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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Members of the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board have voted to
recommend to State Historic Preservation Officer Dr. William K. Laidlaw, Jr., that nominations for
the following properties in Ohio be forwarded to the Keeper of the National Register of Historic
Places for her consideration:
Franklin County / Columbus
Born Capital Brewery Bottling Plant
570 S. Front St
The Born Capital Brewery Bottling Works has been recommended for nomination to the National
Register for its association with the history of German settlement and commerce in the area south
of downtown Columbus that now comprises German Village and the Brewery District, and for its
association with the city’s brewing industry. Until Prohibition, the four breweries that
flourished on S. Front St. between Livingston and Sycamore were among the city’s largest
German-American-owned enterprises. A three-story Romanesque style brick building dating to 1895,
the old bottling works is the only remaining structure associated with the Born Capital Brewery.
Franklin County / Columbus
Hayden Building
20 E. Broad St.
Built in 1869, the four-story Hayden Building is the oldest commercial building on Capitol Square.
The four-story Italianate-style building is faced with hand-tooled sandstone blocks quarried near
Waverly, Ohio. It has been recommended for nomination to the National Register for its importance
as an example of the work of Columbus architect Nathan B. Kelley (1808-1871), who also served as
third architect of the Ohio Statehouse, superintending its design and construction from 1854 to
1858; for its association with the growth of Columbus in the years after the Civil War; and for
its association with local industrialist and entrepreneur Peter Hayden (1806-1888), who
established the Columbus Iron Works, fostered innovations in the manufacture and sale of saddlery
hardware, founded the Hayden Bank in 1867, organized and served as first president of the Hocking
Valley Railroad in 1867, and founded the Hocking County coal- and clay-producing town of
Haydenville. In addition to the Hayden Building and the Statehouse, Kelley designed the Benjamin
Smith House at 181 E. Broad St., also built in 1869, which now houses the Columbus Club.
Franklin County / Columbus
New Hayden Building
16 E. Broad St.
The New Hayden Building has been recommended for nomination to the National Register as an early
skyscraper and as the home of the National Football League in the 1920s and 1930s. A 13-story
skyscraper built in 1901 by the estate of Columbus industrialist Peter Hayden, the New Hayden
Building was designed by George C. Nimmons and William K. Fellows, and was engineered by Edward C.
Shankland. All had worked for renowned Chicago architect Daniel Burnham. Shankland, who designed
Columbus’s first skyscraper, the 1898 Wyandotte Building, in partnership with Burnham, was known
for his work on many of Chicago’s early steel-skeleton skyscrapers, including the 1894 Reliance
Building. He also served as engineer of construction and chief engineer of works for the 1893
World’s Columbian Exposition. The first 10 stories of the New Hayden Building are largely devoid
of ornament, expressing the steel skeleton underneath by allowing windows to occupy nearly as much
wall surface as the brick piers and spandrels. Around the the 11th floor windows, Nimmons and
Fellows used terra cotta with a motif in the style of Chicago architect Louis Sullivan, with a
letter ‘H’ at each corner. The motif is repeated at the cornice, which is topped by four
terra-cotta eagles. The building initially had a two-story base with a bay window in the center
and doors to either side. In 1921, it was updated with a three-story limestone base, giving it a
more classical appearance. In addition to its architectural significance, the New Hayden Building
has also been recommended for nomination to the National Register for its association with the
early days of the National Football League (NFL), which had been formed in Canton, Ohio, in 1920.
Joseph F. Carr, installed as president of the NFL in 1921, was a Columbus native who was
instrumental in shaping the future of the league while maintaining the first NFL offices on the
11th floor of the New Hayden Building from at least 1927 (and possibly earlier) until he died in
1939. While the NFL?was housed in the New Hayden Building, Carr is credited with bringing
consistency and credibility to the sport of football and enabling it to grow to major league
proportions. Some of the changes he introduced were development of franchises in metropolitan
centers (as opposed to the smaller markets where most of the teams began), keeping official
statistics for the first time in 1932, developing Eastern and Western divisions and creating the
first championship game in 1933, and, in 1936, instituting the first college draft.
Franklin County / Groveport
Groveport School.
