Historic Olde Towne in Columbus Ohio

Olde Towne is one of the largest historic neighborhoods in the city. Located adjacent to Downtown Columbus, Olde Towne is just footsteps away from sophisticated shopping, churches, schools, and with easy access to freeways and Greater Columbus.

Olde Towne was one of the first neighborhoods of Columbus. More than a thousand homes, some built as early as the 1830s, represent over 50 architectural styles. These were the homes of industry barons, bankers, teachers, architects, mayors, judges, and legislators who shaped our city's future.

Today, the population is equally inclusive. Professionals, tradespeople, artisans, students and executives; singles, couples and families; homeowners and renters; people of all colors, backgrounds, lifestyles and incomes make Olde Towne home.

Each spring a Tour of Renovation and Restoration is featured on the third Sunday of May. This tour highlights rehabilitations in progress as well as completed renovations and gardens. During the first weekend in December, the Victorian Holiday Tour showcases the diverse celebrations of the season with several fully-decorated homes. Please be sure to visit the web site for more about these and other special events.

The Bryden Road Historic district runs from Parsons Avenue on the west to Nelson Road on the east, positioning it in the heart of the Olde Towne and Franklin Park neighborhoods. Bryden Road became an historic district in 1989 as an effort by the community to preserve its significant architectural character.

Many of Columbus' leading citizens named Bryden Road as their address at the turn of the century. Writer and humorist James Thurber's grandfather, Dr. William Fisher, lived at No. 895 and Thurber featured this home in many of his stories. The Lazarus Department store's founders lived at Nos. 1000, 1080 and 1337. Alice Schille, an important artist of the time, lived at No. 1166. Joseph Yost, partner in the prestigious architectural firm of Yost and Packard, lived at No. 1216.

Bryden Road is a vital and stimulating place to live. Nearby are parks and recreation facilities such as the Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus' horticultural crown jewel. Diversity, both of cultures and people, makes this area truly unique. No where else in Columbus are the combinations of people, places and things as eclectic. Whether it's an artists' colony or the more stately manors of an historic home, no place in Columbus matches Bryden Road.

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[harry2057]

Super video. Columbus is blessed with such swaths of old neighborhoods that have been treasured and not allowed to go the lonely way of the trolleys, City Center, and Westland Mall.... Just now I am in Indiana. But, I like the vitality of Neil Ave and High Street in the Short North. I remember Thurber House, Clintonville, German Village, Grandview, Upper Arlington, .... the demolished Firestone Mansion. Pardon my ignorance but what streets comprise some of Olde Town?

Thanks for leaving us wi

[richfieldoriginal]

Thanks! Great vid