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: Photograph showing the Ohio Statehouse, ca. 1950-1960. The original Ohio Statehouse was erected between 1800 and 1803 in Chillicothe, Ohio. The first legislature met in this building from 1803 to 1810, when Zanesville became the state capitol. In 1812, the capitol was moved back to Chillicothe, where it remained until 1816. On February 14, 1812, an act was passed which established Columbus as the permanent capitol. Construction of the first Columbus capitol building began in 1814 and the first session of the Ohio General Assembly held in Columbus Ohio began in December 1816. Four Ohio citizens donated the ten-acre piece of land in downtown Columbus, now known as Capitol Square, where the present Ohio Statehouse is located. The cornerstone for the new Statehouse was laid on July 4, 1839 and construction was completed in 1861. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV8_B01_F06_01
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Architecture--Ohio; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Ohio Statehouse (Columbus, Ohio);
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the Ohio Statehouse, ca. 1940. The original Ohio Statehouse was erected between 1800 and 1803 in Chillicothe, Ohio. The first legislature met in this building from 1803 to 1810, when Zanesville became the state capitol. In 1812, the capitol was moved back to Chillicothe, where it remained until 1816. On February 14, 1812, an act was passed which established Columbus as the permanent capitol. Construction of the first Columbus capitol building began in 1814 and the first session of the Ohio General Assembly held in Columbus Ohio began in December 1816. Four Ohio citizens donated the ten-acre piece of land in downtown Columbus, now known as Capitol Square, where the present Ohio Statehouse is located. The cornerstone for the new Statehouse was laid on July 4, 1839 and construction was completed in 1861. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV8_B01_F07_01
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Architecture--Ohio; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Ohio Statehouse (Columbus, Ohio);
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Steel frame of the Ohio State Office Building in Columbus, Ohio, May 1, 1931. The groundbreaking for the Ohio State Office Building took place on November 19, 1929. The building, located at 65 South Front Street in downtown Columbus, took the site of 34 businesses. It was designed by architects Harry Hake, Frank Bail and Alfred Hahn and is noted as an excellent example of architecture from the Art Deco period. The building eventually opened on March 27, 1933. Originally the building was used for public assemblies and hearings, offices of state commissions and the State Library of Ohio. Currently, it houses the Supreme Court of Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02798
Subjects: Public buildings--Ohio; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Architecture; Art Deco; Construction
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Site of the Ohio State Office Building prior to construction, Columbus, Ohio, November 15, 1930. The groundbreaking for the Ohio State Office Building took place on November 19, 1929. The building, located at 65 South Front Street in downtown Columbus, took the site of 34 businesses. It was designed by architects Harry Hake, Frank Bail and Alfred Hahn and is noted as an excellent example of architecture from the Art Deco period. The building eventually opened on March 27, 1933. Originally the building was used for public assemblies and hearings, offices of state commissions and the State Library of Ohio. Currently, it houses the Supreme Court of Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02806
Subjects: Public buildings--Ohio; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Explosions; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Truck used to haul heavy equipment for the C. W. Bryant Company parked in front of a one-story cement block building on Cleveland Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. The caption on the back reads."Taken November 4 1947 Columbus Ohio Neil Bryant." Neil Bryant is the son of the founder of the company. Charles William Bryant Jr. was born in Dayton in 1882, and from his start as a farmhand with a 3rd grade education would go on to become a prominent African American businessman, self-taught engineer, and owner of one of Columbus’ largest construction firms. The C. W. Bryant Rigging & Moving Co. was involved in major projects throughout Columbus, including the construction of a temporary Broad Street bridge following the 1913 flood, the removal of lighting arcs from High Street, and dismantling Hanford Village in 1962 for the construction of I-71. Bryant faced racial discrimination in his personal and professional life, including the refusal of local steelworkers’ unions to admit Bryant’s black employees, which forced Bryant Co. out of steel construction in the 1950s. He nonetheless expanded into other areas, including ownership of Bryco gas stations, a coal and oil company, the Litchford and Macon hotels, and the Ohio Malt Beverage Co.-the first African American distributor in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV76_B01_F02_003_01
Subjects: African Americans--Ohio; Bryant, Charles William, Jr. (1882-1964); Construction industry--Ohio; Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Transportation
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: This is a mounted stereograph of the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, with a brief narrative on the reverse. Construction for the limestone Ohio Penitentiary began in 1832. The dining hall at the prison could seat 1,700 men and there were 1,685 cells, the older cells measuring 3.5 feet x 7 feet and the new cells 5 feet x 8 feet. Located on Spring Street in downtown Columbus, the Ohio Penitentiary was open from 1834-1984. This stereograph was published as part of a series of images of state and city buildings in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC763_004
Subjects: Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio; Photography
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Exterior view of the Ohio State Penitentiary. The Ohio State Penitentiary also known as the Ohio Penitentiary operated from 1834-1984 in downtown Columbus, Ohio. It was known for its poor conditions and at its peak in mid 1950s it housed more than 5000 prisoners. Some of its more famous inmates were General John H. Morgan, who famously escaped the prison during the Civil War, "Bugs" Moran, O. Henry, Chester Himes, and Sam Sheppard, whose story is said to have inspired the movie "The Fugitive." Until 1963 when death penalty was halted in the State of Ohio, it was a site of executions. In 1930 the prison experienced the deadliest prison fire in United States history as it killed 322 inmates and injured 150. For some time after the Ohio Penitentiary closed in 1984, the building was used as a training site by the Ohio National Guard and for Halloween festivities as "The Haunted Prison". It also served as the setting for the 1985 TV movie "Love on the Run.". The building was eventually sold by the state to the city of Columbus in 1995 and demolished in 1998. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07752
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Columbus (Ohio)--History--19th century; Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Historic buildings--Ohio--Columbus; Historic sites Ohio; Prisons--Ohio; Prisoners; Capital punishment--Ohio--History
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated April 28, 1934, this is a photograph of the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, that shows prisoners lined up outside the prison. Construction for the limestone Ohio Penitentiary began in 1832. The dining hall at the prison could seat 1,700 men and there were 1,685 cells, the older cells measuring 3.5 feet x 7 feet and the new cells 5 feet x 8 feet. Located on Spring Street in downtown Columbus, the Columbus Penitentiary was open from 1834-1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC763_003
Subjects: Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio; Prisoners and prisons; Photography
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This picture postcard shows the Seneca Hotel, located on the corner of Broad and Grant Streets in Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1935. Built in 1917, the Seneca was designed by noted Columbus architect Frank Packard (1866-1923). Ten stories high, the Seneca was first high-rise building in Columbus. This postcard has two color images: one of the hotel's red brick exterior and the other of its elegant lobby and luxurious furnishings. A caption reads: " Seneca Hotel / Columbus, Ohio / Half Block East of Memorial Hall." The Seneca Hotel ranked among the city's finest hotels for many years. For a time it housed the Ohio State Faculty Club and later was converted to offices for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. In 1987 the Ohio EPA moved from the building, which remained closed until it underwent a $21 million renovation and reopened in 2008 as a 77-unit apartment building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05862
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Hotels--Ohio--Columbus--History;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: A Hills Cab waiting outside the Palace Theatre on Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1951. The Loews theater can also be seen across the street. A Noch Eins beer billboard is also visible. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06307
Subjects: Automobiles; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Business enterprises--Ohio--Columbus; Business--Ohio; Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Design and construction; Automobiles; Theaters--Ohio; Advertisements
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)