Description: Line drawing of the first courthouse in Franklinton, Ohio, located at the present-day intersection of Broad Street and State Route 315. Franklinton was founded by Lucas Sullivant in 1797. The Franklinton courthouse was built in 1807, but the town's aspirations were cut short when nearby Columbus became the state capital, and therefore would be the home of the new courthouse. Franklinton was eventually annexed by Columbus as the city grew larger, and is now a part of the city's West Side. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03964
Subjects: Franklin County (Ohio); Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Courthouses--Ohio--History
Places: Franklinton (Ohio); Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph from the Columbus Citizen Journal collection identified on its reverse as "Franklinton School" at the corner of West Broad and Sandusky Street in the Franklinton neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The school, at 666 West Broad Street, was built in 1879 and demolished in early 1956 in order to make way for the Columbus innerbelt highway. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B05F02_13_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; School buildings; Education--Ohio;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph taken of an illustration in "History of the City of Columbus," showing the Lucas Sullivant store in the Franklinton neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The illustration is credited to F. E. Howe and dated 1892. A caption on the reverse reads "Lyne Starling and Lucas Sullivant operated this early store in Franklinton." Franklinton, immediately west of Columbus, was founded by Lucas Sullivant in 1797. Franklinton was eventually annexed by Columbus as the city grew larger, and is now a part of the city's West Side. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B05F02_14_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Stores and shops;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This reproduction shows a portrait of William Starling Sullivant (1803-1873), a famous botanist who studied and cataloged the plant life of central Ohio. In 1840, he published his findings in "A Catalogue of Plants, Native and Naturalized, in the Vicinity of Columbus, Ohio." At the time of his death, he was recognized as the foremost bryologist, an expert on mosses, in the United States. He was posthumously elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1872, and has a moss, “Sullivantia Ohioensis,” named in his honor. He was also the son of Lucas Sullivant, a surveyor, soldier and settler in central Ohio in the years after the American Revolution. Lucas Sullivant originally laid out the town of Franklinton, which is now part of Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04187
Subjects: Scientists; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Plants and Animals; Columbus (Ohio); Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood;
Places: Franklinton (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Seen in this photo is an old water well. It may be near Franklinton. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F04_027_001
Subjects: Water wells
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Lucas Sullivant was a surveyor, soldier and settler in central Ohio in the years after the American Revolution. During the late 1790s, Sullivant was a surveyor in the Virginia Military District. He took his pay in some of the land he surveyed. In 1797, he laid out a town on the western bank of the Scioto River, near the place where the Whetstone River emptied into the Scioto. Today, the Whetstone River is called the Olentangy River. The town lots varied in size, with lots on the outskirts of the town of between one hundred and two hundred acres. Farmland generally sold for between one and two dollars per acre. Sullivant named the town Franklinton because he was an admirer of Benjamin Franklin. It quickly grew to become an important community in the northern part of the Virginia Military District. Franklinton is now part of Ohio's capitol city of Columbus. Lucas Sullivant died in 1824. He was fifty-eight years old. At the time of his death, he was one of the largest landowners in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F04_042_001
Subjects: Cemeteries--Ohio; Gravestones
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: William Starling Sullivant (1803-1873) was a famous botanist who studied and cataloged the plant life of central Ohio. In 1840, he published his findings in "A Catalogue of Plants, Native and Naturalized, in the Vicinity of Columbus, Ohio." At the time of his death, he was recognized as the foremost bryologist, an expert on mosses, in the United States. He was posthumously elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1872, and has a moss, “Sullivantia Ohioensis,” named in his honor. He was also the son of Lucas Sullivant, a surveyor, soldier and settler in central Ohio in the years after the American Revolution. Lucas Sullivant originally laid out the town of Franklinton, which is now part of Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04186
Subjects: Scientists; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Plants and Animals; Columbus (Ohio); Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood;
