Yost & Packard

Last updated December 26, 2023

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]

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	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	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]

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The former Columbus Railway, Power & Light office is a historic building in the Milo-Grogan neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The two-story brick structure was designed by Yost & Packard and built in the 1890s as a transportation company office. The property was part of a complex of buildings, including a power plant, streetcar barn, and inspection shop. The office building, the only remaining portion of the property, was utilized as a transit office into the 1980s, and has remained vacant since then. Amid deterioration and lack of redevelopment, the site has been on Columbus Landmarks' list of endangered sites since 2014.

The Charles Frederick Myers house is a historic private residence in the Franklin Park neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The house was built in 1896 in an eclectic style. It was added to the Columbus Near East Side District in 1978, and the Bryden Road District in 1990.

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References

1 2 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.
1 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.
↑ "Armory - Herrick Archives Number H 202" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-08-29.
↑ Herrick, John H. (November 14, 2006). "Biological Hall". The Ohio State University. hdl: 1811/24191 .
↑ "Brown Hall Annex - Herrick Archives Number 017" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-08-29.
↑ Herrick, John H. (November 14, 2006). "Botanical Hall". The Ohio State University. hdl: 1811/24234 .
↑ "Chemistry Building No. 2 - Herrick Archives Number H 118" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-08-29.
↑ "History Lesson: The growth of Nationwide Children's Hospital". June 8, 2012.
↑ 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.
↑ "New Wedding & Event Venue Opening in Victorian Village Early Next Year". November 30, 2020.
↑ "Columbus Metropolitan Library" . Retrieved 2023-08-29.
↑ "The New Town Street Church". The Columbus Dispatch. May 20, 1896. p. 10. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
↑ "National Register of Historic Places - Inventory -- Nomination Form for Columbus Near East Side District" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-08-29.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
↑ "Historical Markers in Champaign County, Ohio".

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[SAH-1] 1 2 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.

[architect-2] 1 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.

[nrhpdoc-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.

[nris-14] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "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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