The H.C. Godman Co. Building in Columbus was the administrative headquarters for the company of the same name, a prominent shoe manufacturer from the late 19th through the mid-20th centuries that is credited with establishing the city as a significant force in the industry. Constructed in 1916, the entire building was dedicated to H.C. Godman Co.’s to support the five factories then operated by the company in Columbus and Lancaster, Ohio. This period of the mid 1910s through the 1920s represents the pinnacle of H.C. Godman Co., when the company was the king of Columbus shoe manufacturing.