Historic Homes of Olde Towne East
Broad Street
The Fred Lazarus Home that stood at the northwest corner of Bryden Rd. and Ohio Ave. Built in 1906, it was razed in 1924 and replaced by a large, tudor-style apartment building that was lost to fire decades later.
1347 E. Broad St., John M. Pugh house, built in 1890 and destroyed around 1900, probably by fire since it wasn’t very old. Another house is now on the site, with an address of 1349 E. Broad.
1266 E.Broad St., Joseph Firestone house, built around 1900 and destroyed through neglect and ultimate demolition by the Columbus Foundation on May 6-7, 2008. While the Foundation purports to support preservation projects of historically significant properties, it allowed its own property to deteriorate to the point that they claimed it was structurally unstable, and proceeded with demolition despite neighborhood protests with media coverage. The Foundation claimed that the home stood in the way of its plan to enhance its educational center; however, it was replaced with a surface parking lot and green space.
1373 E.Broad St., Edward. Merkle house, built in 1907, demolished around 1972, replaced by city offices that remain to the present day.
1134 E.Broad St., Daniel Sowers house, built in 1899 and demolished sometime between 1963-1970. Columbus Metropolitan Housing bought most of the block in the early 1960s, and by 1963 most of the houses on it had been replaced with a public housing project, although this home still stood that year. It was gone by 1970 and was green space until 2005, when another CMH housing project replaced the entire Broad St. block
1117 E. Broad St., Horace Leete Chapman house, built around 1890 and demolished by 1960. It is unknown exactly when this house was demolished as a few houses were demolished before 1957 and the rest around 1960 when Buckeye Union Insurance Company demolished the entire block for its office building and parking lots. It is now the Jerry Hammond Center.
1089 E. Broad St., W.C. Orr house, built circa 1880 and demolished around 1960, another casualty to construction of the Buckeye Union Insurance Company. The site is now mostly green space.
1114 E.Broad St., George Hoster house, built around 1890, demolished in 1961 to build city public housing.
1065 E. Broad St., Emil W. Hoster house, built before 1900 and demolished around 1960 with about 20 others on the block to make way for the Buckeye Union Insurance Company building, today the Jerry Hammond Center. The actual location for this house is now green space.
869 E. Broad St., Frank E. Powell house, built pre-1889, demolished 1963 for unknown reasons, now empty lot.
994 E. Broad St., Albert Halliday house, built around 1885, demolished 1974 for city offices parking lot, which remains to this day.
974 E. Broad St., Harry P. Wolfe house, built 1905, demolished 1962 for unknown reasons, site was vacant lot until 1975 when an office building and parking lot were built.
840 E. Broad St., Gov. James M. Cox home, built 1912 at northeast corner of Broad St. and N. Monroe Ave., demolished 1971 for unknown reason, site was vacant until 1990, now professional offices.
841 E.Broad St., Ebenezer L. Dewitt house, built 1889, demolished 1938, now site of BP gas station.
715 E. Broad St, William Brickell house at was built 1890 at southwest corner of Broad St. and Parsons Ave., demolished 1963, now part of widened Parsons Ave.
750 E. Broad St., Frederick W. Schumacher house, built 1888 on entire block between Hamilton Park and Garfield Ave., demolished 1961 possibly to build shopping center but plans were never developed, now office building.
721 E. Broad St., William Miles house, built 1885, at southeast corner of Broad St. and Parsons Ave., demolished 1967 to build restaurant, now Dragon One.
940 East Broad Street, Walter Brown House was built in 1895, demolished in 1952 to build a motel, now CPO surface parking lot.
Bryden Road
987 Bryden Rd., Henry W. Miller house, built around 1895 and demolished for unknown reason around 1975. The lot has remained vacant since.
1000 Bryden Rd., Samuel L. Black house, constructed around 1890, demolished in 1962 after a fire. An apartment complex that still exists today.
1044 Bryden Rd., Charles H. Neil House, built around 1890 and demolished in 1964 to build an apartment building that still exists.
1151 Bryden Rd., John Kauffman house, built around 1895 and demolished in 1940 for an apartment complex that still exists today.
1392 Bryden Rd., Herbert Bradley house, built around 1890, demolished in 1965 for an apartment building that still exists.
1071 Bryden Rd., Henry Lindeberg house, built around 1890, demolished in 1963 to build an apartment building that still exists.
903 Bryden Rd., Lyford Moore House, built around 1910 and demolished around 1965: Unknown reason for demolition, but several homes were demolished at the same time on this block of Bryden, possibly to make way for the Blackburn Recreation Center and park.
805 Bryden Rd., Willard A. Sands house, 1880-1963: This home, along with the home at 827 Bryden, was demolished for a health care facility. Today it is a nursing home. 813 Bryden Road, the house in between which can be seen in the photo, still remains, but has been heavily modified.
737 Bryden Rd., Robert McCarter house, built around 1890 and demolished around 1978 to build apartment complex.
Franklin & Fair Avenues
1088 Franklin Ave. Charles C. Thomas house – Built around 1890, demolished in 1968 to build an apartment building that still exists. The adjacent house at 1084 Franklin Ave. was demolished in 1976.
1004-1006 Franklin Ave. Built around 1900 and demolished between 1989-1995: House was listed as vacant and in poor condition in 1989, as the photo shows, which likely contributed to its demolition.
781 Franklin Ave. Herbert A. Linthwaite house – built before 1897, demolished between 1971-1975 for unknown reason, but the lot remains vacant.
1326-1328 Fair Ave. Built around 1895, demolished sometime between 1983 and 1990 for unknown reason, although it was listed in fair, but vacant condition in 1983. Site is now a vacant lot
Other Olde Towne East Areas
72 Hamilton Park, W.F. Godspeed house – built around 1895 and demolished in 1964 to build the same apartment building project that demolished 54 Hamilton.
75 Hamilton Park, Frederick Fieser house – built in 1885 and demolished probably around 1987. There is actually some question as to when this house was demolished. Historic aerials show 2 homes on the large lot that now holds this address. The southern house was demolished around 1960, and the northern house remained until about 1987.
41 S. Garfield Ave., Mary C. Campbell house – built around 1890 and demolished for unknown reason in 1975. Lot is now the side yard of 39 S. Garfield.
54 Hamilton Park, Emerson Mcmillan House – built in 1889, replaced with an apartment building in 1964.