The Columbus Club Chalmers P.

Wylie DATE OF SURVEY: CITY OR TOWN: 18l East Broad Street (Check One) NAME in progresr 1973 DATE ENTRY NUMBER DESCRIPTION - Deteriorated - Unexposed - Unaltered - Moved E Original Site Second Empire architecture in Columbus, Ohio. Two stories plus the mansard roof in height, the main part of the building is five bays by There is a bay window to the east of the columned, arched front entrance. Round-headed, double-hung sash windows are employed elsewhere. with rather elaborate hoodmolds. Round-headed dormers protrude from addition with the crowning balustrade is not original, but that the wings been added, the architectural features gracing the interior have been The second floor contains what were once the bedrooms, but which are now follows the first floor pattern of elegancoi MAR 2 6 1973 preserved.

CONDITION The REGISTER NATIONAL Excellent Ruins RECEIVED Fair forty-five by thirty-five feet. and richly-carved wooden moldings sum up the interior of the Columbus Club original and which are added.It seems sage to assume that the one-story The second floor exterior is graced by a row of the round-headed windows Columbus Club building was constructed of brick with sandstone trim. south and east sides.It is not difficult to interpret what parts are Additional exterior features include extensions of the building on the put to various uses by the Columbus Club.The style of decoration three bays.Built in the early 1860's ona sandstone foundation,the (Check One) Good ground floor of the main part of the building measures approximately of the building. Though modern electrical wiring and plumbing devices have Exterior: The Columbus Club building is an excellent example of Italianate 8.

SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) - Pre-Columbian! - 20th Century circa - Urban Planning - Other (Specify) - Literature itarian ( STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

railroads after the mid-nineteenth century. Apparently quite prosperous, Benjamin Smith built this fine mansion in the 1860's.VIn its time and Foraker, who succeeded Hoadly, also resided here. Its members and officers were the elite of Columbus' political and Commerce Conservation Architecture Communications Engineering losophy Theater Aboriginal Prehistoric Science Music Education Agriculture Landscape Industry Social/Human- Sculpture more lucrative career. buildings have long since been razed. Invention Since that time, the Columbus Club has endeavored to preserve the charac- Empire architecture ina location where its original neighboring In 1886 the newly-formed Columbus Club purchased the house and grounds. The house was available for rental in 1884 and was rented by the state Though the records are inadequate, Benjamin E.

Smith was generally The Columbus Club Building stands as an important example of Second business leaders. ter and original appearance of this fine building. Political Religion/Phi. the house until 1883 when he moved to New York City in search of a is one of the finest buildings in Columbus.Smith lived in SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) - Military George Hoadly, Ohio's thirty-sixth chief executive. Governor Joseph Transportation Art of Ohio as a governor's mansion.Its first occupant was Governor Hood, Marilyn G,, ed, The First Ladies of Ohio and The Executive Mansions. Columbus, Ohio: The Ohio Historical Society, 1970.

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Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

GEOGRAPHICAL DATA DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES W 82 Nov. 1972 STREET AND NUMBER: STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICATION NATIONAL REGISTER VERIFICATION As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na- I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion Nationa 1 Register. in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set level of significance of this nomination is: GP 0 931-894 039 LATITUDE Seconds Degrees 1966.

National DATE LONGITUDE COUNTY STATE Title ORGANIZATION Name Columbus CORNER Minutes Local Ohio CODE Degrees Minutes Seconds LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES Larry Alan Beers The Ohio Historical Society 1932 Forest Village Lane CITY OR TOWN: 11. FORM PREPARED BY NAME AND TITLE: MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES E 329520 N 39 forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation 20 mach 1973 ILIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDÁRIES/5 Register ATTEST: 1acre STATE Qlio 3.

26.73 Photos 3 watch name National Register write-up _ JUN Entered Send-back Maps ARCHEOLOGIST Re-submit BRANCH CHIEF WORKING NUMBER REVIEW UNIT CHIEF TECH REVIEW KEEPER HISTORIAN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN CONTROL REVIEW 4-27- 2628 : Federal Register entry House 1973 OHIO - FRANKLIN CC UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SOUTHEAST COLUMBUS QUADRANGLE SOUTHEAST COLUMBUS, OHIO 25 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) Longitude: 82°59'45"( WHITEHALI Latitude: 39*57*45* Form No. 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Rev. 7-72 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR NPS USE ONLY STREET AND NUM BER: TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference.

INT: 155-72 1964 039 NAME Franklin COUNTY JUN REQUIREMENTS STATE CODE 1:24,000 Ohio Columbus Club Building COMMON: SOURCE: DATE: PROPERTY MAP FORM SCALE: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MAP REFERENCE ENTRY NUMBER 181 East Broad Street (Type all entries -attach to or enclose with map) LOCATION AND/OR HISTORIC: Smith, Benjamin, House Harmony Township Hon, Clarence J. Brown NRowland: pcl 6/13/73 Director, Northeast Region Location STATE Licking County Name Logan County Courthouse Director PHR Date Entered Cuyahoga County Logan County Trinity Cathedral Also Notified Dixon Mound The Ohio Historieal Society Cleveland ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Bellefontaine Clark County Mr.Daniel R.Porter Hon. John M. Ashbrook Franklin County Newlova Works Hon, Chalmera P. Wylle Hon. Louis Stokes JUN Columbus State Hlstoric Preservation Officer Hon. Robert Taft, Jr. Smith, Sanjamin, House CHIO