The Shedd-Dunn House is a historic house in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The house was built in 1888 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1] The Shedd-Dunn House was built at a time when East Broad Street was a tree-lined avenue featuring the most ornate houses in Columbus; the house reflects the character of the area at the time.[2] The building is also part of the 18th & E. Broad Historic District on the Columbus Register of Historic Properties, added to the register in 1988.

Shedd-Dunn House
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Location965 E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio
Coordinates39°57′54″N 82°58′29″W / 39.964904°N 82.974852°W / 39.964904; -82.974852
Built1888
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPSEast Broad Street MRA
NRHP reference No.86003445[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 17, 1986

The house was built for the Shedd family, who operated an early wholesale grocery. The family lived there until 1912; Eggleston Dunn of the Dunn-Taft Dry Goods Co. subsequently lived there until the early 1940s. The house then became used for commercial purposes, including office space for the architects Tibbals, Crumley and Musson.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Hunt/Mast (February 1982). "Ohio Historic Inventory: Shedd-Dunn House". National Park Service. Retrieved January 10, 2021. (Included within East Broad Street Multiple Resource Area nomination, reference number 64000619).
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