Architects Joseph Yost and Frank Packard in Ohio: Columbus Homes L-Z.
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This blog showcases the still standing house designs of architects Joseph Warren Yost & Frank Lucius Packard in their home territory of Columbus, Ohio. Fortunately, none of the structures appear threatened with demolition. These two architects were in partnership from 1892 to 1899; each practiced separately before and after this period of time. When the partnership ended, Warren Yost (he was called by his middle name) moved his practice to New York City. Frank Packard’s entire career, 1889 to 1923, was in Columbus. Packard did not remove the Yost name from his practice until January 1, 1901.
The blog covers 1882 to 1923. The Yost & Packard firm, nationally recognized, would likely be considered one of Ohio’s most significant.
Published July 1, 2023. donfoster73@gmail.com
William Kelsey Sr. and Harriett Sharp Lanman residence. 2015 West Fifth Avenue, Marble Cliff. Built 1908. Designed by Packard.Photo credit: Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society.The above three photos were taken in spring of 2023. It’s nice to see a repurposed Packard design named for the architect.
Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.
Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library. The Lanman’s son William Jr. gave over $40 million to Yale University (his alma mater) per his Wikipedia page. Perhaps the eventual sale of his father’s company helped fund that gift.
The Columbus Dispatch 6/5/1924.
The Columbus Dispatch 3/12/1938. Pallbearer S.P. Bush is Samuel Prescott Bush, a Marble Cliff neighbor (and grandfather/great-grandfather of Pesidents George H.W. and George W. Bush).
Samuel and Martha Taylor Lee residence. 1414 East Broad Street. Built 1896/97. Designed by Y&P. The Columbus Dispatch 10/22/1898, above and below.
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The Columbus Dispatch 6/20/1895.Samuel was president of this garment manufacturer.
The Columbus Dispatch 6/27/1910.
The Columbus Dispatch 11/13/1936.
Carl Robbins and C. (Carrie) Francis Hicks Lindenberg residence. 1123 Cambridge Boulevard, Marble Cliff. Built 1904. Designed by Packard.Photo credit: Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society.
Carl was a son of Charles and Sarah whose house appears next. He worked for his father’s company pictured further below. Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.
The Sandusky Star-Journal 8/30/1928. There was no local obituary.
The Columbus Dispatch 2/9/1952.
Charles Herman and Sarah Robbins Lindenberg residence.1234 East Broad Street. Built 1904. Designed by Packard. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Photo credit: Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society.The house was purchased by the State of Ohio in 1919 for use as the Governor’s residence. Today it’s the home of The Columbus Foundation.
Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.
Charles Lindenberg was a founder of M.C. Lilley and Company, a manufacturer of regalia used by such organizations as Knights of Pythias, Masons, and Odd Fellows.The Columbus Dispatch 11/9/1921.The Columbus Dispatch 5/29/1921. An obituary for Sarah did not appear in the newspaper.Frank Herman and Desha Hubbard Lindenberg residence. 1122 Cambridge Boulevard, Marble Cliff.Built 1905. Designed by Packard. Photo credit: Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society.The Columbus Dispatch 10/1/1905. In 1905, $1000 was equivalent to approximately $35000 today. Assuming this was an addition to the left side of the house and not the out building shown on the right.
Frank was a son of Charles and Sarah. Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.
Frank Lindenberg was Vice President of the company. Ad is from The Columbus Dispatch.Saw this on Ebay. Key to wind a clock.
The Columbus Dispatch 5/14/1937.
Paul and Helen Tallmadge Lindenberg residence. 1272 Cambridge Boulevard, Marble Cliff.Built 1905. Designed by Packard. Photo credit: Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society.The Columbus Dispatch 2/28/1909.Paul was a son of Charles and Sarah.Photo credit: Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society.
The Columbus Dispatch 5/1/1905.
Photo credit: FamilySearch.org.Paul Lindenberg was president of The Lindenberg Piano Company. Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.
The Columbus Dispatch 4/16/1957.
