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1985 Velma Avenue Columbus. Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 4. Present Name(s) 1. FRA-2887-19 Broadmoor Apartments (since 1956) 5. Other Name(s) 6. Specific Location 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 3 Basement? Yes XI 880-886 East Broad Street 17. Date(s) or Period 30. Foundation Material 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity 18. Style or Design Brick, concrete 8. Site Plan with North Arrow Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays 21. Original Use, if apparent 34. Wall Treatment common bond 23. Ownership Public Road? 36. Changes Private E in #42) if known 37. Condition Wag Bros. Inc. 9. U.T.M. Reference 1289 Grandview 3 311 3 5 25. Open to Site O Structure - Building X Object - 26. Local Contact Person or Organization Endangered? 11. On National By What? 27. Other Surveys in Which Included 13. Part of Estab. Yes O 14. District 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? 15.
Name of Established District 41. Distance from and on exterior with stylized & classically derived carved stone into the courtyard apts. Windows are 6/6 double hung with wood -One of 12 multi-residential units along Broad Street. -One of the earliest of the above-mentioned twelve. and who then went to Cleveland to work with VanSwearingen on development of Shaker(ove 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings Sited in a residential/commercial section, between two late 19th-early 20th c. 45. Sources of Information 46. Prepared by Columbus Building, Permit records 47. Organization 49. Revision Date(s) 1916 614/466-1500 None Good Archieval Apartments Zone 10/82 County Front Exterior Broad Easting Franklin 9/81 Register? Apts Underway? SOCIETY HISTORICAL Columbus Northing Columbus Dispatch, Sunday magazine-real estate section4/12/1916 Eligible? Side Cheek Bros.
(Explain Interior Frontage on Road Name(s) OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Altered Kathy Mast (over) Ohio Historic Preservation Office Observation -Significant for affiliations w/Howell& Thomas who were partners in Cols.1908-1918 East Broad Street panels and terra cotta ornament.String courses define the 43.History and Significance-Sensitive to scale & set-back of prominent residential corridor. second level and attic.Bay windows provide light Broad Street Apts Ralston Apts.(1939-1950) sash frame those replaced by jalousie windows in 1956). a corner lot.Single story brick garage to North to 1. No. 3. Locatigigf Negatives Roof Type & Material 880 -886 880 7 2. Present UsE 38. Preservation 20' x 95' 42.
Further Description of Important Features (Continue on reverse if necessary) Originally proposed as 4-story, but built as 3 stories. Detailed Date Addition OHIO Ave. 31.Wall Construction Photo Flatw/parapet Georgian Revival Influence 904 5Q House Type No. 53. Farmstead Plan 51. Historic Outbuildings and Dependencies Corn Crib or Shed C Smoke House, D Silo D Carriage House Q Summer Kitchen D or Ice House 52. Archaeological Site on Property? Yes O Basis for Information Owner Collection O 54. Photo Above Ground Earthworks or Mound - Cultural Materials Noted - Interior-narrow strip wood floors, oak woodwork (doors, windows,mantels,French doors) fireplaces with glazed tile & gas burners.
Subcontractors for project in 1916 were: L.C.Herschler,Brickwork Case Crane & Engine Co.Structural Steel Powell Lumber, rough lumber E.A.Prentice, Frames & sash The Broadmoor Apartments are significant under Criterion A as the earliest example of luxury apratments to be developed along E. Broad St. and under Criterion duction of street car lines out to the east side of Columbus at the turn-of-the- maintain a large home and frounds. The Broadmoor Apartments is the earliest of this Its low scale (three stories) as well as its use of brick and stone trim and 2nd Renaissance style tripartite arrangement and classical detailing allow the building to blend in gracefully with the residential nature of the area at the time the Broadmoor Apts. were built. Franklin Co.
Courthouse Records 1920 Baist's Map Columbus City Directories Type Other Name Spring House Barn Type(s) century and the increasingly availability of the automobile,luxury apartments developed along E.Broad Street.Residents were businessmen desiring easy com- #45 cont. #42 cont. 1922 Sanborn Map residential has not). Roll No. Heights.Signicant because ithas maintained its residential use (7o%of #43 cont. Picture No(s). building type to reflect this switch in development trends along East Broad street. Code No. Cas an example of 2nd Renaissance Revival style architecture.With the intro- OAI No. Multiple Resource Area Franklin County, OHIO Ay Keeper 2. Broad Street Christian - SÂș 4. Central Assurance 8. Garfield--Broad 9. Heyne--Zimmerman House 10.
Hickok, Frank, House Company Apartments Thematic Group Page Attest Name Commercial Building Inventory-Nomination Form State dnr-11 Church Nomination/Type of Review Presbyterian Church Item number National Register of Historic Places Continuation sheet Cambridge Arms Historic District National Park Service United tates Department of the Interior East Broad Street MRA Form 10-900-a (3-82) Subetantive Hevieu OMB No. 1024-0018 6. East Broad Street Date/Signature Expires 10-31-87 WASO Form - 177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Broadmeer Apartments (East Broad Street Date Due: _ nomination by person or local government owner objection Federal Agency: .
D sample -appeal Reviewer's comments: - see continuation sheet _ technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 3. Classification Present Use Public Acquisition 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? 7. Description J excellent -unaltered - original site I ruins - moved J fair - unexposed Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance