This page gives before and after photos for OSU Campus area historic buildings. This includes the area immediately around Ohio State, as well as Weinland Park.

**Last Updated: 7/28/2023- Added to Lane Avenue.

Existing Historic Buildings

Arcadia Avenue
1. Mixed-Use Building: 179 E. Arcadia Avenue: 1923

2. Gertrude Gregg House: 411 E. Arcadia Avenue: 1912

Belmont Avenue
1. Sophia Stark House: 1487 Belmont Avenue: 1910

Chittenden Avenue
1. Harry Lane House: 400-402 Chittenden Avenue: Around 1900

Clark Place
1. Hi-Clark Apartments: 2 1/2-22 Clark Place: 1901

College Road
1. Page Hall: 1810 College Road: 1903

Dennison Avenue
1. George Minehart House: 1273 Dennison Avenue: 1889

2. Residential House: 1285-1287 Dennison Avenue: Around 1900

3. Orson Carter House: 1289 Dennison Avenue: Around 1880

4. Charles Jaynes House: 1293 Dennison Avenue: Around 1880

5. Residential House: 1299 Dennison Avenue: Around 1900

6. George Crawford House: 1321 Dennison Avenue: Around 1885

7. Charles Eckert House: 1345 Dennison Avenue: 1889

Eighteenth Avenue
1. John Pontius House: 247 E. 18th Avenue: 1909

Eighth Avenue
1. Hattie Collop House: 206-208 W. 8th Avenue: Around 1900

Eleventh Avenue
1. Ezekial Dubois House: 253 E. 11th Avenue: 1903

Fifteenth Avenue
1. Edward Abernathy House: 184 E. 15th Avenue: Around 1907

2. Edward Fassig House: 224 E. 15th Avenue: 1910

3. William Knauss House: 358 E. 15th Avenue: 1905

Fourteenth Avenue
1. Walter Houston House: 87 E. 14th Avenue: Around 1905

2. Residential House: 98 E. 14th Avenue: Around 1905

3. Nils Levin House: 112 E. 14th Avenue: 1914

4. Alfred Linton House: 124 E. 14th Avenue: 1908

5. Victor Beebe House: 127 E. 14th Avenue: 1907

6. Kathryn Houston House: 135 E. 14th Avenue: 1906

7. Esta Freeman House: 173 E. 14th Avenue: 1907

8. Harlow Spain House: 174 E. 14th Avenue: 1907

9. William Sacket House: 182 E. 14th Avenue: 1909

10. Catherine Schoppert House: 183-185 E. 14th Avenue: 1919

11. Flora Hucksoll House: 194 E. 14th Avenue: 1908

12. Francis Koons House: 205 E. 14th Avenue: 1909

13. Minta McDowell House: 213-215 E. 14th Avenue: 1915

14. George Vroom House: 262 E. 14th Avenue: 1907

15. Carrie Coons House: 284-286 E. 14th Avenue: 1908

16. Earl Papody House: 356 E. 14th Avenue: Around 1905

17. Julia Kraft House: 379 E. 14th Avenue: 1907

18. Earl Rumfield House: 395 E. 14th Avenue: Around 1905

19. John Sherwood House: 400 E. 14th Avenue: 1912

20. Edward Clifford House: 411-413 E. 14th Avenue: 1919

21. Margaret Dodds House: 412-414 E. 14th Avenue: 1914

22. Christian Uhl House: 417 E. 14th Avenue: Around 1905

23. Lena Burris House: 423 E. 14th Avenue: Around 1905

24. Robert Austin House: 431-433 E. 14th Avenue: Around 1910

25. Mary Lynch House: 441 E. 14th Avenue: Around 1905

Fourth Street
1. William Rowe House: 2240 N. 4th Street: Around 1895

Frambes Avenue
1. William Thrush House: 36-38 E. Frambes Avenue: Around 1910

2. Harley Lee House: 89-91 E. Frambes Avenue: Around 1905

3. John Green House: 93 E. Frambes Avenue: 1887

4. Hershel Chaffin House: 97-99 E. Frambes Avenue: Around 1915

5. Mary Johnson House 122 E. Frambes Avenue: Around 1900

6. Walter Mansell House: 126 E. Frambes Avenue: Around 1905

7. Peter Riddlesberger House: 137 E. Frambes Avenue: Around 1905: Another house is in the records for this address dating back to 1888, but it’s unclear if the addresses changed or the older house was torn down for this one.

