Dornberg House, Stories of Woodland Park
  • Home
  • Broad Street
    • 1592 East Broad Street
    • 1618 East Broad Street
    • 1640 East Broad Street
    • 1666 East Broad Street
    • 1680 East Broad Street
    • 1720 East Broad Street
    • 1790 East Broad Street
    • 1794 East Broad Street
    • 1798 East Broad Street
    • 1728 East Broad Street
  • Brunson Place
    • 118-120 Brunson Avenue
  • Callender Avenue
    • 40 Callender Avenue
    • 41 Callender Avenue
  • Clifton Avenue
    • 1515-1517 Clifton Avenue
    • 1532 Clifton Avenue
    • 1550 Clifton Avenue
    • 1563 Clifton Avenue
    • 1599 Clifton Avenue
    • 1603 Clifton Avenue
    • 1692 Clifton Avenue
    • 1715 Clifton Avenue
  • Eastwood Avenue
    • 1500 Eastwood Avenue
    • 1512 Eastwood Avenue
  • Eldridge Avenue
    • 412 Eldridge Avenue
  • Emerald Avenue
  • Granville Street
    • 1556 Granville Street
    • 1567 Granville Street
    • 1580 Granville Street
    • 1601 Granville Street
    • 1618 Granville Street
    • 1638 Granville Street
    • 1648 Granville Street
    • 1654 Granville Street
  • Greenway Avenue
    • 1557 Greenway Avenue
    • 1569 Greenway Avenue
    • 1577 Greenway Avenue
    • 1656 Greenway Avenue
    • 1659 Greenway Avenue
    • 1665-1667 Greenway Avenue
  • Harvard Avenue
    • 1580 Harvard Avenue
  • Hawthorne Avenue
    • 1537 Hawthorne Avenue
    • 1543 Hawthorne Avenue
    • 1548 Hawthorne Avenue
    • 1550 Hawthorne Avenue
  • Hawthorne Park
    • 1570 Hawthorne Park
    • 1571 Hawthorne Park
    • 1591 Hawthorne Park
    • 1592 Hawthorne Park
    • 1610 Hawthorne Park
    • 1616 Hawthorne Park
  • Long Street
    • 1530 East Long Street
    • 1558 East Long Street
    • 1715 East Long Street
    • 1732 East Long Street
    • 1799 East Long Street
    • 1810 East Long Street
    • 1818 East Long Street
  • Maryland Avenue
    • 1586 Maryland Avenue
    • 1614 Maryland Avenue
    • 1616 Maryland Avenue
  • Menlo Place
    • 1499 Menlo Place
    • 1524 Menlo Place
    • 1535 Menlo Place
    • 1536 Menlo Place
  • Monypeny Avenue
  • Mt. Vernon Avenue
  • Parkwood Avenue
    • 48 Parkwood Avenue
    • 63 Parkwood Avenue
    • 93 Parkwood Avenue
    • 125 Parkwood Avenue
    • 141 Parkwood Avenue
    • 173 Parkwood Avenue
    • 208 Parkwood Avenue
    • 222 Parkwood Avenue
    • 256 Parkwood Avenue
    • 311 Parkwood Avenue
    • 323-331 Parkwood Avenue
  • Pembroke Avenue
    • 1598 Pembroke Avenue
    • 1610 Pembroke Avenue
    • 1638 Pembroke Avenue
  • Richmond Avenue
    • 1560 Richmond Avenue
    • 1582 Richmond Avenue
    • 1589 Richmond Avenue
    • 1614 Richmond Avenue
  • Taylor Avenue
    • 50 Taylor Avenue
    • 240-242 Taylor Avenue
    • 514 Taylor Avenue
  • Vogel Avenue
    • 1635 Vogel Avenue
  • Woodland Avenue
    • 44 Woodland Avenue
    • 45 Woodland Avenue
    • 71 Woodland Avenue
    • 93 Woodland Avenue
    • 105 Woodland Avenue
    • 156 Woodland Avenue
    • 190 Woodland Avenue
    • 205 Woodland Avenue
    • 213 Woodland Avenue
    • 214 Woodland Avenue
    • 254 Woodland Avenue
    • 263 Woodland Avenue
    • 264 Woodland Avenue
    • 282 Woodland Avenue
    • 283 Woodland Avenue
    • 298 Woodland Avenue
    • 391 Woodland Avenue
    • 402 Woodland Avenue
  • Adjacent Areas
    • East Broad Street
    • Clifton Avenue
    • East Long Street
    • Mt. Vernon Avenue
    • Taylor Avenue

John Stone's Broad Street and Woodland Avenue Subdivision

John Stone was born January 19, 1822 in Worthington, Massachusetts, son of John and Lora Parish Stone. He married Lucy Bartlett Hall on May 20, 1852 in Palmyra, New York. Lucy was born April 26, 1827 in Charlton, Massachusetts, daughter of Samuel and Morton Hall. They had a daughter, Lucy Bartlett (February 17, 1853 - January 19, 1940). Mother Lucy died February 25, 1853.

John married Abiah Hubbell Chamberlain on September 13, 1866 in South New Berlin, New York. Abiah was born October 14, 1836 in New Berlin, New York, daughter of Rev. Joseph H. and Esther Chamberlain. They had two children: Esther (September 2, 1867 - March 20, 1877), and John Chamberlain (August 1, 1872 - June 15, 1955).

As you can see in the original plat, there was Chamberlain Avenue and Esther Alley, named in memory of Stone's wife and daughter.

In 1870 Stone was a dry goods merchant. He lived at 70 West Rich Street. He retired from that business in 1881 and became a dealer in real estate. The Stones, father and adult children, later lived at 533 Franklin Avenue. John was one of the influential members in establishing Franklin Park and Livingston Park.

John Stone's uncle, Sumner Stone, with his cousin Jeremy, of Oxford, Massachusetts went to Savannah, Georgia, where he built the first log store at what is now Macon, Georgia, and became a successful merchant. About 1828 Sumner and his elder brother, Jesse, established a successful mercantile business in Columbus, where they built a block of stores and became capitalists. They subsequently located in New York City and their nephews, Alfred P., Dwight, John, Jesse R. and others succeeded them in the business in Columbus, and eventually all were established in this business in separate firms.  

John and Dwight came to Columbus about 1839 and went to work for their uncles. Stone's sister, Sophia married Fernando Cortez Kelton (who worked for the Stones) and the couple built the house at 586 Town Street in 1852, now known as the Kelton House. John's brother Alfred was also a U.S. Congressman for a partial term, and had an interesting life that ended in suicide in 1865.

Abiah died April 9, 1877. Stone died April 16, 1911. They are buried at Greenlawn Cemetery.
Picture
Picture
1951 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map showing the houses in the subdivision
Picture
John Stone
Picture
Updated sporadically and as time permits. Some files are being transferred and updated from the original blog, still available at www.dornberghouse.blogspot.com
Some pages in progress may be temporarily inaccessible or password protected.
Contact