Principal's Cottage

Basic details

Principal's Cottage is an image, with genre photograph.

Its dimensions are 6.38 in. x 8.38 in..

It was created sometime in 1910.

Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

The house shown here was once the residence for the principals of the Worthington Female Seminary and the Ohio Central Normal School. Portions of the house were built in the 1820's. It was remodeled in the 1870's in the popular Carpenter Gothic style.

It was originally located at 558 High Street next to the Worthington Female Seminary. The Seminary was demolished in the 1960's for the expansion of the Worthington United Methodist Church. The house was moved by private owners to its present location at 38 Short Street at that time and renamed "Bird Song".

Subjects

It features the organizations Worthington Female Seminary and Ohio Central Normal School.

It covers the topics Bird Song house and buildings.

It covers the city Worthington.

It features the address 38 Short Street.

Record details

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs0080.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 73-G-178 a.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on January 4, 2002. It was last updated October 27, 2025.

Copyright

In Copyright

Principal's Cottage from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of Principal's Cottage. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.