Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Historic Resources Commission (HRC) (CC 3117) is charged, in part, with identifying districts, sites, buildings, structures, and/or objects that are of significance to the historical, architectural, or cultural development of the city, state, or nation; maintaining a list of these districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects; and providing regulation of these properties through design review. With these goals in mind, the Commission provides recommendations to City Council for the potential listing of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and/or objects on the Columbus Register of Historic Properties.
An application has been made by Wendy Hoge Naylor and Diana Wellman/Naylor Wellman, LLC. (Applicant), in cooperation with Anne Little, VP & Associate General Counsel, Woda Group (Owner), to list the property located at 120 South Central Avenue, West High School, on the Columbus Register of Historic Properties. The subject building is locally significant “as an excellent example of Neoclassical style public-school architecture representing the work of David Riebel, the first architect for Columbus City School District Board of Education from 1893 to 1922” (Naylor & Wellman p. 11). The period of significance for the building is from 1908, the year of construction, to 1929, when the building was converted for use as Starling Junior High School when a new West High School was constructed. The Columbus Register boundary for the property consists of the northern portion of one parcel (Franklin County Parcel #010-066699-00), and includes the property historically associated with the 1908/1926 West High School. The entirety is bounded by South Central Avenue to the west, W. State Street to the north, Brehl Avenue to the east, and the north side of the unnamed 15’ vacated alley to the south.
Proper notice was given to the property owner, per CC 3117.061, and a signed and notarized owner consent form has been received. A public he...
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