Description: St. Josephs Cathedral School Photograph formely known as Kelley mansion. The Greek Revival mansion completed in 1838 was the home of Ohio lawyer, banker and canal commissioner Alfred Kelley. The stones from the house are currently at the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio. It was dismantled in September 1961. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04B_018_1
Subjects: Religion in Ohio; Catholic Church; Churches--Ohio; Church Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works; Columbus (Ohio)--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This illustrated postcard depicts an elevated view looking west on Broad Street from Memorial Hall, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. Broad Street is tree-lined, with 1940s cars lining it and the side streets near the bottom of the image. The buildings are shaded in tones of green, gray, brown, and yellow. The LeVeque Tower can be seen in the distance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05188
Subjects: Streets--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Columbus (Ohio); Architecture--Ohio--Columbus--History--20th century; Capitol Square District (Columbus, Ohio)--Pictorial works; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Leveque Tower (Columbus, Ohio)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of North High School in Columbus, Ohio. It was constructed in 1924 on Arcadia Avenue in the Clintonville neighborhood. The school closed in 1979 and is now the North Adult Education Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F07_012_001
Subjects: High Schools; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Education; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Schools; Buildings; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photo depicts the Second Neil House Hotel in Columbus, Ohio as it appeared in 1898. Situated on the southwest corner of Broad and High Streets, the second Neil House, a five-story, 150-room building, was home to then-Ohio governor William McKinley and his wife Ida. Eventually, the second house was torn down to be replaced by the 10-story, 655-room "third Neil House" in 1925. The final incarnation closed in 1980 and was demolished in 1981. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04C_008_1
Subjects: Hotels--History; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Hotels; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: aption reads: "Residence of Edward Denmead, 153 Woodland Ave., 1898." Edward Denmead was a director for the Columbus Evening Post, Democratic which began December 4, 1888. He also was one of the first people to buy tracts of land and lay out the area that would become Grandview Heights in the Columbus area. C View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F10_013_001
Subjects: Architecture; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works., Domestic--Ohio--Columbus; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Columbus (Ohio)--Newspapers.
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads; "Students in front of University Hall, Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio." Opened in 1873, this building housed classrooms, laboratories, a museum, a chapel and living and dining facilities for both students and staff. The original building cost just over $110,000 and was not well-constructed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04D_011_1
Subjects: Ohio State University--Pictorial works; Historic buildings--Ohio--Columbus--Pictorial works;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photo depicts the aftermath of a massive fire that burned down the Chittenden Hotel, Chittenden Hall, Chittenden Park, and the Henrietta Theaters in Columbus, Ohio on November 4th, 1893. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04C_010_1
Subjects: Historic buildings--Ohio--Columbus--Pictorial works; Theaters--Ohio--Columbus--History;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph of the Ohio State School for the Blind was taken from behind the school in the 600th block of Bryden Alley. The school stood at 240 Parsons Avenue and was built in 1839 as the nation's first public school for the visually impaired. After the school moved to its current location at 5220 N. High St, the Ohio State Highway Patrol was stationed at the building. Currently the facility is the location of the Columbus Health Department. 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_B01F10_014
Subjects: Ohio State School for the Blind; Historic buildings--Ohio--Columbus--Pictorial works.
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows S.T. Mitchell Hall, C. N. & I. Wilberforce University, a structure designed by Frank Packard and erected in 1912. (C.N.&I. refers to "Combined Normal and Industrial" department.) As seen in this photo, Mitchell Hall is a three-story building situated on an expanse of lawn with a few young trees. The building was used as a residence hall for 75 girls, an office, a kitchen and dining room, and a small laundry. Six employees lived on the premises. This image is part of the data gathered from an inventory of physical properties owned by the state, ca. 1931. The inventory was conducted by the Ohio Department of Finance in 1931. In 1856, the Methodist Episcopal Church established Wilberforce University near Xenia, Ohio, to provide African American access to a college education. The university was the first private black college in the United States. Its founders named the institution after William Wilberforce, a prominent eighteenth-century abolitionist. A number of African-American Ohioans attended the school during its early years. During the American Civil War, attendance declined as many students enlisted in the Union army. Wilberforce University closed in 1862. In 1863, the African Methodist Episcopal Church acquired ownership of the university. Under the direction of Daniel Payne, a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, John Mitchell, the principal of a school in Cincinnati, and James Shorter, an African Methodist Episcopal pastor from Zanesville, Ohio, Wilberforce reopened its doors. The institution operated as a private university serving the African-American community for the next twenty-four years. In 1887, the State of Ohio began to provide Wilberforce with funds to help finance the institution, brought to an end the university's exclusively private status. The state also helped the university create a Normal and Industrial Department that eventually evolved into Central State University. Wilberforce University has experienced steady growth throughout the twentieth century. During the last decades of the twentieth century, the institution built a new residence hall, a student health center, a recreation and sports facility, and an administrative center. The university offers more than twenty degree programs and has exchange programs with universities around the world. In 2003, enrollment was more than 1,200 students. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05851
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Education; Wilberforce University; Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Education, Higher--Ohio--History; Historic buildings--Ohio--Columbus--Pictorial works; Xenia (Ohio)
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows an aerial view of the Columbus Civic Center, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1945. The term "Civic Center" refers to the group of government and public buildings along the Scioto River's east bank. Notable structures include the State Office Building, now the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center (lower right foreground, next to the river); the American Insurance Union Tower (now the LeVeque Tower), the highest building in the photograph; and the Ohio Statehouse, with its distinctive round cupola (center right). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05859
Subjects: Aerial views; Architecture--Ohio; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Ohio Statehouse (Columbus, Ohio)--Pictorial works; Ohio Judicial Center (Columbus); LeVeque Tower; Scioto River (Ohio)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Post office federal building. Located at 85 Marconi Boulevard, the Joseph P. Kinneary U.S. Courthouse serves as the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Eastern Division. It was built in 1933 and originally housed both the courthouse and the Post Office." The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, sometimes referred to as the Federal Building, is located at 85 Marconi Boulevard at the corner of Gay Street. Completed in 1934, it is the Federal Government’s contribution to the civic center. It occupies a triangular tract on the east bank of the Scioto River, and housed the main post office, Federal courts and offices, and the U.S. Weather Bureau station. The 4-story building is of sandstone and marble construction, with classic lines. Richards, McCarty & Bulford, of Columbus, designed the structure, which cost almost $1,800,000 to build. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F04B_036_1
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Buildings; Joseph P. Kinneary United States Courthouse (Columbus, Ohio)
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Black-and-white photograph of the City of Columbus Fire Department with crew and horse-drawn equipment, posed in front of the Ohio Statehouse, 1865. Listed by name are the Department Chief, workers at the North, South and Central Engine Houses, and Extra Hosemen. The men listed include: I.H. Marrow (Chief); North: William McGuire (Foreman), Henry S. Layton, Samuel Reed and John Piffer; Central: Mark Newman (Foreman), James F. Fleming, William W. Ferguson and John Roder; South: Thomas Winstanly (Foreman), H. Thomas, Christian Felker and Louis Becker; Extra Hosemen: John Poland and John White. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS_4014
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--19th century; Fire engines & equipment; Fire fighters; Ohio Statehouse (Columbus, Ohio)--Pictorial works;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)