8. Caroline Kennedy House: 143 E. Frambes Avenue: 1909

9. Andrew Schlereth House: 149 E. Frambes Avenue: 1908

10. Charles Thrasher House: 156-158 E. Frambes Avenue: Around 1915

11. Charles Murdock House: 161 E. Frambes Avenue: 1910

12. Edmund Buell House: 171 E. Frambes Avenue: 1889

13. Robert Austin House: 172 E. Frambes Avenue: 1909

14. James Boyd House: 188 E. Frambes Avenue: 1913

15. Residential House: 193 E. Frambes Avenue: 1918

16. Residential House: 202 E. Frambes Avenue: 1913

17. Residential House: 208 E. Frambes Avenue: Around 1910

Hamlet Street
1. Charles Krob House: 1209 Hamlet Street: 1907

2. Charles Treverton House: 1210 Hamlet Street: 1909

3. Lawrence McKinney House: 1213 Hamlet Street: 1909

4. John Lusch House: 1221 Hamlet Street: 1906

5. Walter Thrall House: 1249 Hamlet Street: 1909

6. Mary Dickinson House: 1346 Hamlet Street: 1898

7. Hiram Pond House: 1353 Hamlet Street: 1909

8. Residential Building: 1370-1376 Hamlet Street: 1910

9. Donna Wurdock House: 1378-1380 Hamlet Street: 1918

10. Felix Jacobs House: 1421 Hamlet Street: 1905

11. Frank Potts House: 1441-1443 Hamlet Street: 1924

12. Charles Hutchinson House: 1448-1450 Hamlet Street: 1918

13. Dora Bennett House: 1449-1451 Hamlet Street: Around 1908

14. Herman Weller House: 1453 Hamlet Street: Around 1908

15. Andrew Winter House: 1462 Hamlet Street: Around 1910

16. Margaret Winter House: 1466 Hamlet Street: Around 1910

17. Lucius Chapman House: 1488 Hamlet Street: Around 1905

18. Helen Merchant House: 1498 Hamlet Street: 1911

19. George Kinsey House: 1511 Hamlet Street: 1911

Highland Street
1. Delia Scott House: 1280-1282 Highland Street: 1901

2. Hattie Ashley House: 1288 Highland Street: Around 1905

3. John Fleming House: 1341-1343 Highland Street: 1890

4. Thomas Thomas House: 1342 Highland Street: 1906

5. Sarah Weaver House: 1346 Highland Street: Around 1890

6. Carl Phillips House: 1361 Highland Street: 1890

7. Thomas Paulin House: 1369-1371 Highland Street: 1888

8. Ella White House: 1464 Highland Street: Around 1900: The house was extensively renovated and altered in 1987 as part of the large apartment complex project that it is now connected to.

9. May Holmes House: 1467 Highland Street: Around 1890

10. John McKelvy House: 1505 Highland Street: 1894

High Street
1. Agora Ballroom: 1720 N. High Street: 1923: Built as the State Theater, it became the Agora Ballroom in 1970. In 1984, it was converted to Newport Music Hall.

2. Charles Pavey House: 2259 N. High Street: 1902

Hunter Avenue
1. Henry Smith House: 1264 Hunter Avenue: Around 1880

2. Eugene Clark House: 1282 Hunter Avenue: 1885

3. Gertrude Davis House: 1286 Hunter Avenue: Around 1890

4. Eylar Dill House: 1287-1289 Hunter Avenue: 1890

5. Selwyn Owens House: 1292 Hunter Avenue: 1887

6. Oliver Shoemaker House: 1295 Hunter Avenue: 1880

7. Carson Crane House: 1298 Hunter Avenue: 1887

8. John Skilis House: 1302 Hunter Avenue: 1880

9. Mabel Blackwood House: 1328 Hunter Avenue: Around 1905

10. George Bateson House: 1342 Hunter Avenue: Around 1885

11. William Turner House: 1351 Hunter Avenue: Around 1885

12. Minton Rowe House: 1444-1446 Hunter Avenue: 1891

13. Residential Building: 1593-1599 Hunter Avenue: Around 1910

Indianola Avenue
1. Apartment Building: 1316-1326 Indianola Avenue: 1915

2. Henry Neil House: 1842 Indianola Avenue: 1860: Although this house still technically exists, many expansions and renovations over the years have left it completely changed.