The married ended and both Paul and Helen remarried. Hartford Courant 7/31/1967.
Theodore and Helen Hasbrouck Lindenberg residence. 1087 Lincoln Road, Marble Cliff. Built 1906. Designed by Packard.Photo credit: Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society.
The Columbus Dispatch 8/26/1906.
Theodore Lindenberg built and operated The Bexley Theatre (razed). He was a cousin of Carl, Frank, and Paul. His father Henry was a brother of Charles. Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.
The Columbus Dispatch 3/27/1890.
The house referred to in the above article was built in 1898 for Theodore’s widowed mother Susan. Designed by Yost. Razed. Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.
The Columbus Dispatch 7/8/1941.
The Columbus Dispatch 3/18/1906.
The Columbus Dispatch 4/5/1966.
Thaddeus and Julia Brown Longstreth residence. 920 Bryden Road. Built 1896. Designed by Y&P.
The Columbus Dispatch 2/4/1874. The coal mine was located in Nelsonville, Athens County, Ohio.
The Columbus Dispatch 7/2/1895.Thaddeus Longstreth began a new career in 1895…the piano retailing business as mentioned in The Columbus “400”, Men Of The Ohio Capital (published 1896; housed in the archives of the Columbus Metropolitan Library).
The Columbus Dispatch 10/24/1895.
Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.
The Columbus Dispatch 10/12/1904.
The Columbus Dispatch 4/9/1898.
The Columbus Dispatch 11/8/1920.
James and Elizabeth Evans Lynas residence. 194 King Avenue. Built 1894. Designed by Y&P. Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.The Columbus Dispatch 9/23/1898. James was in the wholesale grocery business with his brother George whose obituary is provided below.
The Columbus Dispatch 8/7/1913.
The Columbus Dispatch 2/9/1925. James’ wife Elizabeth died in 3/4/1921, but an obituary did not appear in the newspaper.Frank Charles and Marie Tinan McElroy residence. 1031 East Broad Street. Built 1902. Designed by Packard.The Columbus Dispatch 2/15/1903. A rendering of the house was included with the article, but it’s too dark to show here.
Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.
The Columbus Dispatch 4/20/1942.
The Columbus Dispatch 11/12/1957.
Charles E. and Harriet Thompson Miles residence. 880 Franklin Avenue. Built 1892. Designed by Y&P.The Columbus Dispatch 12/11/1904. Charles was a dentist for a short while and then became a real estate developer in the Clintoville area of Columbus. One of his projects was this amusement park that opened in 1905 and which he managed. This land later became the site of Indianola Junior High School and a shopping center. An extensive history of the park may be found at indianolapark.com.
The Athens Messenger 11/24/1939. Charles’ wife Harriet died in 1896, likely from giving birth to a daughter a month previously…who was named Harriet. An obituary for Harriet could not be found.
John Ford and Almira Grissell Miller residence. 1499 Roxbury Road, Marble Cliff.Built 1902. Designed by Packard. The Columbus Dispatch 12/23/1899.Photo credit: Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society.The Millers also built this “cotttage” in 1901 across the street at 1600 Roxbury Road. Designed by Packard. Photo credit: Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society.Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.The Richmond Palladium 3/20/1916 above and below. An obituary for Almira could not be found. She died of pneumonia in Richmond on 12/23/1905.Willard Bernard and Mary Falkenbach Morris residence. 2416 Commonwealth Park North, Bexley. Built 1911. Designed by Packard.
Willard Morris was president of a structural steel manufacturer started by his father Charles. Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.
The Columbus Dispatch 7/31/1958. An obituary for Mary could not be found.
This house at 875 East Broad Street was the home of Charles’ parents. The architect is unknown. It’s included in this blog simply because the Broad Street mansions that have survived deserve attention and appreciation. Photo credit (on the left): Columbus Metropolitan Library.SPECULATION: Frank Lucius and Eva Elliott Packard residence. 1739 Franklin Park South. Built 1909. Per Columbus city directories, the Packards did not move into this house until 1917. Did he design it?…no specific proof seems to exist.This is the Packard house above. The Columbus Dispatch 4/25/1909.Franklin Park South runs behind the Franklin Park Conservatory which is on East Broad Street.
Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.
Anne E. and Mabel Parrott residence. Sisters. 1500 Fair Avenue. Built 1906. Designed by Packard.This picture appeared in the 6/1/1907 issue of The American Architect and Building News.The address was later changed to 139 Franklin Park West as this house was on the corner of Fair Avenue and Franklin Park West.
The Columbus Dispatch 1/15/1926.
The Columbus Dispatch 1/6/1950.
The Columbus Dispatch 6/3/1901. Had Elizabeth lived longer, there likely would have been three sisters occupying the Fair Avenue residence.
WORTH the long read!!! The Columbus Dispatch 1/23/1901.Phil Delta Theta Fraternity at Ohio State University. 1942 Iuka Avenue. Built 1920. Designed by Packard.
The Columbus Dispatch 11/2/1919.
Party debris removal credit: me, 7:15am on Easter Sunday. I added it to the existing debris behind that row of taxus. 🙂Carlon Thomas and Malinda Williard Phillips residence. 57 Auburn Avenue. Built 1900. Designed by Y&P. The Columbus Dispatch 1/21/1900 above and below.
Now apartments.
Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.
Ad from The Columbus Dispatch.
The Columbus Dispatch 2/24/1921.
The Columbus Dispatch 6/23/1947.
Timothy J. and Mary Roberts Price residence. 1490 Arlington Avenue, Marble Cliff. Built 1889. Designed by Packard (or Yost?). Photo credit: Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society.The house was orignally located nearby on Dublin Pike (now Route 33).
These were the Dublin Pike summer houses of the Price family, founders of Marble Cliff: John on the left (razed), Mary Jane Price Griswold in the middle (razed) and Timothy on the right (moved to 1490 Arlington Avenue as prevously noted). They faced the Scioto River. Photo credit: Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society.
Timothy Price owned a quarry operation at the edge of Marble Cliff, a portion of which today is Quarry Trails Metro Park. Pictured is the storage area for crushed limestone. The Ohio Statehouse and Ohio Stadium are built of limestone from this quarry. Photo credit: columbusrailroads.com.The Columbus Dispatch 10/12/1892.
Mary Price, second from right. Photo credit: Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society.
The Columbus Dispatch 2/23/1899.Ralph Forest and Emily Daugherty Rarey residence. 1506 Menlo Place. Built 1915. Designed by Packard.
Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.
The Columbus Dispatch 10/12/1906. Engagement announcment.
The Columbus Dispatch 1/2/1937.
The Columbus Dispatch 3/29/1953. Harry Daugherty has an interesting Wikipedia page!!
John Holley and Emma Rodgers Roys residence. 245 North Powell Avenue. Built 1905. Designed by Packard. The Columbus Dispatch 4/16/1905.New windows were being installed when this picture was taken in spring 2023. The house looked like it had been empty for quite some time.John Roys was employed by Jaeger Manufacturing Company, makers of road construction equipment such as this road paver above.Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY) 1/10/1940.
Emma’s first husband died unexpectedly at age 32. The Columbus Dispatch 9/7/1902.
The Columbus Dispatch 1/14/1963.
Ferdinand Charles and Jessie Jones Schmidt residence. 10 North Drexel Avenue, Bexley. Built 1913. Designed by Packard.Ferdinand Schmidt was Secretary-Treasurer of the Kinnear Manufacuring Company.
The Columbus Dispatch 5/6/1948.
The Columbus Dispatch 3/4/1952.
Peter Jr. and Mary Luker Sells residence. 755 Dennison Avenue. Built 1895. Designed by Packard. Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.Search “Circus House”in Wikipedia for more information.The former carriage house on the right is now a separate residence.The house faces Goodale Park.The Sells Brothers Circus was based in Columbus. It later became part of Ringing Brothers Circus. Search “Sells Brothers Circus”in Wikipedia for more information.The Columbus Dispatch 10/6/1904 (continued below). An obituary for Mary could not be found.
