Description: The Ohio State Institution for the Education of the Blind was established in April of 1837 and by July of 1837 began instruction in rented rooms. The first school building was built in 1839, and could accommodate sixty students. This photograph, taken ca. 1935-1943, shows the four-story sandstone structure in the Second Roman style of architecture with a Mansard roof. It is located on the corner of Parsons Avenue and East Main Street in Columbus, Ohio and first opened its doors on May 21, 1874. Early in the 20th century, the Ohio Department of Education assumed control and the name of the school was changed to the Ohio School for the Blind. In 1953, the school moved to its current location on North High Street near Morse Road. The building has undergone several renovations, and once had a central tower which reached an additional three stories, and pointed spires on the north and south ends. It has since been occupied by the Ohio Highway Patrol and then by Columbus Environmental Health. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F11_013
Subjects: Schools--Ohio; Blind--Ohio; Ohio State School for the Blind; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A statue of a man with his dog used as a teaching tool at the school for the blind. The Ohio State Institution for the Education of the Blind was established in April of 1837 and by July of 1837 began instruction in rented rooms. The first school building was built in 1839, and could accommodate sixty students. This photograph, ca. 1935-1943 shows the four story sandstone structure in the Second Roman style of architeture with a Mansard roof. It is located on the corner of Parsons Avenue, and East Main Street in Columbus, Ohio and first opened it's doors on May 21, 1874. Early in the 20th century, the Ohio Department of Education assumed control and the name of the school was changed to the Ohio School for the Blind. In 1953, the school moved to it's current location on North High Street near Morse Road. The building has undergone several renovations, and once had a central tower reached an additional three stories, and pointed spires on the north and south ends. It has since been occupied by the Ohio Highway Patrol and then by Columbus Environmental Health. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F02_035_001
Subjects: Statues; Schools--Ohio; Blind--Ohio; Ohio State School for the Blind; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: 22265. Photo by Wilson. Ohio, Columbus. Photo shows blind students getting this story of the Nativity from their fingertips on a model which was made by EPA workers for the students at the Ohio State School for the Blind. The Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind was established in 1837. In the 1900s the name was changed to the Ohio State School for the Blind. The Ohio Department of Education took control of the school at this time. In 1953, the school moved from its location on Main Street, Columbus to 5220 North High Street in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F04_24_001
Subjects: Ohio State School for the Blind; Students; Education--Ohio; School--Ohio; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse side: A REPLICA OF OHIO STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND - A workman is just fixing the girls' dormitory in place. Since this model has been started, scores of former students have requested an opportunity to "see" for the first time the school in which they spent several years. Model of campus: Length - 74", width - 72", height of building - 10." The school was established in 1837. At the time it was called the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind. In the early 1900s, the school was renamed Ohio State School for the Blind. At this time the Ohio Department of Education to control over the school. In 1953, the school relocated from its Main Street location to 5220 North High Street in Columbus View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F04_34_001
Subjects: Ohio State School for the Blind; Students; Education--Ohio; School--Ohio; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "22266 Photo by Wilson. Ohio, Columbus. From a model of a playhouse built to scale and fully equipped by WPA workers for Ohio State School for the Blind, the blind students are taught here the problems of home life." This photo of part of a series of photos from the Ohio State School for the Blind. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F03_23_001
Subjects: Ohio State School for the Blind; Students; Education--Ohio; School--Ohio; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Ohio State School for the Blind utilized models, like this one, to allow its students to perceive the shape of large buildings they would otherwise be unable to experience. Attached document reads: [PAGE 1] The negotiations failed; “Hath not the Bishop land of his own that he must needs spoil the Abbess’s? Varily he hath many more sites on which he may build his church than this Wilton,” was the reply of the Abbess to his demand. During his period of indecision, the Virgin appeared to him in a vision and commanded him to build his new church in a place called Myrfiled, or as some accounts have it Maerfield. He searched vainly for a piece of ground by that name, that he might obey the supernatural edict until by chance he overheard a laborer (or a soldier – the legends vary) talking of the Maer-field, and then having as he through identified the place, which appears to have been within his own demesne, he commenced to plan the present building. Misled by the similarity of sound, the name maerfield has been naturally enough interpreted to be Mary-field. Not only from the fact that the site was given by the bishop may we infert that the Poores were a wealthy family, but his brother, who was his immediate predecessor in the see, is described in the osmund register as dives et assiduous (rich and painstaking) and Richard Poore, before his enthronement, was a benefactor to the monastery of Tarrant in Dorsetshire his native village. Later we find he gave a large estate at Laberstook to his new cathedral. Hence, the old theory that his name was derived from Poor or Pauper, as it appears in several old chronicles is untenable. The external length of Salisbury Cathedral is 480 feet, and the