3. George Rickard House: 1845 Indianola Avenue: 1896: This home has been significantly altered over the years, so while it technically was not demolished, little remains of the original structure.

4. Frank Martin House: 1946 Indianola Avenue: Around 1910

5. Ralph Taylor House: 1954 Indianola Avenue: 1909

6. Edgar Hedges House: 1965 Indianola Avenue: 1911

7. Edward Gerlach House: 2021 Indianola Avenue: 1911

8. Grace Methodist Protestant Church: 2354 Indianola Avenue: 1910: The church was significantly changed and expanded in 1926.

King Avenue
1. William Fassig House: 93 King Avenue: 1888

2. James Lynas House: 194 King Avenue: 1896

3. Clem Tingley House: 352-354 King Avenue: 1905

Lane Avenue
1. Louisa Sanguinetti House: 44 E. Lane Avenue: 1908

2. Emma Brown House: 60 E. Lane Avenue: Around 1905


3. Dorman Crane House: 77 E. Lane Avenue: 1912


4. Lucy Grimm House: 78-80 E. Lane Avenue: 1912


5. Henry Wollam House: 87 E. Lane Avenue: Around 1910


6. Christopher Lauer House: 100 E. Lane Avenue: Around 1910


7. Catherine Jordan House: 113 E. Lane Avenue: 1914

Neil Avenue
1. Frank Rathmell House: 1276-1280 Neil Avenue: 1893

2. John Sherwood House: 1281 Neil Avenue: 1893

3. George Cook House: 1289 Neil Avenue: Around 1890

4. Neil Avenue United Presbyterian Church: 1330 Neil Avenue: 1906

5. Samuel Orwig House: 1333 Neil Avenue: Around 1895

6. Henry Bohl House: 1345 Neil Avenue: Around 1898

7. Edwin Moon House: 1355 Neil Avenue: 1893

8. Frank Wagenhals House: 1387 Neil Avenue: Around 1895

9. William Zartman House: 1516 Neil Avenue: Around 1895

10. Hamilton Hall: 1645 Neil Avenue: 1924

11. Mack Hall: 1694 Neil Avenue: 1923

12. Oxley Hall: 1712 Neil Avenue: 1908

13. Townsend Hall: 1885 Neil Avenue: 1898

14. Neilwood Gables Apartments: 2080 Neil Avenue: 1925

Nineteenth Avenue
1. 2nd Indianola Junior High School: 420 E. 19th Avenue: 1929

Northwood Avenue
1. Rosa Haner House: 45 E. Northwood Avenue: 1906

2. Cecelia Cull House: 104-106 W. Northwood Avenue: Around 1910

Oakland Avenue
1. Ada James House: 24-26 W. Oakland Avenue: 1911

2. Henry Rodebaugh House: 37 E. Oakland Avenue: Around 1900

3. Charlotte Roloson House: 37 W. Oakland Avenue: Around 1900

4. John McNamara House: 43 E. Oakland Avenue: 1907

5. Fred Essex House: 49 E. Oakland Avenue: Around 1905

6. Leona Borror House: 59 E. Oakland Avenue: 1909

7. Hattie Vaughan House: 62 W. Oakland Avenue: Around 1905

8. Pansy Folk House: 70 W. Oakland Avenue: Around 1905

9. Irene Sims House: 75 E. Oakland Avenue: 1908

10. Charles Cahsner House: 81 E. Oakland Avenue: 1904

Oval Mall
1. Hayes Hall: 108 Oval Mall: 1893

Perry Street
1. Donald Kays House: 1493 Perry Street: 1917

Sixteenth Avenue
1. Indianola Junior High School: 140 E. 16th Avenue: 1909

Sixth Avenue
1. John Kuster House: 317 W. 6th Avenue: 1893

2. Charles Wheeler House: 354 W. 6th Avenue: 1895

Summit Street
1. Mary Alward House: 1469 Summit Street: 1909

2. Charles Wolfe House: 2642 Summit Street: 1910

Thirteenth Avenue
1. Residential House: 178-180 E. 13th Avenue: 1918

Tuller Street
1. Residential Building: 2154-2156 Tuller Street: Around 1910

2. Residential Building: 2157-2159 Tuller Street: 1911

3. Residential Building: 2164 Tuller Street: Around 1910

