Built in 1889 in the Queen Anne style. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1986. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
From the record
“The Sharp-Page House is a historic house in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The house was built c. 1889 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.”
Wikipedia article Sharp-Page House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
one of 295 National Register listings in Franklin County · listed in 1986 · category: Building · built in 1889, Queen Anne style · one of 3 National Historic Landmarks in Franklin County.
National Register reference number.86003440- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Columbus city, The inset identifies its exact
source book and publication year.
The Mound Builders and Indians - First White Settlements and Struggle for Possession - Indian Village at the Forks of the Scioto Attacked by Crawford and Dispersed - The Ohio Company, the Scioto Company and Symmes Purchase - Indian Power Broken and British Hopes Blasted - First Surveys - Topography, Geology and Soil of Franklin County.
The chapter on Columbus City in History of Franklin County [Ohio]:, published 1858 names Columbus. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
From the first organization of the State government in 1803, until 1816, there was no permanent seat of State government. The sessions of the Legislature were held at Chillicothe until 1810, and the sessions of 1810-11, and 1811-12, were held at Zanesville, and from thence they were removed back to Chillicothe, and there remained until December, 1816, when the first session commenced in Columbus.
No further definite action, however, was had on the subject until February, 1812, when the law was passed establishing it at Columbus. Various proposals were received, offering inducements for its establishment at different points, and amongst the rest were the proposals of Lyne Starling, James Johnston, Alexander McLaughlin and John Kerr, for establishing it on the '-' high bank of the Scioto River, opposite Franklinton," which site was principally a native forest. Franklinton was then at its apex, and a town of considerably more consequence than it now is, and was one of the sites proposed ; but the plan upon which it was laid out, and more particularly its low situation, were considered sufficient objections to its adoption. Worthington and Delaware were also among the sites proposed.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Sharp--Page House between
2011 and 2011, burning about 0 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson.
Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted
here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Reported cause
Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 9,908 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Sharp--Page House between 1804 and
1975: 7,935 Animalia, 1,269 Fungi, 559 Plantae, 117 Chromista, 27 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by 19 V 1938 in original publication, Knull, =, ? and others. Each is a
physical object with a catalogue
number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was
collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be
concluded from a species being absent.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
3 workings within 5 miles of Sharp--Page House: 2 plants, 1 past producer.
2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Columbus, the town this property stands in, in 107 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 56 thunderstorm wind, 26 hail, 13 flash flood, 11 flood.
The reports record 9 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office
filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date
opens the federal record of that event.
Trees were downed, some on power lines. Four golfers were injured after lightning struck the shelter house they entered to take shelter from the storm.
Trees were downed at several locations. Winds were measured at 59 mph at Port Columbus Airport. Four men were injured at an outdoor amphitheater when the tent they occupied was blown over.
A microburst, with winds estimated to be between 80 and 100 mph, struck the west side of Columbus, destroying roofs of two industrial buildings. The debris from the roofs stretched 600 yards. A tractor-semitrailer was also blown over, injuring one male.
Damage was first observed on Deserette Court. The west-facing|side of several housing units had shutters torn off and also|experienced minor siding damage. This is where it appears the|tornado first touched down.||On the opposite side of Deserette Court, additional shutter and|siding damage was observed, and primarily affected the east-facing|side of the housing units.||Damage continued to the east onto Boyleston Boulevard, with the|garage door of one home completely destroyed and walls of the|garage experiencing significant damage. Siding and roof damage was|also observed on this home, and damage is assessed to be in the|EF0 category, with winds around 80 mph. An eyewitness also stated|that she was looking west and saw a tornado moving toward|Boyleston Boulevard.||A swath of damage continued to the east, affecting homes along|Niantic Drive and Hingham Lane. Much of the damage was associated|with trees, where large tree branches in the back yards of|several homes on both Niantic Drive and Hingham Lane were snapped.|A convergent pattern was observed from 10 to 12 inch diameter tree|branches. Some damage to homes was also observed, including a|large portion of siding being stripped off the east-facing side of|a two story home. Minor roof damage was also noted on several|homes.||Damage became more sparse further east along Hingham Lane and was|confined to a few large hardwood tree branches being snapped off.
Two to three feet of water on some roads submerged some cars and caused others to float. On Leonard Street and 5th Avenue, a foot of water was entering the main level of some homes.
Roofing materials were removed from several buildings, a gutter was blown down, power lines were downed, and fencing was partially blown over in northeastern Columbus due to damaging thunderstorm winds. These winds also blew a large tree down onto a house on Schleppi Road.
10 papers published in this town,
digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 0 issues,
0 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be
looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
No historic map-sheet match is published
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From the nomination file
2,672 words on record
When this property was proposed for the
National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is,
and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain.
It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the
occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s
typewriter's.
Description of the property
covered hip roof. The building measures three by five bays and rises 2½ Dominant features include the projecting pedimented bays with imbricated windows, rusticated stone lintels and smooth stone sills, an entrance:with corbelled brickwork and decorative crockets along the ridgeline of the roof. An ornate circular tower with conical roof is located on the west side of Intricately carved woodwork and mantels and decorative plaster are employed the staircase and are visible from both the first and second floors. A unique feature is the niche in the stairway which allows one to look over the mantel through the front entrance while being out of view to those The house is located in an old residential area which has become mixed with a handsome iron fence. ruins Condition unexposed fair 7.
Description plan shape. slate trim and triple, double-hung one over one windows, segmental arched stories in height.The building is assymetrically composed with an irregular Corbelled brickwork also decorates the tower. main stairway and adjacent mantel which are heavily carved in the same is an excellent representation of late 19th century residential architecture below. Constructedc.1889and Queen Anne in style,the mansion at 935E.Broad Street Xaltered -unaltered in Columbus. It is constructed of brick with a stone foundation and a slate transom and double doors, decorative wood window trim, tall chimneys with - good freely in the interior of the building.
The outstanding feature is the date deteriorated Areas of Significance - Check and justify below - prehistoric _ conservation - law - science - agriculture _ literature X architecture . military .social/ .art - music _ exploration/settlement - philosophy .communications . other (specify) Statement of
Statement of significance
(in one paragraph) century domestic architecture in Columbus. At the time the house was decorative detail on both the exterior and interior of the building At one time, the land on which the building sits was owned by Abram Sharp, a physician, lived in the house from the time of its construction As the boundaries of the city extended eastward, this area gradually deteriorated. Broad street has remained a major east-west artery, however, many of the to an individual company interested in restoring the building for use as offices through the provisions of the Tax Reform Act. 1400-1499 1600-1699 1700-1799 8.
Significance 1500-1599 1800-1899 economics education invention commerce engineering industry Builder/Architect humanitarian theater transportation Period 1900- sculpture 1889 _archeology-historic politics/government Specific dates woodwork and tower are the outstanding features. - archeology-prehistoric - community planning The building at 935 E. Broad Street is a fine example of turn of the constructed, East Broad Street was a grand tree lined avenue and one of the finest residential streets in the city. The lavish use of is indicative of the taste and craftmanship of the period. The stained grand old homes have been demolished. At present, the street has mixed office, commercial and residential uses.
This property was recently sold in 1889 to 1891 and Elmer Sharp, a real estate broker occupied the house Quadrangle name Southeast Columbus Quadrangle scale UMT References _ state Diane Wilcenski / Regional Preservation Office Intern street & numbe22 N. Front St. city or town The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _ national As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 State Historic Preservation Officer signature Zone code county organization 614-221-0227 date Columbus Northing 7/79 telephone 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification 10.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 86003440, 23 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 miles
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
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