internal length is 450 feet. The transept is 230 feet outside and 206 feet inside. The chapter house is 58 feet in diameter and 53 feet high. [PAGE 2] The cloister is 182 feet square and is used mainly for recreation such as religious activities, athletic contests, etc. The plumbery is used as a workshop. The height of the steeple is 404 feet. The height of the building proper is 80 feet. There are two entrances to the cathedral, outside of the gate to the cathedral. The one is by means of the proch which is used for special occasions, such wedding. The amin entrance is on the west side of the cathedral. The word cloister means a covered walk or passageway around a court. This word which comes from the Latin claudere, meaning to close, was at first applied to the entire space enclosed within the walls of the masonry cathedral or collegiate establishment of the Middle Ages. Later it designated the four cornered court in the center of the main group of building, which was surrounded on all sides by a covered, arched corridor. Sometime the term was applied only to those corridors; the central open space, which contained a wall and garden, was known as the garth. Within the cloister, the monks were accustomed to enjoy their recreation. Sacristy or vestry is a room in or attached to a church where there sacred utensils, vestments, etc., are kept. Nave is the long, narrow halls which ordinarily rises higher than the isles flanking it and which usually has windows on each side above the isle roof. Presbytery is that part of a church reserved for officiating prists, as the choir or sanctuary or both. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F04_18_001
Subjects: Models; Salisbury Cathedral; Ohio State School for the Blind; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Fully equipped by the WPA, the model playhouse at the Ohio State School for the Blind gives children the opportunity to learn about the problems of home life. Reverse reads: “On School Life Magazine Cover. ‘Good Morning Neighbor.’ Model house, four rooms – living room, dining room, bed room, and kitchen. Completely furnished even to an electric stove on which they sometimes cook. Children learning features of a home.” View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F04_22_001
Subjects: Models; Playhouses; Schools--Ohio; Ohio State School for the Blind; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This most likely a photo of students at Ohio State School for the Blind. The Ohio State Institution for the Education of the Blind was established in April of 1837 and by July of 1837 began instruction in rented rooms. The first school building was built in 1839, and could accommodate sixty students.This photograph, ca. 1935-1943 shows the four story sandstone structure in the Second Roman style of architeture with a Mansard roof. It is located on the corner of Parsons Avenue, and East Main Street in Columbus, Ohio and first opened it's doors on May 21, 1874. The building has undergone several renovations, and once had a central tower reached an additional three stories, and pointed spires on the north and south ends. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F03_36_001
Subjects: Blind--Education--Ohio; Ohio State School for the Blind; Schools--Ohio; Students; Education; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Description reads: "CLOVERNOOK. Home of Alice and Phoebe Cary, Near Cincinnati, Hamilton Co. O. Now a school for blind." Clovernook, Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired is located at 7000 Hamilton Ave in Cincinnati, Ohio. Clovernook was a 27 acre farm about 10 miles north of Cincinnati in what is now North College Hill. Alice was born on 26 April 1820 and Pheobe was born 24 Sep 1824. Both of the girls were poets and in 1850 moved to New York City. Alice died in 1871 of tuberculosis, and Phoebe followed her in death five months later of hepatitis. They were buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. In 1903, Clovernook became a residences for blind women. It is now a multi-faceted organization service the blind and visually impaired. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F10_015_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Blind--Education--Ohio; Clovernook Center for the Blind; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a model for use by students at the Ohio State School for the Blind. Students used models like this to build mental images of large objects and buildings. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F03_28_001
Subjects: Models; Ladders; Schools--Ohio; Ohio State School for the Blind; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of a model built for the Ohio State School for the Blind to be used as a teaching tool. The Ohio State Institution for the Education of the Blind was established in April of 1837 and by July of 1837 began instruction in rented rooms. The first school building was built in 1839, and could accommodate sixty students. This photograph, ca. 1935-1943 shows the four story sandstone structure in the Second Roman style of architeture with a Mansard roof. It is located on the corner of Parsons Avenue, and East Main Street in Columbus, Ohio and first opened it's doors on May 21, 1874. Early in the 20th century, the Ohio Department of Education assumed control and the name of the school was changed to the Ohio School for the Blind. In 1953, the school moved to it's current location on North High Street near Morse Road. The building has undergone several renovations, and once had a central tower reached an additional three stories, and pointed spires on the north and south ends. It has since been occupied by the Ohio Highway Patrol and then by Columbus Environmental Health. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F02_073_001
Subjects: Models; Landscapes; Schools--Ohio; Ohio State School for the Blind; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Ohio State School for the Blind utilized models, like this one, to allow its students to perceive the shape of large buildings and landscapes they would otherwise be unable to experience. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F04_23_001
Subjects: Models; Schools--Ohio; Students; Ohio State School for the Blind; Blind--Education--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)