Twelfth Avenue
1. Curtis Moore House: 110 E. 12th Avenue: 1909

2. Charles Waterman House: 116 E. 12th Avenue: 1905

Waldeck Avenue
1. Ray Smylie House: 1927 Waldeck Avenue: 1910

Williams Street
1. Frances Kirkling House: 2231-2233 Williams Street: Around 1905

2. Douglas Kirkling House: 2239 Williams Street: 1923

3. Hannah Hamilton House: 2291 Williams Street: Around 1900

4. Thomas Lentz House: 2369 Williams Street: 1900

5. Edgar Buck House: 2382-2384 Williams Street: 1903

Worthington Street
1. Residential Building: 1522-1532 Worthington Street: 1899

Demolished Historic Buildings

Belmont Avenue
1. Julius Armstrong House: 1555 Belmont Avenue: Around 1910-Around 1969: This house and the rest of the block were demolished by OSU for surface parking. Belmont Avenue used to extend north to 10th Avenue, but was cut off at 8th Avenue in a 2004 street rebuild. Today, the stretch of Belmont the house stood on is now called Medical Center Drive, and the house’s location is now green space in front of the Wexner Medical complex.

College Road
1. Biological Building: 1775 N. College Road: 1898-1924: Demolished to build Hagerty Hall.

Dennison Avenue
1. Henry Tingley House: 1329 Dennison Avenue: Around 1880-1968: Demolished to build the current apartment building.

Eleventh Avenue
1. Charles Nicholas House: 229 W. 11th Avenue: Around 1895-Around 1965: Unknown reasons for demolition. It appears the site was used as a parking lot until the parking garage was constructed in the 1970s.

Fifteenth Avenue
1. Alfred Lee House: 55 E. 15th Avenue: 1888-1951: Demolished to build a new location for the Beta Nu sorority. The house had been altered multiple times beforehand.

2. George Surguy House: 325 E. 15th Avenue: 1895-1966: Demolished to build the existing apartment comple

Fourteenth Avenue
1. Residential House: 42 E. 14th Avenue: Around 1905-2013: Demolished to expand a parking lot for the Beta Nu Association.

2. Irene Warnick House: 52 E. 14th Avenue: Around 1905-1966: Demolished for an apartment building. The apartment building was demolished in 2010. The site has been vacant since, but will see redevelopment soon.

3. Charles Hadley House: 56 E. 14th Avenue: Around 1910-1966: Demolished for an apartment building. The apartent building was demolished in 2010 and the site remains vacant.

4. Mattie House House: 60 E. 14th Avenue: Around 1910-1966: Demolished for an apartment building. The apartent building was demolished in 2010 and the site remains vacant.

5. Kristina Peterson House: 69 E. 14th Avenue: Around 1905-1972: Demolished to build the current apartment building.

6. Residential House: 75 E. 14th Avenue: Around 1905-1972: Demolished to build the current apartment building.

7. Frank Sanborn House: 90 E. 14th Avenue: 1909-1964: Demolished to build the current apartment building.

8. Herbert Thomas House: 190 E. 14th Avenue: 1909-1990: Demolished for the current apartment building.

9. Bessie Randall House: 200 E. 14th Avenue: Around 1910-1969: Demolished possibly to build a sorority house for Tri Delta, but the site has instead remained vacant since the demolition. Today, the site is used as a parking lot for the adjacent apartment building.