Sells Court Apartments. 310 East Broad Street. Built for the Sells brothers and designed by Packard. Razed. Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.
Frederick Farley and Agnes Jeffrey Shedd residence. 1440 (now 1444) East Broad Street. Built 1906. Designed by Packard. The Columbus Dispatch 6/8/1905.Garage front and rear.
Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.
The Columbus Dispatch 10/29/1925. The company was a wholesale grocer.
The Columbus Dispatch 9/8/1947.
Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.
The Columbus Dispatch 10/7/1923. Agnes Shedd was founder of The Players’ Club.
The Columbus Dispatch 12/30/1967.
William D. and Nettie Baldwin Simonton residence. 146 (and 144, a duplex) Warren Street. Built 1893. Designed by Y&P. Restored by my friends Roger Farrell and Suzi McEntire.
The Columbus Dispatch 9/21/1904.
The Columbus Dispatch 9/22/1904.
Blanchester Star Republican 1/28/1937.
Blanchester Star Republican 2/25/1937.
Richard and Jessie McKee Sinclair resdence. 1084 Grandview Avenue, Grandview Heights. Built 1894. Designed by Y&P. Perhaps the stucco is not original.
The Columbus Dispatch 4/20/1910.
The Columbus Dispatch 8/25/1912
The Columbus Dispatch 12/17/1919
The Columbus Dispatch 12/11/1935.
The Columbus Dispatch 1/13/1937.
Philip Sheridan and Nancy Bradley Skeele residence. 1492 Roxbury Road, Marble Cliff. Built 1896. Designed by Y&P.During Philip Skeele’s time as General Yardmaster, Frank Packard designed (in 1918) a number of buildings for the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Columbus operation. Photo credit: Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society. Help wanted ad is from The Columbus Dispatch 7/20/1920.
The Columbus Dispatch 11/1/1938.
The Columbus Dispatch 7/27/1951.
Starrett Graham and Helen Dun Smith residence. 1176 Fairview Avenue, Grandview Heights. Built 1903/04. Designed by Packard. Although another website has indicated this house was designed for a different Smith, that is not correct. Notification regarding this was made and acknowledged, but no action was taken. Photo credit: Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society.The Columbus Dispatch 11//8/1903.Starrett Smith went by his middle name Graham. He was affiliated with the Hayden-Clinton National Bank on East Broad Street. The same year his house was under construction, Packard designed a remodel of the bank which is the 4 story building on the right. So these two men knew each other. Packard’s office was in the tall building in the middle. All three buildings still stand and are undergoing restoration. Photo credit, left: Columbus Metropolitan Library.Dayton Daily News 1/10/1933.
Dayton Daily News 1/7/1968.
Frank E. and Nellie Scofield Stoneman residence. 1349 East Broad Street. Built 1906 Designed by Packard. The Columbus Dispatch 5/21/1906 above and below.
The Columbus Dispatch 6/28/1906, above and below. Frank Stoneman died just two months after moving into the new Broad Street residence.
The Columbus Dispatch 12/3/1958. Nellie remarried after the death of Frank.
Reverend John Leonard and Emma Petch Tait residence. 2112 Iuka Avenue. Built 1915. Designed by Packard.
The Columbus Dispatch 9/13/1916.
The Columbus Dispatch 9/13/1916.The church, just a short walk from the Tait’s house, formed in 1909 and first met in a tent. A two story parish house was then built and the congregation met on the first floor. The above new building was built on the same property. Reverend Tait became pastor in November of 1910.The church today.
Tri-County Press 12/12/1935 (Polo, IL; location of previous pastorate). An obituary could not be found for Reverend Tate. Born 5/22/1868 in Elora, Ontario, Canada. Died 1962 in Salina, Kansas, where his son was living.
