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.
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| Location | 965 E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 39°57′54″N 82°58′29″W / 39.964904°N 82.974852°W |
| Built | 1888 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| MPS | East Broad Street MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003445[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 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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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ 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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