Yost & Packard

Yost & Packard was an architectural firm based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The firm included partners Joseph W. Yost and Frank Packard. It was founded in 1892 and continued until Yost moved to New York City in 1899, after which Packard took up practice in his own name.[1]

Joseph W. Yost and Frank Packard

The firm was known for many public buildings, and the prolific use of masonry, especially Berea sandstone, along with tile roofs with flared eaves, polygonal turrets, and intricate ornamentation. Their works resemble elements of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture blended with the creative Victorian works of Frank Furness.[1]

Selected works

Notable works by Yost & Packard include:[2]

In Columbus
Historical name Image Address Date completed Status Notes
Armory and Gymnasium
60 N. Oval Drive 1898 Demolished [3]
Biological Building
101 S. Oval Drive 1898 Demolished [4]
Boiler and Power Houses 1961 Bohannan Drive 1892, 1896 Demolished Also known as the Brown Hall Annex[5]
Botanical Building
181 S. Oval Drive 1892 Demolished [6]
Broad Street M.E. Church
501 E. Broad Street 1885 In use National Register and Columbus Register-listed
Chemical Laboratory
154 N. Oval Drive 1891 Demolished Also known as Chemistry Building No. 2.[7]
Children's Hospital
Fair & Miller Avenues 1893 Demolished Original location of the modern-day Nationwide Children's Hospital[8]
Columbus Auditorium
W. Goodale Street 1897 Demolished Extensively remodeled existing building
Columbus Central St. Ry. Office Building
842 Cleveland Avenue 1890s Vacant
Columbus Central St. Ry. Power House
Cleveland & Reynolds Avenues 1894 Demolished
Eastwood Congregational
1080 E. Broad Street 1892 In use Now the Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church
The Great Southern Hotel and The Great Southern Opera (advisory)
310 S. High Street 1896 In use National Register and Columbus Register-listed
The Hanna Paint Company building
111 E. Long Street Demolished
Hayes Hall
108 N. Oval Mall 1893 In use National Register-listed, OSU building
Hotel Chittenden and Henrietta Theater
205 N. High Street 1895 Demolished
Masonic Temple
34 N. 4th Street 1898 In use National Register-listed. One among several initial architects before further expansions[9]
Mt. Vernon Ave. M.E. Church
Mt. Vernon Avenue and 18th Street Demolished
Neil Ave. M.E. Church
610 Neil Avenue In use Now The Sanctuary on Neil[10]
Neil House (remodeling) 41 S. High Street Demolished
O.L. Rankin house
98 Buttles Avenue Demolished Also known as the E.W. Vance house and as Hutchinson Hall, nurse's home for White Cross Hospital[11]
Orton Hall
155 Oval Drive South 1893 In use National Register-listed, OSU building
Peter Sells House
755 Dennison Avenue 1895 In use National Register-listed
Public School Library
4 E. Town Street 1892 Demolished Remodeled former church
Second German M.E. Church
119 E. Gates Street In use Now Gates-Fourth United Methodist Church
St. Francis R. C. Church
386 Buttles Avenue 1896 In use Also known as St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
T&OC Passenger Station
379 W. Broad Street 1895 In use National Register-listed
Town Street M.E. Church
873 Bryden Road 1900 In use Now the First AME Zion Church[12]
Twenty-Third Street School
1235 Mt. Vernon Avenue 1888 Demolished Later known as Mount Vernon Junior High School
Universalist Church
331 E. State Street 1891 Demolished
YMCA Building
34 S. 3rd Street 1893 Demolished Moved to the Downtown YMCA building in 1923; site now occupied by the Columbus Dispatch Building

Additionally, the Charles Frederick Myers house in Columbus is suspected to be a Yost & Packard work.[13]

Outside Columbus
Historical name Image Address Date completed Status Notes
Harrison County Courthouse
100 W. Market Street, Cadiz, Ohio 1895 In use National Register-listed[14]
Westerville High School-Vine Street School
44 N. Vine Street, Westerville, Ohio 1896 In use Now the Emerson Elementary School. National Register-listed.[14]
Wood County Courthouse and Jail
1 Court House Square, Bowling Green, Ohio 1896 In use National Register-listed[14]
First Church of Christ, Scientist
2704 Monroe Street, Toledo, Ohio 1898 In use National Register-listed[14]
Odd Fellows' Home for Orphans, Indigent and Aged
Springfield, Ohio 1898 In use National Register-listed[14]
St. Joseph's Catholic School
Wapakoneta, Ohio 1899 In use National Register-listed[14]
Wyandot County Courthouse and Jail
Upper Sandusky, Ohio 1900 In use National Register-listed[14]
Loewenstein and Sons Hardware Building
Charleston, West Virginia 1900 In use National Register-listed[14]
Marion County Court House
Fairmont, West Virginia 1900 In use National Register-listed[14]
Franklin College Building No. 5
New Athens, Ohio 1900 In use National Register-listed[14]

Additionally, the firm designed the First Presbyterian Church, Urbana High School, the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot, and a barn for Frank Chance at 438 Scioto Street, and the house of Mrs. M.J. Laudenbach (524 Scioto Street), all in Urbana, Ohio.[15] In St. Marys, Ohio, the firm designed the Grand Opera House (105-113 W. Spring St., 1895, extant) and the Gustave Bamberger residence (225 South Wayne Street, built 1895, extant).[2]

See also

References
  1. Barbara Powers, "Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad Station", [Columbus, Ohio], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/OH-01-049-0046. Last accessed: December 4, 2022.
  2. "Classified List Of Public and Private Structures, by Yost & Packard" (PDF). Portfolio of Architectural Realities. 1897. OCLC 81808814. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 4, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2023 – via Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society.
  3. "Armory - Herrick Archives Number H 202" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  4. Herrick, John H. (November 14, 2006). "Biological Hall". The Ohio State University. hdl:1811/24191.
  5. "Brown Hall Annex - Herrick Archives Number 017" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  6. Herrick, John H. (November 14, 2006). "Botanical Hall". The Ohio State University. hdl:1811/24234.
  7. "Chemistry Building No. 2 - Herrick Archives Number H 118" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  8. "History Lesson: The growth of Nationwide Children's Hospital". June 8, 2012.
  9. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. File Unit: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Ohio, 1964 - 2013. National Park Service. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  10. "New Wedding & Event Venue Opening in Victorian Village Early Next Year". November 30, 2020.
  11. "Columbus Metropolitan Library". Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  12. "The New Town Street Church". The Columbus Dispatch. May 20, 1896. p. 10. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  13. "National Register of Historic Places - Inventory -- Nomination Form for Columbus Near East Side District" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  14. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  15. "Historical Markers in Champaign County, Ohio".
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