Old Oaks Historic Neighborhood launches new website

The Old Oaks Historic District has launched a new website with more information and details about their neighborhood. This is one of a few of Columbus' hidden historical gems:

Link: Old Oaks Historic District website.

Old Oaks Historic District Old Oaks is a Historic District that is located just east of downtown Columbus, Ohio. The neighborhood is bounded on the West by the homes on Ohio Avenue, on the East by the homes on Kimball Place, on the North by Mooberry Street, and on the South by Livingston Avenue. Old Oaks is the most intact of Columbus's turn-of-the-century streetcar era neighborhoods that show the homes of the middle and upper classes. Architecture styles include American Four-Squares in Mission and Neoclassical Revival styles, as well as Modified Queen Annes...

View a map of the Old Oaks Historic District

Old Oaks added to RetroMetro

I've been slowly working to add all of the urban historic neighborhoods to RetroMetro. This week I've added Old Oaks to the list:

Link: Old Oaks
Council of Historic Websites
http://www.chncolumbus.org/

Old Oaks is a turn-of-the-century streetcar suburb located about a mile east and south of Broad and High, the epicenter of Downtown Columbus. The history of Old Oaks begins in 1891 when streetcar service became electrified. In 1892, a group of developers platted the Oakwood Addition subdivision. A notable landmark, St. John’s Catholic Church Parsonage & School, was built in 1898, with neighborhood construction taking place throughout the thirty-year period from 1892 to 1922. Homes in the district show a predominance of architectural consistency with 2-1/2 story brick homes that boast large front porches. Homeowners were and are an economically, ethnically and religiously diverse group of people...

Visit the Old Oaks Civic Association Website