The page shows before and after photos for German Village historic buildings, as well as those in the Brewery District, Merion Village, Schumacher Place and other South Side areas west of Parsons Avenue. Only buildings constructed before 1930 are included and are organized alphabetically by street name. Click on any photo for a larger image.

**Last Updated: 3/30/2024- Added to Berger Alley, Beck Street, City Park Avenue, Columbus Street and Front Street.

Existing Buildings

Beck Street
1. Henry Woerlin House: 154 E. Beck Street: 1888

2. Charles Kopp House: 158 E. Beck Street: Around 1870


3. Edward Lang House: 229 E. Beck Street: Around 1880

Berger Alley
1. Frederick Pitz House: 203-205 Berger Alley: Around 1870

Briggs Street
1. Tocechina Pulzer House: 659 Briggs Street: 1891

Bruck Street
1. Gustave Poenisch House: 1022 Bruck Street: Around 1920

2. Irvin Pleukharp House: 1077-1079 Bruck Street: Around 1915

City Park Avenue
1. William Helwig House: 628 City Park Avenue: 1858

2. William Fenton House: 693 City Park Avenue: 1835


3. Julius Graumann House: 741 City Park Avenue: Around 1870


4. David Ebinger House: 949 City Park Avenue: 1891

Columbus Street
1. William Heintz House: 41 W. Columbus Street: Around 1905

2. Heinrich Margraf House: 138 E. Columbus Street: 1864

Deshler Avenue
1. George Eilber House: 77-79 Deshler Avenue: Around 1890

2. Peter Benninghof House: 434 Deshler Avenue: 1904

Elsmere Street
1. Alfred Willis House: 486 Elsmere Street: Around 1910

2. Jacob Bucholz House: 554 Elsmere Street: 1890

Forest Street
1. Residential House: 350-352 Forest Street: Around 1910

2. Clara Braun House: 369 Forest Street: Around 1895

3. Residential House: 375 Forest Street: Around 1915

4. August Schultz House: 389-391 Forest Street: Around 1910

5. Herman Hollenback House: 431 Forest Street: Around 1890

6. Fred Henkle House: 447 Forest Street: Around 1915

7. Rudolph Bruegger House: 453 Forest Street: Around 1905

8. Stella Martin House: 465 E. Forest Street: 1906

9. Andrea Ritter House: 511 E. Forest Street: Around 1900

10. Joseph Lorenz House: 517 Forest Street: 1904

Front Street
1. Nicholas Schlee House: 543 S. Front Street: Around 1880

2. Charles Gerhold House: 1070 S. Front Street: 1883: This house was originally built at 715 S. High Street, but was moved to its current location in 2006.

Gates Street
1. Harry Mithoff House: 17 W. Gates Street: Around 1900

2. Gates-Fourth Methodist Church: 119 E. Gates Street: 1896

Hanford Street
1. Norton Elliott House: 538 Hanford Street: 1910

High Street
1. Phillip Bruck House: 961 S. High Street: Around 1880

Jaeger Street
1. Julius Kremer House: 948 Jaeger Street: 1874

2. Louisa Rothweiler House: 1176-1182 Jaeger Street: Around 1900: The address is now 1170-1172.

Lazelle Street
1. George Bible House: 483-485 S. Lazelle Street: Around 1895

2. Nicholas Eye House: 615 S. Lazelle Street: Around 1905

3. August Kaiser House: 754 S. Lazelle Street: Around 1890

Livingston Avenue
1. George Rieber House: 117-121 E. Livingston Avenue: Around 1880

2. Right to Left Streetscape
Christian Linker House: 159 E. Livingston Avenue: Around 1880
Henry Behren House: 165 E. Livingston Avenue: Around 1870
Gustave Grund House: 171 E. Livingston Avenue: Around 1870
Edward Goetz House: 175 E. Livingston Avenue: 1888

3. Ambros Ritter House: 181 E. Livingston Avenue: Around 1850

4. Andrew Merz House: 325-327 E. Livingston Avenue: 1888

5. Charles Matt House: 361 E. Livingston Avenue: Around 1870

Mithoff Street
1. Residential Building: 14-24 E. Mithoff Street: Around 1915

2. Tobias Ruehwedel House: 31 E. Mithoff Street: 1893

3. Adolphus Ketter House: 62 E. Mithoff Street: 1893

4. William Sherwood House: 65 E. Mithoff Street: 1891

5. Philip Subke House: 70 E. Mithoff Street: 1891

6. Theodore Zuber House: 96 E. Mithoff Street: 1900

7. Henry Ziplinsky House: 123 E. Mithoff Street: 1891

8. Residential Building: 196 E. Mithoff Street: 1910

9. Pritchard Gibbs House: 232 E. Mithoff Street: 1911

Mohawk Street
1. John Schmidt House: 780 Mohawk Street: 1889

Parsons Avenue
1. Residential Building: 697-701 Parsons Avenue: Around 1915

2. Mixed-Use Building: 1275 Parsons Avenue: 1925: Was once a purely residential building.

3. Henrietta Homan House: 1705 Parsons Avenue: Around 1915

Southwood Avenue
1. Maria Fornof House: 158 Southwood Avenue: Around 1875

Sycamore Street
1. Charles Wallace House: 73 E. Sycamore Street: Around 1885

2. Fred Klein House: 128 E. Sycamore Street: Around 1905

3. Louis Goetz House: 254 E. Sycamore Street: 1888

4. John Herman House: 273 E. Sycamore Street: 1888

5. Michael Burns House: 276 E. Sycamore Street: 1888

6. Residential House: 282 E. Sycamore Street: 1878

7. Andrew Kaiser House: 292 E. Sycamore Street: 1888

8. Residential House: 301-305 E. Sycamore Street: Around 1890

9. George Ramft House: 313-315 E. Sycamore Street: House- 1889 Retail Building- Around 1925

10. Frederick Rauschkolb House: 324 E. Sycamore Street: Around 1895

11. Frederick Rauschkolb House: 326 E. Sycamore Street: Around 1889

12. William Brust House: 336 E. Sycamore Street: 1888

13. Max Schumacher House: 343 E. Sycamore Street: Around 1888

14. Ursula Braun House: 363 E. Sycamore Street: Around 1905

15. Max Wetzenecker House: 378 E. Sycamore Street: Around 1888

16. Susana Schultz House: 403 E. Sycamore Street: Around 1895

17. Mixed-Use Building: 408 E. Sycamore Street: Around 1915

18. Edward Steffens House: 439-441 E. Sycamore Street: Around 1905

19. Catherine Steckle House: 462 E. Sycamore Street: 1925

20. Louis Pfeifer House: 463 E. Sycamore Street: Around 1905

21. John Wilhelm House: 467-469 E. Sycamore Street: Around 1900

22. Augusta Geiger House: 470-472 E. Sycamore Street: Around 1910

23. John Kessler House: 523-525 E. Sycamore Street: Around 1905

Third Street
1. George Schmitt House: 874 S. 3rd Street: Around 1890

Thurman Avenue
1. Phillip Arnold House: 247-249 Thurman Avenue: Around 1915

Wall Street
1. John Gerlacher House: 837 S. Wall Street: 1878

Demolished Buildings

Bruck Street
1. Fred Metzger House: 784 Bruck Street: Around 1900-2017: Demolished to build a new house on the site.

Forest Street
1. Mary Sandbrink House: 392 Forest Street: Around 1900-1975: Demolished to build the existing apartment building.

2. Herman Schwanke House: 415 Forest Street: 1909-1972: Demolished to build the current apartment building.

Front Street
1. Conrad Born Jr. House: 588 S. Front Street: 1869-Around 1950 : The house existed at least until 1944 based on records, but was demolished sometime before 1953. It seems to have been demolished for a parking lot for the building at 570 S. Front. The parking lot was eventually replaced by the current parking garage in 2009.

Gates Street
1. Commercial Building: 33-35 W. Gates Street: Around 1900-1971: Unknown reason for demolition. The site has been used as a parking lot since the demolition.

High Street
1. Salvation Army Building: 580 S. High Street: Pre-1890-1978: The exact construction date for the building is unknown, but it appears in old records back to at least 1890. The building served as a mixed of residential and retail space for most of its early years before becoming and office and retail building later. It functioned as the local Salvation Army from 1923 until its demolition. The demolition was to make way for a new office building that still exists today.

2. Peter Hayden House: 665 S. High Street: 1851-Around 1900: Unknown reason for demolition, but prior to that time, Wall Street ended at what was known as the Hayden Property. By 1901, maps show Wall Street continuing south to Frankfort Street. The house sat almost directly on the route of Wall, so it seems to have been demolished for this expansion and the subdivision of the greater Hayden property. Today, the site is part of the Grange Insurance complex.

3. William Armbruster House: 683-685 S. High Street: 1886-1979: Demolished to create green space for an expanded Grange Insurance complex.

4. Emil Kiesewetter House: 697 S. High Street: 1887-1979: Demolished to create green space for an expanded Grange Insurance complex.

5. Louis Lindeman House: 1133 S. High Street: 1842-1981: Demolished to build the current White Castle drive-thru.

6. O.R. Woodyard Funeral Home: 1346 S. High Street: 1924-1973: The home was purchased by the funeral home in 1927. Additions over time, particularly in 1956 and 1973, eventually covered up the house, and today the building is fully incorporated- and largely destroyed- into the existing structure, which is still a funeral home. The north side dormer of the original house is still visible in the 2022 photo.

Innis Avenue
1. Alex Kiraly House: 296 E. Innis Avenue: Around 1900-2017: the house was most likely demolished due to very poor condition. The site has remained vacant since then.

Livingston Avenue
1. Louis Hoster House: 31 E. Livingston Avenue: 1834-Around 1895: Unknown reason for demolition. The orientation of Livingston Avenue changed some during the construction of I-70. The current photo is positioned just south of where Livingston originally was, but still looks on the approximate site of the house.

2. Bauman & Kinnel Plumbing: 53 E. Livingston Avenue: Around 1890-Around 1963: The building was demolished just after the construction of I-70, most likely due to it being a wooden structure and not in good condition at the time. It has remained a parking lot ever since.

3. Livingston Methodist Church: 76 E. Livingston Avenue: 1872-1963: Demolished for the construction of I-70.

4. Hymon Thall House: 333-335 E. Livingston Avenue: Around 1905-1966: Demolished to build the current office building.

5. Residential House: 497-499 E. Livingston Avenue: Around 1895-1967: Demolished by the city for school facilities. The site is now part of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital complex.

Parsons Avenue
1. Martin Hoffman House: 775 Parsons Avenue: 1889-1963: Demolished for unknown reasons. The site has functioned as a parking lot since 1963.

2. Frank Schumacher House: 817 Parsons Avenue: 1893-1967: Unknown reason for demolition, but it may have been for a parking lot for the adjacent business.

3. John Frischmann House: 823 Parsons Avenue: 1889-1967: Unknown reason for demolition, but it may have been for a parking lot for the adjacent business.

4. Guy Simmons House: 859-861 Parsons Avenue: 1906-Around 1968: Demolished for unknown reasons, but may have been for the parking lot that was on the site afterwards. Today, the site is parking for a dollar store.

5. Greeley Ferguson House: 1169-1171 Parsons Avenue: 1906-1968: Demolished to provide space for parking for a new business. The site remains parking today.

6. Residential House: 1467 Parsons Avenue: Around 1915-2006: Demolished due to poor condition along with 3 other homes on the block. The site is now parking.

7. John Barta House: 1609 Parsons Avenue: Around 1910-1972: Demolished for parking for the adjacent business.

8. Marth Alton House: 1695 Parsons Avenue: Around 1900-1998: Demolished for unknown reasons. The site has been vacant since demolition.

9. Mixed-Use Building: 1987 Parsons Avenue: -2003: Unknown reason for demolition. The site has remained vacant.

Woodrow Avenue
1. Andy Fuleki House and Business: 84 E. Woodrow Avenue: Around 1900-2017: The building was most likely demolished due to poor condition. The lot has remained vacant.