10. Malcolm Strait House: 204 E. 14th Avenue: 1906-1989: Demolished to build the current apartment building.

11. Frederick Hare House: 275 E. 14th Avenue: 1908-1965: Demolished for the current apartment building.

12. Alice Hess House: 279-281 E. 14th Avenue: 1906-1965: Demolished to build the current apartment building.

13. Charles Franz House: 363-365 E. 14th Avenue: 1908-1966: Demolished to build the current apartment building.

14. Residential House: 369 E. 14th Avenue: 1909-1966: Demolished to build the current apartment building.

15. William Deems House: 404 E. 14th Avenue: 1909-1980: Demolished for unknown reasons. The site is now the side yard of the adjacent house.

Frambes Avenue
1. Isaac Potts House: 14 W. Frambes Avenue: 1889-Around 1968: Demolished to expand OSU’s campus.

2. Frank Brand House: 37 E. Frambes Avenue: Around 1890-Around 1975: Unknown reasons for demolition. The site remained vacant for several years before new development went in.

3. Judson Biddel House: 42-44 E. Frames Avenue: Around 1910-1968: Demolished to build the existing apartment building.

4. Elizabeth Roberts House: 66-68 E. Frambes Avenue: Around 1905-1974: Unknown reasons for demolition. The current building was built in 1988.

5. Margaret Snyder House: 73 E. Frambes Avenue: Around 1900-1966: Demolished to build the current apartment building.

6. Charles Webster House: 83-85 E. Frambes Avenue: Around 1905-1973: Demolished to build the existing apartment building.

Hamlet Street
1. Benjamin Fisher House: 1386-1388 Hamlet Street: Around 1915-2012: Demolished due to poor condition. The lot remains vacant.

2. Residential House: 1435 Hamlet Street: Around 1915-2007: Demolished to expand a parking lot.

Highland Street
1. John Manning House: 1307 Highland Street: Around 1895-Around 1968: Demolished to become public school property. Today the site is a new apartment development.

2. Wilbur Campher House: 1311 Highland Street: 1899-Around 1968: Demolished to become public school property. Today the site is a new apartment development.

3. John Green House: 1313 Highland Street: Around 1885-Around 1968: Demolished to become public school property. Today the site is a new apartment development.

4. Perry Phelps House: 1354 Highland Street: Around 1885-1973: Demolished to build the current apartment building.

5. Frank Schaeffing House: 1366 Highland Street: Around 1885-1966: Demolished for the current apartment building.

6. J. Pugh House: 1440-1442 Highland Street: 1906-1976: Demolished for a parking lot for adjacent apartment buildings. The parking lot was developed with new apartments in 2016.

7. Charles Ball House: 1458 Highland Street: Around 1890-1967: Demolished to build the existing apartment building.

8. Aleatha Neely House: Around 1890-1967: Demolished to build the current parking lot and apartment complex.

9. Susan Murphy House: 1612-1614 Highland Street: Around 1905-1997: Demolished by Ohio State for parking.

High Street
1. Edward F. Fisher & Company: 1239-1241 N. High Street: 1870-1922: Demolished to build the current retail building.

2. John Rickly House: 1873 N. High Street: 1856-1949: This home was purchased by Ohio State in 1871 was used as the university president’s house for decades before becoming a music building in 1927. In 1949, it was demolished in preparation to build Mershon Auditorium, which was completed in 1957.

3. Chemical House #2: 2468 N. High Street: 1892-1957: Demolished to build the current apartment building.

Indianola Avenue
1. Eli Tappan House: 1892 Indianola Avenue: 1888-1966: Demolished to build the existing apartment building.

2. Homer Price House: 1986 Indianola Avenue: Around 1905-1971: Demolished to build the current apartment building.

King Avenue
1. William Weinman House: 380 King Avenue: Around 1905-1980: Demolished for unknown reasons, but a new building was on the site by 1985 with a new address of 382.

Lane Avenue
1. Charles Voorhes House: 19-21 W. Lane Avenue: 1890-1965: Demolished by Ohio State in a significant campus expansion. The site itself ended up as a parking lot for 60 years, until it was ultimately replaced with new student housing in 2015.