715 E. Main St.
Recommended for nomination to the National Register for its association with the history of
education in the community, the Groveport School reflects how the village school system developed
from the 1920s through the 1950s. The original three-story building, completed in 1924, is the
work of Columbus architects David Riebel & Sons, who designed many central Ohio schools from the
1880s to the 1920s. Reflecting the popularity of historical styles at the time it was built, it
is an example of the Jacobethan style inspired by English architecture of the 1500s and 1600s.
Additions made in 1952 and 1956 reflect the impact of the post-World War II Baby Boom, as well
as the popularity of the ‘modern’ International style favored for school buildings at that time.
Hamilton County / Cincinnati
Hotel Metropole
609 Walnut St.
A 10-story Neoclassical style building completed in 1912 and enlarged in 1924, the Hotel Metropole
has been recommended for nomination to the National Register for its association with the peak
era of downtown hotel development in 19th and early 20th century Cincinnati.
The board’s recommendations were made on Friday, April 17, 2009, during a meeting held at the
State Library of Ohio in Columbus. As a result, nominations for each of the properties will be
forwarded to the Keeper of the National Register, who directs the program for the U.S. Department
of the Interior.
If the Keeper agrees that the properties meet the criteria for listing, they will be added to the
National Register of Historic Places. A decision from the Keeper is expected in about 90 days.
About the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register lists places that should be preserved because of their significance in
American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture. It includes buildings,
sites, structures, objects, and historic districts of national, state, and local importance.
To be eligible for listing on the National Register a property or district must:
- be associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of
our history, or
- be associated with the lives of people significant in our past, or
- embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or
represent the work of a master, or possess high artistic values, or represent a significant,
distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction (e.g. a historic district),
or
- have yielded, or be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.
National Register listing often raises community awareness of a property. However, listing does not
obligate owners to repair or improve their properties and does not prevent them from remodeling,
altering, selling, or even demolishing them if they choose to do so.
Owners or long-term tenants who rehabilitate income-producing properties listed on the National
Register can qualify for a 20 percent federal income tax credit if the work they do follows the
Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, guidelines used nationwide for repairs
and alterations to historic buildings.
In Ohio anyone may prepare a National Register nomination. Nominations are made through the Ohio
Historic Preservation Office of the Ohio Historical Society. Proposed nominations are reviewed by
the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board, a governor-appointed panel of citizens and
professionals in history, architecture, archaeology, and related fields. The board reviews each
nomination to see whether it appears to be eligible for listing on the National Register, then
makes a recommendation to the State Historic Preservation Officer. The final decision to add a
property to the register is made by the National Park Service, which administers the program
nationwide.
About the Ohio Historic Preservation Office
The Ohio Historic Preservation Office is Ohio’s official historic preservation agency. A part of
the Ohio Historical Society, it identifies historic places in Ohio, nominates properties to the
National Register of Historic Places, reviews federally-assisted projects for effects on historic,
architectural, and archaeological resources in Ohio, consults on the conservation of older
buildings and sites, and offers educational programs and publications.
Nomination to the State Registry of Archaeological and Historic Landmarks
The Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board recommended the following property for
nomination to Ohio’s State Registry of Archaeological and Historic Landmarks at its
December 5, 2008, meeting. Additional background is available to be faxed or e-mailed on request.
Contact Tom Wolf, (614) 298-2000, (614) 297-2346, or twolf@ohiohistory.org.
Clermont County / Loveland
Charles C. Meade House, 11887 Lebanon Rd.
Built in 1906 as the home of Dr. Charles C. Meade, who had a horse-breeding and -racing farm on
the property until 1917, the Meade House has been recommended for nomination to Ohio’s State
Registry of Archaeological and Historic Landmarks for its local historical and architectural
significance. Meade, a homeopathic physician, was president of the Homeopathic Medical Society
and a professor of obstetrics at Cincinnati’s Pulte Medical College. He developed the farm
replete with barns, outbuildings, a tenant house, and training track on 200-plus acres in Symmes
Township near Loveland to pursue his interest in breeding and training trotters and pacers.
Architecturally, the two-and-a-half story house with full portico is an example of the early 20th
century revival of 18th and early 19th century American styles based on Classical architecture,
such as the Greek Revival.
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Contact Tom Wolf, Public Education Manager, Ohio Historic Preservation Office, (614) 298-2000, or via e-mail:
twolf@ohiohistory.org
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