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OMB NO. 1024-0018 EXP. 12/31/84 1. Name 2. Location city, town N/A vicinity of X state _ county- 3. Classification - district - public _ unoccupied - agriculture * building(s) -* private -* commercial _ structure - work in progress - private residence _ site .entertainment . religious - object X yes: restricted - government - yes: unrestricted - industrial _ military X other: Restaurant 4. Owner of Property D. H. Swanson et al (5) 5. Location of Legal Description courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. street & number has this property been determined eligible? - yes _ local 039 43206 Accessible both Category museum code transportation Ownership date educational Public Acquisition Status Columbus Inventory-Nomination Form title park being considered Columbia Building National Park Service Franklin County Administration Building 6.
Representation in Existing Surveys Present Use Ohio Historic Inventory historic Type all entries-complete applicable sections in process N/A not for publication Ohio date entered National Register of Historic Places scientific See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms NPS Form 10-900 United States Department of the Interior 410 South High Street For NPS use only street & number 161-167 Northf High Streetl street & number 832R South Fifth Street Franklin (7-81) and/or common The Clock Restaurant in the Larrimer Building - excellent - original site _ unaltered X altered - unexposed the southernmost bay of the Columbia Building, a 3 bay, 5 story commercial building recently rehabilitated) is the storefront designed by Stribling & Lum, Architects of white glass set in leaded red glass were used to create the signage in the base of was hung vertically on the building to advertise the establishment.
Although the and a new tin and beveled glass marquee has been designed and built to reflect the original. Joseph and William Bott, young cabinet makers, crafted what has become the lasting grandeur of their establishment and that which complements the gleaming storefront. In the interior there is a hand-carved Philippine mahogany bar. It is decorated with classical designs of inlaid Mother of Pearl, copper, silver, and various woods and it of the bar reputedly won a blue ribbon at the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. of this company was Theodore Von Gerichten, a member of an important art glass firm in marble and tin dividers, with tin wainscoting on the walls. The Columbia Building as a whole, known today as the Larrimer Building, has a rubble mercial buildings in Columbus.
It is detailed with ornately carved lintels and pilasters The south side has 6/6 light round arched windows and the north side, 4/4 light segmental Condition deteriorated Check one 7. Description Two smaller hand-carved mahogany back bars with marble columns echo the familial wooden original marquee and sign are no longer extant, the original storefront has been restored Columbus.) the domes:Bott Brothers Billiards/ Bott Brothers Cigars.Additional colored leaded floor windows are notable for their fixed transoms with a circular sash of beveled glass.
that one of the two existing was designed by the American Art Glass Company.(An officer south wall of the interior are stained glass windows of art nouveau design.It is documented The storefront and interior of the Bott Brothers' bar and billiard business opened to arched.The top two floors and stone parapet original to the building were removed in 196l. The interior/Fixtures are highlighted by a colorful ceiling of decorative plaster medallions The storefronts in.the Columbia Building have been altered extensively through time. prism panels,Luxfer glass panels,9-light(3x3) beveled glass panels,marble and One alteration to the original building which has become significant in itself (and built c.l895 along the main north-south artery of downtown Columbus.
bearing walls built of common bond brick supported by2"xl2'wood joist floors.The A new cornice has been added to help complete the appearance of the building (l98l). and the center bay once had a cast iron arch in the transom. the public at l6l North High Street in establishment was housed in . ruins _ moved date N/A fair The transoms, in particular, have had various treatments including American 3-Way metal ormanent. The bays of the storefronts are divided by painted cast iron pilasters supports gold-leafed, hand-carved grotesques on two Italian onyx columns. The design wall, but are believed to have been located on the north wall originally. Also on the facade is covered with a smooth dressed sandstone, an unusual treatment for 19th c.
com- and glass above the domes, and at a later date, a large sign with over 1,000 lights of the facility where, until the 1930's, slate billiard tables were separated by ornate limestone foundation and arched brick vaults beneath the front sidewalk.It has masonry for the Bott Brothers when they relocated their business to this address..Two large separating the bays.The windows in the facade are l/l light double hung wood sash.Second Areas of Significance - Check and justify below - prehistoric .archeology-prehistoric community planning _ landscape architecture _ religion - archeology-historic - science -agriculture - sculpture X architecture - social/ - music _ commerce - philosophy - theater - 1900- . communications - politics/government .transportation X other (specify) Bott Bros. Manufacturing Co., designers (bar 161 North High Street, Columbus, in April, 1905.
The Clock Restaurant, this location since 1925, is also significant as a landmark eatery in downtown Columbus. Finally, the Columbia Building is significant as one of the few remaining nineteenth (19th) Columbia Building, the large, clear curved glass front windows, and the colored and leaded mercial buildings.While they, no doubt, were responsible for other storefront designs, plaster ornamentation on the ceiling in the front section, the mosaic tile floor, the Their business was selling pool and billiard tables and supplies, bar fixtures, refrig- to have won a blue ribbon at the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. 1700-1799 restaurant 1500-1599 1600-1699 1400-1499 windows.
1800-1899 conservation education economics Period engineering humanitarian industry literature invention exploration/settlement military fixtures) stained glass windows, the built-in cigar display cases, and the tin ceiling in the law rear section. established a factory and salesrooms in the vicinity, they were tagged as having built erators and other appurtenances necessary for cafes and billiard halls.After having century commercial buildings still standing along the main north-south artery of Columbus, 8. Significance Significant details of the interior include the hand-carved mahogany bar with inlay, the glass domes above, are impressive both for their size and workmanship. The domes are large chunks of white glass. Opaque panels rest on marble bases beneath the clear curved this is the only one known and it is the city's finest from the early 20th century.
and milkshakes replaced whiskies and chess and checkers were played.In 1925 the Clock makers were to have made many contributions of the elaborate bar fixtures in Columbus, The Botts conducted a thriving bar and billiard business featuring their own old Cannon Statement of Significance