German Village

German Village
U.S. Historic district
S. 3rd Street in German Village
Interactive map of the neighborhood
Location	Columbus, Ohio
Coordinates	39°56′45″N 82°59′34″W / 39.94583°N 82.99278°W / 39.94583; -82.99278
Built	1820
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	#74001490 , #80002998
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 30, 1974
Boundary increase	November 28, 1980

German Village is a historic neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio, just south of the city's downtown. It was settled in the early-to-mid-19th century by a large number of German immigrants, who at one time comprised as much as a third of the city's entire population. It became a city historic district in 1960^[1] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, becoming the list's largest privately funded preservation district,^[2] and in 2007, was made a Preserve America Community by the federal government. In 1980, its boundaries increased, and today it is one of the world's premier historic restorations.