Description: Picture of the old Champaign County Public Library with two unknown people entering it. This is the old Morlite building that housed the Champaign County Public Library until it moved to the new building in 1996. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F04_007_001
Subjects: Urbana (Ohio); Libraries--Ohio; Public buildings--Ohio
Places: Urbana (Ohio); Champaign County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the United States Post Office in Fremont, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F07_044_1
Subjects: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio); Post office buildings--Ohio; Public buildings
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the recreation building in Mariemont, Ohio that was erected in 1928. Mariemont was a planned community east of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06206
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio; Public buildings; Mariemont (Ohio)
Places: Mariemont (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: A view of Union Station, Columbus, Ohio. The photograph includes a view of the station's ornate arcade along High Street as well as street traffic (automobile, trolley, and horse-drawn wagon or omnibus) and pedestrians. Designed by the famous Chicago architectural firm Daniel H. Burnham and Co., the building was Columbus's third Union Station. It opened in 1897, and the arcade was completed two years later. The station's architectural style, Beaux-Arts Classicism, drew on Burnham's experience designing the World's Columbian Exposition (1893) in Chicago. By the mid-20th century, train ridership had declined sharply, and in October 1976 all but one arch of the ornate facade was demolished. The station continued to offer Amtrak service until April 1977, but it was demolished in September 1978. The surviving arcade arch stands in Dimon McPherson Park, 218 West Street, Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05772
Subjects: Railroad stations--1910-1920; Railroad stations Ohio; Public buildings--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Burnham, D.H. (Daniel Hudson), 1846-1912
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Public square with Williams County Courthouse, Bryan, Williams County, Ohio, ca. 1886-1888. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00433
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; Public buildings--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Bryan (Ohio); Williams County (Ohio)
 

Description: Soldier's Monumental Building was built in 1876 and dedicated to all soldiers serving in war. It is located in Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio. The photograph was taken ca. 1880-1889. Presently, the building houses the county courts and the Veterans' Service Commission. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00450
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; Public buildings--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering
Places: Sidney (Ohio); Shelby County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is the Washington County Courthouse. A sign in the background reads: "BECKER'S - A 1200 SEAT THEATRE" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F05_02_001
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; Public buildings--Ohio
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows the tablet at the front entrance of the City Hall in Greenville, Ohio, which reads "Site of Fort Greene-Ville. The largest pioneer fort in Ohio, built in 1793 by General Anthony Wayne. Here in August 5, 1795, the Treaty was signed by which much of present Ohio was opened to White settlement." In August 1795, representatives from the Myaamia, Wyandotte, Shawnee, Lenape, Ottawa, Ojibwa, Potawatomi, Kickapoo, Kaskaskias, Eel River, and Weas signed the Treaty of Greenville. In signing the treaty, these tribes agreed to move to the northwestern part of what is now the State of Ohio. Championed as a treaty of friendship between Anglo-American settlers and American Indian tribes, the treaty forced tribal leaders to relinquish much of their land to Anglo-Americans. This is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F05_014_001
Subjects: City halls; Historic sites--Ohio; Public buildings; Treaty of Greenville; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Places: Greenville (Ohio); Darke County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front facade of the Ross County Probate Archives. This building sits behind the courthouse and was used as the county jail until 1989 when the Sheriff's Department was moved into a new law complex. It reopened in 1996 as the Ross County Probate Archives. The original building had 18 jail cells: 16 for men, 1 for women and 1 for the mentally ill. The fence was erected ca. 1830. It was moved to Main Street in the 1850s when the present courthouse was built. In the 1980s, a streetscape project moved the fence again to sit on the west, north and east sides of a plaza in front of the old jail. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F06_422
Subjects: Jails--Ohio; Public buildings--Ohio
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio); 21 W. Main St.
 

Description: This photograph shows the Birchard Library in Fremont, Ohio, in Sandusky County. Sardis Birchard gave real estate and other property, totaling $50,000, in a trust to establish a library in Fremont for the free use and benefit to the people of Sandusky County. In 1878, the library building was built at a cost of $6,369.31 on the site of Fort Stephenson, a stipulation of the original request. Rutherford B Hayes, nephew of Birchard, announced this gift to the city council in July of 1873. President Hayes not only gave the money, but supervised the building of the library and served as the President of the Board of Directors until his death. On June 3, 1874, Birchard Library opened it's doors in a building on Front Street. The library contained 1683 books of the 5,000 ordered by Rutherford B Hayes. Patrons had to be at least 14 years of age to borrow a book and were required to deposit a bond of $3.00. Only the librarians could take the books from the shelves. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F07_034_1
Subjects: Libraries; Architecture--Ohio; Public buildings;
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the Steubenville City Building. The Steubenville VFW post is located at the right corner, on the third floor. Underneath this, on the first floor is, what appears to be, the Olympic Restaurant, who's staff poses outside. An advertisement for Keith-Albee Orpheim Vaudeville sits outside the window. Also visible in this photograph is The Munker Jones Company, purveyors of dry goods and clothing. The Steubenville City Building, located at 304-314 Market Street, was completed in 1883 at a cost of $65,000. It was demolished sometime after 1911. The site on which this building stands was the original public square in Steubenville, and naturally, a place where farmers would gather to sell their goods. The Market building was built in 1816, a 1-story building consisting simply of a roof and brick pillars with arches, and provided the farmers and public shelter from the weather. This building was torn down in 1879 and the land returned to an open public square for several years, before the Honorable J. Dunbar and others pushed to have a city building built on the site. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F06_031_001
Subjects: Public buildings Ohio; Demolished buildings
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Handwritten on reverse: "Jeff. Co. Here is a land mark. The old city building. Torn down years ago." This photograph shows the old City Building, located at 304 - 314 Market Street in Steubenville, Ohio. At the time of this photograph, it appears that the building is being used as offices for a variety of business, the signs for which are difficult to read, and is in an almost dilapidated state. The top right window on the front of the building is a post of the "V of FW." In front of the building is a car with an advertisement which reads: "Family and Commercial Photograph. Ideal Studios." A new building has been built on this site, which houses the Steubenville Engineering Department. A sign for the "Grand Opening" of the Tempest with John Barrymore can be seen as well as a sign for US 7 on a post outside the building. Also visible in this photograph is The Munker Jones Company building (far left), which was located on the corner of Third and Market Street. Munker was a purveyor of dry goods and clothing. Endicott Johnson Shoes - Globe Shoe Store (far right) stands on the corner of South Court Street and Market Street. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F06_003_001
Subjects: Public buildings Ohio; Demolished buildings
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)