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Kelton House Museum and Garden

The Kelton House Museum and Garden is a Greek Revival and Italianate mansion in the Discovery District of . The museum was established by the Junior League of Columbus to promote an understanding of daily life, customs, and decorative arts in 19th-century Columbus and to educate visitors about the Underground Railroad.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum focusing on daily life, customs, and decorative arts in 19th-century Columbus, Ohio, and to the Underground Railroad
  • Also known as: “Kelton House” and “Kelton House Museum”
  • Address: OH

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Columbus Museum of Art and Deaf School Park.

Museum
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The is an art museum in downtown . Formed in 1878 as the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, it was the first art museum to register its charter with the state of Ohio. is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Kelton House Museum and Garden.

Park
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Topiary Park is a 9.2-acre public park and garden in 's . The park's topiary garden, officially the Topiary Garden at Old , is designed to depict figures from Georges Seurat's 1884 painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.

Library
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The is a public library system in , in the . The library serves an area of approximately 1 million residents, has a collection of 1,483,433 volumes, and circulates 17,262,267 items per year. is situated 1,400 feet west of Kelton House Museum and Garden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Discovery District and King-Lincoln Bronzeville.

Neighborhood
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The is a special improvement district in , the home of Columbus State Community College, , , and .

Neighborhood
is a historically African American neighborhood in . Originally known as Bronzeville by the residents of the community, it was renamed the King-Lincoln District by Mayor Michael B.

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is the central business district of . Downtown is centered on the intersection of Broad and High Streets, and encompasses all of the area inside the Inner Belt.

Kelton House Museum and Garden

Latitude
39.96094° or 39° 57′ 39″ north
Longitude
-82.98437° or 82° 59′ 4″ west
Elevation
787 feet (240 metres)
Open location code
86FVX268+97
Open­Street­Map ID
way 231234816
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­house
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
4515772
Wiki­data ID
Q6386599
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