This eclectic home, featuring elements of Craftsman, Colonial Revival, and Neoclassical Revival styles, is located near the Secondary Industrial School in the Waverly Terrace neighborhood. Typical of early-20th-century planned communities, Waverly Terrace features numerous architectural styles.
Waverly Terrace was a streetcar suburb which grew out of G. Gunby Jordan’s (1846-1929) Waverly Farm, a large property he owned on the outskirts of downtown Columbus. Jordan was president of the board of education and his influence brought the Secondary Industrial School to the neighborhood, not only as an incentive for development but also for the vocational training it provided to potential future employees of his many business concerns. This was a stabilizing factor in the growth of Waverly Terrace…