Temperance Row Historic District
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The Temperance Row Historic District is a
historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
in Westerville, Ohio. Westerville became the headquarters of the Anti-Saloon League of America (ASLA) in 1909. In the same year, the tract of land that would become Temperance Row was purchased by Purley Baker, general superintendent of the ASLA. Over the next fifteen years, new homes in the district were built for and occupied by the founders and leaders of the ASLA. The architecture in the district is predominantly Craftsman in style. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 16, 2008. (73 pages including plan, and 60 photos, exterior and interior) It is the 17th property listed as a featured property of the week in a program of the National Park Service that began in July, 2008.


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{{National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Ohio Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Westerville, Ohio Houses in Franklin County, Ohio Historic districts in Franklin County, Ohio Temperance movement in Ohio