Places: Franklinton (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Historic photograph from the Columbus Citizen Journal collection, showing the John Brickell cabin in the Franklinton neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. A caption on the reverse reads "One of the first cabins in Franklinton was this one built by John Brickell, once an Indian captive." Franklinton, immediately west of Columbus, was founded by Lucas Sullivant in 1797. Franklinton was eventually annexed by Columbus as the city grew larger, and is now a part of the city's West Side. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P339_B05F02_15_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Historic houses;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Postcard view of Red Bird Stadium, home of the Columbus Base Ball Team, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1930. Located in the Franklinton section of Columbus and designed by architect Howard Dwight Smith, Red Bird Stadium was completed in 1932 and has been home to Columbus's numerous baseball teams. It has gone by several names, including Jets Stadium (1955-1970), Franklin County Stadium (1977-1984), and Cooper Stadium from 1984 until its closing following the 2008 season. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07838
Subjects: Baseball fields--Ohio; Sports--Ohio--History; Stadiums
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Birds Eye View of Columbus, Ohio by Caldwell & Gould civil engineers. Drawn by H.H. & O.H. Bailey. Printed by Strobridge & Co. Lith. Cincinnati. O. Published by Fowler & Bailey The statehouse, Union Station, and the Scioto River are prominent features of 19th century Columbus. View extends from the penitentiary and Goodale Park in the North to German Village in the South, and from Franklinton in the West to The Ohio State School for the Deaf in the East. An *asterisk* indicates the building stands today. Legend along left: 1 Capitol *Broad & High* 2 U.S. Arsenal 3 State Arsenal 4 Blind Asylum 5 Deaf and Dumb Asylum *East Town Street* 6 Penitentiary 7 Medical Institute 8 Courthouse 9 City Hall 10 High School 11 Public Schools 12 Goodale Park 13 Hannah Neil Mission 14 John L. Gill's Car & Car and Agricultural Works CHURCHES 15 Baptist 16 Cathedral (Catholic) *East Broad & Fifth Street* 17 Church of the Holy Cross (Catholic) 18 St. Patrick's (Catholic) 19 Town Street (Methodist) 20 Bigelow Chapel (Methodist) 21 German (Methodist) 22 Wesley Chapel (Methodist) 23 Congregational *South Third Street* 24 Presbyterian 25 Presbyterian 26 St. Paul's Lutheran 27 German (Lutheran) 28 English (Lutheran) 29 Hebrew 30 Evangelical 31 Episcopal *East Broad & Third Street* View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS5682
Subjects: Maps; Pictorial maps; Columbus (Ohio)--1872;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Plat of Ohio's capital city, titled "A plat of the town of Columbus, laid off by order of the Assembly, for the seat of Government of the state of Ohio, 1817." Text at the bottom reads "Returned to the Assembly sitting in Chillicothe in the 12th month A.D. 1812 by Joel Wright Commissioner." This is a photostatic copy of the 1825 map which is a facsimilie of Wright's original 1812 map. This early plat of Columbus shows the Scioto River joined by the "Whetstone Branch," now the Olentangy River. West of the river is Franklinton, and "Prairies containing about 150 acres." Notable locations east of the river include the Public Square (location of the Ohio Statehouse) and the Ohio Penitentiary. The city was first laid out in 1812 and incorporated in 1816. Columbus was not the original capital, but the state legislature chose to move the state government there after its location for a short time at both Chillicothe and Zanesville. Columbus was chosen as the site for the new capital because of its central location within the state and access by way of major transportation routes (primarily rivers) at that time. Prior to the state legislature's decision in 1812, Columbus did not exist. The city was designed from the first as the state's capital, preparing itself for its role in Ohio's political, economic, and social life. In the years between first groundbreaking and the actual movement of the capital in 1816, Columbus grew significantly. The town was surveyed, and various city lots were put up for sale. By 1813, a penitentiary had been built, and by the following year the first church, school, and newspaper had been established. Construction on the statehouse began in 1814 as well. Columbus grew quickly in its first few years, having a population of seven hundred people by 1815. It officially became the county seat in 1824, and by 1834, the population of Columbus was four thousand people, officially elevating it to "city" status. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MAP_VFM_0109_2
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--19th century; Ohio Statehouse (Columbus, Ohio); Capitals; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This sketch documents the first Ohio statehouse in Columbus. The brick building on the left was erected as the state capital in 1816. The building was located on the east side of the Scioto River across from the community of Franklinton. The tablet that hung above the door of the statehouse is shown in the second photograph. The tablet contained a quotation by William Ludlow: "General good, the object of Legislation, perfected by a knowledge of man's wants, and Natures abounding means applied, by establishing principles opposed to Monopoly." In 1838 the Ohio legislature passed a bill to construct a larger statehouse. The new statehouse took 22 years to build and was completed in 1861. The sketch measures 6.75" x 5" (17.15 x 12.7 cm); the photograph is 9.25" x 4" (23.5 x 10.16 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3148_3780128_001
Subjects: Ohio Government; Architecture; Capitols
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)