How Clintonville Electric Has Changed!
The buildings along North High Street between Brighton and West North Broadway have engendered a lot of interest in recent years…and again recently as the final Clintonville Electric building is slated to come down. Joe Smith created a terrific animated GIF of photos showing how the span of buildings along 3361-3379 North High Street has changed. Click on the image above to watch. Thank you Joe!
[Recent photos courtesy of Google Street View; pre-1980 photos are from the Columbus Metropolitan Library. Animation and all the labor involved are courtesy of Joe Smith.]
Shirley, THANK YOU for all your efforts to tell Clintonville’s story. I am always happy to help you however I can, so your readers better understand my personal interest in this particular stretch of North High Street near North Broadway. My grandparents once told me about the Smith farmland near there, but it wasn’t until 2023 that I actually learned its boundaries: Olentangy River to the west, Hiawatha Ave. to the east, and Brighton/Clinton Heights to the south. Extending the line of the alley behind Kroger to Indianola then north to Torrence and east to I-71 roughly forms the north border. The newly placed historical marker next to 3400 N. High is on the original John Smith farmland on E. North Broadway and tells more about my ancestors. Please stop by and read it to learn more. Also, in January 2024, I did a presentation for Mary Rodgers and Clintonville Historical Society at Whetstone Library. A link to the video of that presentation is included with this post, above.