Victorian Village—Typical architectural characteristics.
Columbus City Codes § 3119.43
in effect3119.43 - Victorian Village—Typical architectural characteristics.
The standard for typical Victorian Village architecture is characterized by two (2) and three (3) story brick houses with grey slate, hipped roofs, peaked roofs and some flat roofs. Chimneys extending from the ridge line of a roof predominate. Most roofs have moderate overhangs with hanging or box gutters, many embellished with ornamental art of the Victorian era.
Most facades of the brick houses are ornate in composition, composed of areas of soft-burned red brick, yellow or hard red facing brick laid up in common header bond with brick areas exceeding the combined door and window areas. Doors and windows are located from the corner of a structure to the middle of the structure or foyer indentation or a protruding of the structure, a distance as great as or greater than their width. Typical windows are double-hung with a height to width ratio of approximately two (2) to one (1) and a single vertical muntin in the center of each sash. Most windows and doors have cut stone lintels, some very ornate, and sills with Roman-arch brick heads or Roman-arch stone heads being employed above some. Many of the stone lintels contain incised relief of various designs on their faces. Doors are usually of four (4) -panel design with an occasional use of glass or double entry doors of similar pattern designs. Foundations are constructed of large cut stones laid in mortar. Soffits and/or eaves protrude with ornamentation and designs of various sizes and shapes.
Facades of frame houses are generally simple in composition, composed of areas of narrow horizontal wood siding, with frame areas exceeding the combined door and window areas. Doors and windows are located from the corner of a structure a distance as great as or greater than their width. Typical windows are double-hung with a height to width ratio of approximately two (2) to one (1) and a single vertical muntin in the center of each sash. Most windows and doors have carved lintels employed above. Many of the carved lintels contain incised relief of various designs on their faces. Doors are usually of four (4) -panel design with an occasional use of glass. Foundations are constructed of large cut stones laid in mortar.
Wrought iron or stone fences, simple in character, are erected at the front of many of the properties. Cut stone steps with carved stone buttresses are found at the front entrance of many of the larger houses.
The general scale of the structures within Victorian Village and their relationship, one to another, is intimate. The typical house is approximately twenty-five (25) feet by forty (40) feet. Many houses are located at the front of a thirty (30) foot by eighty (80) to one hundred (100) foot lot.
All construction, reconstruction, alteration or demolition shall be in conformance to and compatible with the above characteristics; the guidelines for Victorian Village adopted by the commission, approved by council and published; such other standards as may be adopted by the commission, approved by council and published; such other standards as may be adopted by the commission from time to time in conformity with C.C. 121.05; the Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Preservation Projects; and the standards contained in Chapter 3116, C.C.
Limitations, Restrictions and Severability
(Ord. 2229-04 § 6 (part).)
Source: City of Columbus, City Codes and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT31PLHIPRCO_CH3119HIARREDIPUOR_3119.43VIVIYPARCHFetched: 10/27/2026