2. Harry Knollman House: 30 E. Lane Avenue: Around 1905-1969: Demolished to build the existing apartment building.


3. Thomas Matchett House: 36 E. Lane Avenue: Around 1905-1969: Demolished to build the existing apartment building.


4. Residential House: 51 W. Lane Avenue: 1902-1965: Demolished by OSU for a significant campus expansion. The site is now where Taylor Tower stands.


5. Clarence Stump House: 55 W. Lane Avenue: Around 1905-1965: Demolished by OSU for a significant campus expansion. The site is now where Taylor Tower stands.


6. George Silcott House: 56 E. Lane Avenue: Around 1905-1968: Demolished to build the current apartment building.


7. Residential House: 62-64 W. Lane Avenue: Around 1905-1966: Demolished to build the present-day church building.


8. Lola Wolford House: 101 E. Lane Avenue: Around 1905-1966: Demolished to build the current apartment building.


9. Stella Ebisch House: 104 E. Lane Avenue: Around 1910-1966: Demolished to build the current apartment complex.


10. Amandas Fry House: 112-114 W. Lane Avenue: Around 1910-1966: Demolished to build the current apartment building.

Neil Avenue
1. George Clark House: 1293 Neil Avenue: Around 1895-1966: Demolished to build an apartment building.

2. Lewis Rankin House: 1535 Neil Avenue: 1893-1965: Demolished for unknown reasons. The current apartments were built in 1986.

3. John McNeil House/Home Hospital: 1638 Neil Avenue: 1910-1924: Demolished to build Neil Hall. Neil Hall was demolished in 1998 to make way for the current building.

4. OSU Veterinary Building: 1949 Neil Avenue: 1903-1998: Demolished to create a plaza.

5. Judging Pavilion: 2047 Neil Avenue: Around 1910-Around 1975: Demolished to build the existing parking garage.

Norwich Avenue
1. William Jacobs House: 450 E. Norwich Avenue: 1929-1972: This unusual octagon house was demolished to build the current apartment building.

Oval Drive
1. OSU Armory and Gynasium: 60 N. Oval Drive: 1898-1958: This castle-like structure survived until a major fire damaged it beyond repair. After sitting empty for several years, new development went up on the site in the 1970s, and the Wexner Center for the Arts later opened there in 1989. The Wexner Center paid tribute to the old armory with several architectural details, shown in the photo below.

Perry Street
1. Residential House: 1380 Perry Street: Around 1905-1962: Demolished to expand parking for Battelle.

Seventeenth Avenue
1. Lord Hall: 124 W. 17th Avenue: 1906-2009: Demolished for parking.

Sixteenth Avenue
1. William Sharp House: 82 E. 16th Avenue: Around 1870-1954: Demolished to build the existing church.

2. Florus Lawrence House: 201 E. 16th Avenue: 1909-1993: Demolished to build the existing apartment complex.

Tenth Avenue
1. Harvey Cockell House: 200 W. 10th Avenue: 1890-1975: Demolished for a parking lot. Today the site is part of the Residences on Tenth building, built in 2011.

2. Louis Siebert House: 206 W. 10th Avenue: Around 1895-Around 1975: Demolished for a parking lot. The current garage was constructed in 2012.

3. Carey Coons House: 235 W. 10th Avenue: Around 1895-1967: Demolished for unknown reasons by OSU. It seems the site was vacant for many years, but today is the site is the Scholars House West building.

Twelfth Avenue
1. Herbert Hennick House: 101 E. 12th Avenue: Around 1920-1988: Demolished to build the current apartmet building.

2. Herman Johnson House: 192 E. 12th Avenue: 1909-Around 1970: Demolished to build the current apartment building.

Worthington Street
1. Jesse Connor House: 1442 Worthington Street: Around 1885-1968: Demolished to build and apartment complex.

2. Charles Galloway House: 1448 Worthington Street: 1888-1968: Demolished to build an apartment complex.

3. William Hutchinson House: 1457 Worthington Street: 1888-1965: Demolished to build an apartment complex.

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