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you’re invited to<br />
The Grandview Heights/<br />
Marble Cliff Historical Society<br />
Tour of Homes<br />
Sunday, October 2, <strong>2022</strong> - 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.<br />
Once every three years, you are invited to step inside some of the<br />
most beautiful homes in Grandview Heights and Marble Cliff. This<br />
year’s tour showcases six homes; five from the early 1900s and a<br />
mid-century ranch. Here is a taste of what you will see:<br />
• Two-story carriage house repurposed into a stunning guest suite.<br />
• Desk designed by George Nakishima, an innovator in 20th century furniture<br />
design and a father of the American Studio Craft Movement.<br />
• Traditional Four Square with modern owner’s suite and family room addition.<br />
• Letter penned in the 1950s from a teenager to his home’s future owners.<br />
• Renovated 1950s ranch built on the site of a former country club’s clubhouse.<br />
• Ultra-modern, totally renovated Colonial with original art throughout.<br />
A BIT ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES<br />
Grandview Heights began to transition from farm and woodland to residential<br />
use in the 1880s. The 1901 extension of a streetcar line from Columbus<br />
led to rapid development and incorporation in 1906. The city’s rich history is<br />
reflected in the national-register historic “Bank Block,” considered one of the<br />
earliest regional shopping centers in the United States; a 1926 single-screen<br />
movie theater; historically-renovated buildings and homes; a strong Italian<br />
heritage; and the longest-continually-operating Victory Garden in the country.<br />
One of the first suburbs of Columbus, Marble Cliff was incorporated as the<br />
“Hamlet of Marble Cliff” in 1901. It took its name from the nearby Marble Cliff<br />
Quarry Co. The village was a bucolic retreat for wealthy Columbus residents<br />
who wanted to get away (and upwind) from the smelly industrial city. The first<br />
country club in central Ohio was established in Marble Cliff and among the<br />
community’s more famous residents was Samuel Prescott Bush, patriarch of<br />
the Bush political dynasty.<br />
For details visit: ghmchs.org/home-tours.<br />
MANY THANKS TO THE <strong>2022</strong> TOUR SPONSORS!<br />
Event Classic Papering & Painting, Continental Blinds, Destination Grandview, Fresco<br />
Furnishings, InHome Concepts, K.A. Menendian Rug Gallery, Miller Troyer, Street Sotheby’s<br />
International Realty, Trove Warehouse, Vernacular<br />
Home Alexander Financial Planning, Carr Supply, Estate Affairs, Griffin-Lantz Insurance<br />
Agency, Hamilton Parker, Modlich Stoneworks<br />
Company Bernard Electric, Franklin County Auditor, Resolution Audio & Video,<br />
The Cleary Company<br />
And thanks to Housetrends for publicity support.<br />
60 housetrends.com
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