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Von Gerichten Art Glass Home

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This two-and-a-half-story Queen Anne vernacular house -- which was the home of Theodore von Gerichten, the owner of renowned stained glass company Von Gerichten Art Glass and Ecclesiastic Studio -- was built in the mid-1890s during an economic depression. One of the most photographed buildings in German Village, the home... Read more

This two-and-a-half-story Queen Anne vernacular house -- which was the home of Theodore von Gerichten, the owner of renowned stained glass company Von Gerichten Art Glass and Ecclesiastic Studio -- was built in the mid-1890s during an economic depression. One of the most photographed buildings in German Village, the home is punctuated by an eight-foot-tall stained glass front door, which bears the initials of its owner: TVG. Other historic features include Victorian Eastlake design elements on the front porch, clapboard gables, and a variety of windows in numerous styles. The home remained in the hands of the Von Gerichten family until the 1970s.
The Von Gerichten Art Glass Company of Columbus was the center of the most prestigious art glass industry in America at the turn of the century. Founder Ludwig von Gerichten was born in the Rheinpfalz region of Germany in 1873. At the age of 14, he came to America to join his older brother Theodore and their father Jacob, who had emigrated several years before. After several years of schooling and working with art glass in Alabama and Cincinnati, Ludwig started his own studio in Columbus in 1894. Theodore also joined the business, and they quickly became the premier art glass studio in the country. In 1904 at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held in St. Louis, the brothers received the grand prize and four gold medals. Von Gerichten’s windows can still be seen in many of Columbus’ older churches, including Trinity Lutheran Church.
Once known as the “Dutch Broadway” of Columbus, Deshler Avenue is the site of many large Victorian homes like this one, which were built around 1890 by wealthy German Americans.

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222 E Sycamore St
Columbus, Ohio 43206
Franklin County

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