1947
Official Founding Year · Columbus
Greenlawn is founded.
Greenlawn recognizes 1947 as its founding year. The surviving archive places the family’s wartime housing community earlier and its first sales floor in 1948.
Our Story · From the Archive
Greenlawn Through the Years.
1948
The Columbus Citizen · Dec. 5, 1948
Newlyweds choose mobile-home living.
A photo feature followed newlyweds Paul Carmichael and Darlene Mae Swink at 595 Greenlawn Avenue and described why they chose mobile-home living.
1954
Company Profile · Feb. 21, 1954
Greenlawn’s “History of Success.”
The Feb. 21 profile recorded 157 resident families, eight employees, the sales floor opened in 1948 and Floyd Younkin’s work on Ohio industry standards.
1958
New Moon Homes · May 1958
New Moon features Floyd Younkin.
The May 1958 New Moon advertisement features Floyd Younkin and identifies him with Greenlawn’s Columbus dealership.
1960s
Family Profile · Early 1960s
Greenlawn expands.
The article profiles Floyd, Irene and Ronald and describes three parks, two dealerships and Scarlett Manor’s construction from 1961 to 1963.
2000s
Greenlawn Office · Lockbourne
Greenlawn Companies, 2005 to 2024.
This photograph shows the Greenlawn office building during the company’s 2005–2024 chapter in Columbus on Greenlawn Avenue
Today
Homes · RV · Transport
Greenlawn Companies today.
Greenlawn Companies includes Greenlawn Homes, Greenlawn RV and Greenlawn Transport.
1390 Duvall Rd, Lockbourne, OH 43137 More From the Archive
Photos, clippings and milestones.
Original Address
555 Greenlawn Avenue
The surviving photograph identifies Greenlawn’s original property and the New Moon sales lot across the front of the community.
The Columbus Citizen · Dec. 5, 1948
Newlyweds at 595 Greenlawn Avenue
Paul Carmichael and Darlene Mae Swink said they chose mobile-home living because they liked it, not because they had to.
Service Building · 1952
Greenlawn’s 1952 service building
A labeled front view records Greenlawn’s service building in 1952, with homes positioned inside its work bays.
Service Fleet
Greenlawn service fleet
Service vehicles are lined up beside the Greenlawn shop in this second view of the building.
On Wheels · Feb. 8, 1953
A doctor’s office on wheels
Dr. Shelly M. Strain commissioned a 51-foot office with a waiting room, laboratory, bath and two examining rooms.
Company Profile · Feb. 21, 1954
Greenlawn’s “History of Success”
The clipping traced the wartime camp, the 1948 sales floor, resident services and Floyd Younkin’s industry leadership.
Industry Context
Postwar mobile-home living
Vance Kramer’s column documented postwar mobile-home growth and the shift from temporary housing toward year-round living.
Kenskill Milestone
The first Ohio-built all-metal Kenskill
A surviving photograph records the milestone beside the unit and its hand-lettered “First Ohio Built All Metal Kenskill” sign.
New Moon Homes · May 1958
New Moon dealer advertisement
The full-page advertisement includes Floyd Younkin’s photograph, name and Greenlawn dealership affiliation.
New Moon Dealer
Ohio’s leading New Moon dealer
A clipping identified Greenlawn as Ohio’s leading New Moon dealer and tied the dealership to a national film publicity campaign.
Family Profile · Early 1960s
Floyd, Irene and Ronald Younkin
The article “Luxury Retirement in the North” documented three parks, two dealerships and the development of Scarlett Manor.
Redman Milestone
The 15,000th Topeka-built home
Redman presented its 15,000th Topeka, Indiana-built Walden to Greenlawn, one of the nation’s oldest New Moon retailers.
Greenlawn Office · 2005
Greenlawn’s Lockbourne office
The Greenlawn office building during the company’s 2005–2024 chapter in Columbus on Greenlawn Avenue
