[2] The Joseph F. Firestone House was designed by Frank Packard, one of the most noted and prolific architects in Columbus.

The house had a single-story enclosed porch with brick pilasters and massive Ionic stone columns, all below a balustrade.

[1] On the same block was a c. 1920s service station, in an "Old English" Tudor Revival style, also contributing to the East Broad Street Historic District[1] and demolished by the Columbus Foundation.

[3] The house was built from 1905 to 1906 for Joseph Frederick Firestone, vice president of the Columbus Buggy Company.

The house had been vacant for years, and the foundation considered saving it, but the structure was deemed too impractical and expensive to be converted for further use.