William McElvin and Jennie Jones Taylor residence. 311 Kendall Place (renumbered from 325). Built 1898. Designed by Y&P.William M. Taylor Mantel & Grate Company showroom. Photo credit: Y&P’s promotional publication Portfolio of Architectural Realities.The Columbus Dispatch 8/3/1889.
The Columbus Dispatch 9/16/1904.
The Columbus Dispatch 7/27/1906.
Edgar Lynn and Grace Fowler Weinland residence. 428 West Sixth. Built 1903. Designed by Packard.Photo credit: Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society.A Columbus city park was named in honor of Edgar Weinland. And here we show a neighbor of that park and a blogger’s daughter (Kristen). LOL.Weinland Park Elementary School, in the background, is named after the park.The entire neighborhood in which the park and school are located carries the Weinland name.
There is no marker describing who Edgar Weinland was and what he accomplished.
The Columbus Dispatch 12/12/1941.The Columbus Dispatch 8/17/1959William Nelson and Henrietta Heinmiller Weinman residence. 1445 Roxbury Road, Marble Cliff. Built 1915. Designed by Packard. Photo credit: Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society. Inset is William and daughter Ruth checking out the site on which the house would be built.William Weinman was president of the company which was located on Spruce Street. Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.
The Columbus Dispatch 7/28/1923.
The Columbus Dispatch 6/17/1950.
White Cross Hospital was located near Goodale Park in the Short North. It later became Riverside Hospital. The Columbus Dispatch 3/11/1926.
The Columbus Dispatch 2/26/1957.
Charles Reynolds and Mary Reed Wheeler residence. 354 West Sixth. Built 1891. Designed by Y&P, but most likely by Yost. Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.Charles managed the G. F. Wheeler Grocery founded by his father, George Frederick. It was located on the NW corner of Broad & High Streets (4 story building at bottom right). All buildings pictured are gone with the exception of the Wyandotte Building at 21 West Broad Street pictured rising above the building housing the grocery.Photo credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library.
The Columbus Dispatch 6/11/1937.
The Columbus Dispatch 6/3/1935.
Joseph Warren and Anna Wetherald Yost residence.1216 Bryden Road. Likely built 1897. Architect Yost moved his practice from Bellaire (Ohio) to Columbus in 1882. Per Columbus city directories, the Yosts resided elsewhere until moving into the Bryden Road house in 1897.Tight squeeze!!!
The Packards and the Yosts previously lived just doors from each other on North Garfield Avenue at #70 and #58 respectively (the Yosts were at #58 from 1884-1896 per city directories). This picture is from a Sanborn Fire Insurance map.
The Yost’s daughter Mary Alma married Charles M. Johnson in the Bryden Road house in 1898. Son George (pictured on the right) was born in 1900 and was the great grandfather of Steven Flower of Conneaut, Ohio, who provided these two pictures. Steven also provided the pictures of his great great great grandparents, Joseph and Anna Yost, below.Walter and Elizabeth Jones Zinn residence. 91 Winner Avenue. Built 1893. Designed by Y&P.Next door to the Zinn house is the Y&P-designed William and Katherine Deaver house. Hard to see through the trees, but here is a full view of the Deaver house below.
The Deaver house is featured in the Columbus Homes A-K blog.
The Columbus Dispatch 3/31/1888. This was a wholesale business.
Zinn & Judkins was located in a building that housed a number of businesses. The building was destroyed in this fire of January 20, 1902. The interesting illustration appeared in The Columbus Dispatch the next day.
Elizabeth Zinn’s parents, William and Josephine Jones, lived in this mansion at 731 East Broad Street. It still stands, has its own Wikipedia page, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Another Broad Street mansion survivor deserving of attention and appreciation.
The Columbus Dispatch 8/24/1927. Walter’s business filed for bankruptcy and the house was lost. About that time the marriage ended and Elizabeth remarried.
The Columbus Dispatch 3/2/1936. Walter later was involved in real estate and stock and lived his remaining years in Powell of Delaware County.
Columbus Homes A – K are in a separate blog. Here is the link to it:
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