Felton School

Felton School
1894-published image of the school
Address
920 Leonard Ave. Columbus , Ohio United States
Information
Other name	Felton Avenue Elementary School
Type	Public elementary school
Opened	1893
Closed	1975
School district	Columbus
Felton School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Columbus Register of Historic Properties
Interactive map highlighting the building's location
Coordinates	39°58′32″N 82°58′42″W / 39.975556°N 82.978333°W / 39.975556; -82.978333
Built	1893
Architect	David Riebel
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival
Demolished	1990
NRHP reference No.	84003677[1]
CRHP No.	CR-34
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 31, 1984
Designated CRHP	January 21, 1985

The Felton School was a public school building in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, and a part of the Columbus Public School District. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 and the Columbus Register of Historic Properties in 1985.^[1][2]

The brick school building was completed in 1893, designed in the Romanesque Revival style by local architect David Riebel. It was one of his first school building projects, and is nearly identical to another in Columbus, Southwood Elementary School, also on the Columbus Register. The Felton School building had two single-story wings, added to its east and west sides in the mid 1950s. By the 1980s, urban renewal projects surrounded the building, and the school had moved to a new building across the street. The Felton School building became vacant around 1975. Two attempts to sell it were unsuccessful, though it was purchased in the 1980s, with plans to use it as a corporate office building.^[2] The building was demolished in 1990.

The Felton School is nearly identical to Southwood Elementary School, also designed by Riebel, built one year later, and still extant.^[2]

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Columbus, Ohio
• Schools in Columbus, Ohio

• Media related to Felton Avenue School at Wikimedia Commons