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The residential building on the property is made of brick, with two stories. The building is at Taylor Avenue and Atcheson Street, adjacent to the [[Wexner Medical Center]]'s Outpatient Care East facility.<ref name="Purchase"/>
The building is described in news media as a historic Black landmark<ref name="NBC4i">{{Cite web|date=2023-02-06|title=Historic landmark could be lost in OSU expansion|url=https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/ohio-state-university/historic-landmark-could-be-lost-in-osu-expansion/|access-date=2023-02-15|website=NBC4 WCMH-TV|language=en-US}}</ref> and a site deeply intertwined with Columbus's Black history.<ref name="CU"/>
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In August 2021, the [[Ohio State University]] approved plans to purchase the property, hoping for future development on the site. It purchased it from the Partners Achieving Community Transformation (an organization that includes Ohio State) for $1 in January 2022.<ref name="Purchase">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/08/18/wexner-two-east-side-properties.html|access-date=2023-02-12|website=www.bizjournals.com}}</ref> In August 2022, Ohio State proposed building a three-story, 80-bed rehabilitation hospital on a 2.6-acre site including the Henderson property, and which would require demolition of the Henderson House, despite Ohio State's ownership of a 5-acre site nearby. The hospital would replace the 60-bed Dodd Rehabilitation Hospital on Ohio State's main campus.<ref name="CU">https://columbusunderground.com/osu-plans-to-demolish-historic-near-east-side-home-for-new-hospital-building-bw1/</ref> Amid news of the proposed demolition, Ohio State released a statement that it cherishes the site's history and would receive community input in finding a way to honor the location's history, stories, and legacy.<ref name="NBC4i"/> In February 2023, the university proposed a zoning change to allow the hospital construction to the Near East Area Commission,<ref name="CU"/> and later announced it is postponing its project as submitted.<ref>{{Cite web|last=ndc_admin|last2=hutchison|first2=eric|last3=kcurrydasouza|last4=aaakainyah|last5=jdovalle|date=2020-07-06|title=Near East - Columbus Area Commissions|url=https://cbusareacommissions.org/near-east/|access-date=2023-02-12|website=cbusareacommissions.org|language=en-US}}</ref>
The proposed demolition has spurred resistance from residents of the Near East Side area, as well as from the [[Columbus Landmarks Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Residents worried about OSU Wexner's planned demolition of historic house for rehab center|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/residents-concerned-over-osu-wexners-175420157.html|access-date=2023-02-15|website=finance.yahoo.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
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