1850s. 510 N. 7th St.
The largest of Columbus’s remaining houses combining Greek, Gothic, Italianate, and Tudor features was built for Martha Fort and originally occupied an entire block. Rising in two wooden stories above a brick, raised-basement servants’ level, it sits prominently on its hill-top site. Three-bay, giant-order, octagonal-columned wooden porticos with jigsawn frieze ornament above Tudor arches project from the five-bay west and south facades. Trabeated entrance frontispieces beneath cantilevered balconies, a full entablature, and huge paneled brick chimneys contribute to the house’s grand scale.