page_title: Colonial Hills
section_title: After World War II
hierarchical_section_title: Colonial Hills / History / After World War II
caption_attribution_description: English: Ohio, 1959. Typical second-phase Colonial Hills homes built in the early 1950's. Unlike the first phase, these homes have basements and second stories. Aluminum windows also made their debut. John Snouffer has decorated his bike for the 1959 Independence Day parade. This is the south side of Loveman Avenue just west of Greenwich Street.
context_page_description: Colonial Hills is a subdivision of 873 single-family homes located in the city of Worthington, Ohio, a northern suburb of the state capital, Columbus. Built by the Defense Homes Corporation to meet the needs of World War II production and the post-war boom, it continues to be a viable community today.
context_section_description: At the end of the war, all the homes on Selby and Kenbrook were sold for $6000 to $8000 to current residents and returning veterans, and later, to others. Many were bought by investors and remained rentals well into the 1950s.
  The demand for postwar housing caused the Overland Realty Co. to dust off the 1927 plat. On August 8, 1946 this plat was slightly modified to connect Kenbrook and Loveman together in a "U" shape at the western end of those streets. The original plat had the two streets merging, much as North and South Selby do, and then the merged street, named Bromley Avenue, would proceed through the Kenyon Brook subdivision to Southington Avenue. This change accounts for the relatively large lot sizes around the circle at the end of Lake Ridge Road.
  An additional 645 lots were added to Colonial Hills and construction ran through the early 1950s. Many of these new homes featured two story design, basements and aluminum framed windows. This brought the size of Colonial Hills to over 800 families with an eventual population of 3,100.
caption: Typical second-phase Colonial Hills homes built in the early 1950s. Unlike the first phase, these homes have basements and second stories. Aluminum windows also made their debut. John Snouffer has decorated his bike for the 1959 Independence Day parade. This is the south side of Loveman Avenue just west of Greenwich Street.
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