The August 2023 Homes of History Event
Homes of History is a month-long
celebration of our city’s century-old, diverse and fine quality architecture.
* There are approximately 330 century homes in Upper Arlington!
* Century homes are found throughout Upper Arlington, including north of Lane Avenue outside of UA’s Historic District.
* Over 200 homeowners are participating in Homes of History 2023.
* Signs indicate homes built by 1923 and retaining much of their original front exterior facade.
* If you think your home qualifies and you have not been contacted, email us at info@uahistory.org.
* Map and more fun facts below:
At the start of 1923, Upper Arlington’s boundaries were what today we consider the Historic District - south of Lane Avenue and roughly bounded on the east by Andover Road. No one had officially lived in UA longer than nine years, and the majority of land we know today as “UA” was Perry Township. Learn more about life in our community one hundred years ago:
In 1923, UA grew its village boundaries through three land annexations.
Home sales were HOT, HOT, HOT.
Students in UA went to the Waltham Road School while construction on a permanent school happened next door.
Students not within UA’s borders, but on land that is now part of our city, went to South Perry Township school.
Without Facebook and Instagram, social news was posted in the newspaper.
Ohio State’s football coach purchased a home in UA.
There were no churches within UA’s borders, but what is now UA’s oldest church was already making history.
UA celebrated its very first Fourth of July.
—> Thanks to the UA Public Library and their UA Archives site for making so many of our historical documents accessible!
—> Thanks to First Community Church for publishing the local newspaper in 1923 and making a majority of this research possible!
where can i find the 100 year-old homes?
Over 200 signs will be out in August marking the participating UA historic homes. Approximately 60% of participating homeowners granted permission to display their addresses as shown in this interactive map link and denoted below. Physical maps will be available by August 1st at all our UA Libraries, South of Lane, Bloomtastic and Cover to Cover bookstore on the Mallway. Be sure to stop by to see Cover to Cover’s window display celebrating architecture!
Link to the interactive map here. More signs may be out on the streets listed in bold and on these additional streets:
Asbury Road, Avalon Road, Barrington Road, Clairmont Road, Clifton Road, Eastcleft Road, Hove Road, Kenny Road, Kensington Drive, Lane Road, Lear Road, Lytham Court, McCoy Road, Middlesex Road, Riverside Drive, Sherwin Road, Southway Drive, Welsford Road.
Featured Homes:
Andover Road - 1634, 1645, 1665, 1782, 1814
Arlington Avenue - 1640, 1690, 1715, 1740, 1811, 1838, 1846, 1847, 1864, 1922, 1931, 1950, 1975, 1991, 2012, 2015, 2217
Bedford Road - 1759, 1767, 1789, 1800, 1812, 1818, 1885, 1893, 1934, 1961
Beverly Road - 2014
Cambridge Boulevard - 1634, 1645, 1660, 1860, 1919
Cardiff Road - 1594
Chelsea Road - 1956
Collingswood Road - 2028
Concord Road - 1925, 1946, 1971
Coventry Road - 1785, 1791, 1799, 1805, 1810, 1819, 1956
Edgemont Road - 1826, 1838, 1892, 1920, 1925, 1984
Essex Road - 1659
Fairfax Road - 2041, 2050, 2055, 2060, 2076, 2105, 2133, 2151, 2239
Fishinger Road - 2459
Guilford Road - 2098
King Avenue - 1875
Lanercost Way - 4600
Lower Chelsea Road - 2090
N Devon Road - 1800, 1816, 1830, 1835, 1882, 1900, 1915, 2031
Reed Road - 3984
Roxbury Road - 1740, 1751, 1804, 1811, 1814, 1824, 1875 Sherwin Road - 2475
S Parkway Drive - 2125
Stanford Road - 1872, 1882, 1930, 1940, 2071
Tremont Road - 1865, 1889, 1901, 1904, 1912, 1918, 1944, 2000, 2012, 2015, 2084, 2088, 2164
Upper Chelsea Road - 1750, 1763, 1800, 1826
Vassar Place - 2482
W Chelsea Road - 1944, 1949
W Fifth Avenue - 1938
Waltham Road - 1989, 2005
Wickford Road - 2032
Yorkshire Road - 2078
Zollinger Road - 2287, 2628, 2734
GUIDE TO COMMON ARCHITECTURAL STYLES FOUND IN UA’S HISTORIC DISTRICT
Since Upper Arlington was originally founded in the southern part of our city, the majority of our century-old homes are found in our Historic District. The District is nationally recognized for its outstanding and numerous examples of Twentieth Century Revival architectural styles. Page through this excerpt from a 1992 publication of the Upper Arlington Historical Society to learn about the background and characteristics that comprise these distinctive house styles.
What’s a hipped roof or quoin? Here’s your glossary for those intricate details within the architecture.