High and Gay Streets Historic District Columbus, Ohio
National Register of Historic Places Data
The High and Gay Streets Historic District has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places with the following information, which has been imported from the National Register database and/or the Nomination Form . Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- National Register ID
- 14000041
- Date Listed
- March 4, 2014
- Name
- High and Gay Streets Historic District
- Part of
- N/A (Multiple Property Submission)
- Address
- Bounded by Gay, Wall & High Sts., Pearl, Lynn & Elm Alleys
- City/Town
- Columbus
- County
- Franklin
- State
- Ohio
- Category
- district
- Level of Sig.
- local
- Areas of Sig.
- COMMERCE; ARCHITECTURE
Description
Text courtesy of the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Parks Service. Minor transcription errors or changes in formatting may have occurred; please see the Nomination Form PDF for official text. Some information may have become outdated since the property was nominated for the Register.
The High and Gay Streets Historic District is eligible for the National Register under Criterion A for its association with the late-19th and early-mid 20th century development of a key business corridor in the heart of downtown Columbus from the 1870s to the 1960s; and under Criterion C for its representation ofwork by several noted Columbus architects, especially Richards, McCarty & Bulford, who designed the Citizens Building (47-53 North High Street) and the White Haines Building (80-82 North High Street); and for quality of design and craftsmanship exhibited by resources within the district; most notably, the Ruggery (20-22 Gay Street), New First National Bank (33 North High Street), The Dispatch Printing Company (66 North High Street), and the building at 15-19 East Gay Street. The evolution of the buildings, represented by alterations made to them within the period of significance also physically characterize the continuing dynamic commercial activity during the 1950s and 1960s as business owners sought to modernize and continue to attract customers.
