Benjamin Smith House (Columbus, Ohio)
Appearance
Benjamin Smith House | |
Location | 181 E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio |
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Coordinates | 39°57′45″N 82°59′45″W / 39.962398°N 82.995788°W |
Built | c. 1860 |
Architect | Nathan B. Kelley |
Architectural style | Second Empire style, Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 73001438[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 4, 1973 |
The Benjamin Smith House is a historic building in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The house was built c. 1860 for Benjamin E. Smith, a wealthy financier. Smith lived in the house until 1883, when he moved to New York City. Rented by Ohio as a governor's mansion, it housed Ohio governors George Hoadly and Joseph Foraker. In 1886, the Columbus Club, a private club in the city, purchased the house and grounds, and are still housed there today.[1][2]
The house was designed by Nathan B. Kelley, also one of the principal architects of the Ohio Statehouse.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. File Unit: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Ohio, 1964 - 2013. National Park Service. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ Hunter, Bob (2012). A Historical Guidebook to Old Columbus: Finding the Past in the Present in Ohio's Capital City. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-0821420126. OCLC 886535510.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Benjamin Smith House at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Buildings and structures in Downtown Columbus, Ohio
- Governors' mansions in the United States
- Houses completed in the 19th century
- Houses in Columbus, Ohio
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
- Italianate architecture in Ohio
- National Register of Historic Places in Columbus, Ohio
- Second Empire architecture in Ohio
- Broad Street (Columbus, Ohio)
- Columbus, Ohio building and structure stubs
- Columbus metropolitan area, Ohio Registered Historic Place stubs