Description: Two men entering the Ohio State Office Building in Columbus, Ohio, after an explosion damaged the unfinished building in April 1932 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02796
Subjects: Public buildings--Ohio; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Explosions; Ohio History--State and Local Government
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: This photograph of the Civic Center area in Columbus, Ohio, shows the LeVeque Tower (left), the State Office Building (right), and the Ohio Statehouse in the background. The term "Civic Center" refers to the cluster of government and public buildings that hug the Scioto River's east bank. The American Insurance Union Citadel, now known as the LeVeque Tower, was dedicated on September 21, 1927. The building, which is located at 50 West Broad Street, was designed by architect C. Howard Crane in the Art Deco style. The 47-story tall skyscraper, designed mainly as office space, rises to an elevation of 555.5 feet, and was built to be 6 inches taller than the Washington Monument. Due to the Great Depression, the American Insurance Union went bankrupt and sold the building. The tower was purchased by John Lincoln and Leslie L. LeVeque in 1945. Construction of the Ohio State Office Building began in 1930 and was completed in 1933. The 14-story building was designed by Cincinnati architect Harry Hake and serves as a classic example of the Art Moderne movement. The building was later known as the Ohio Judicial Center until 2011, when the state Supreme Court named the center in honor of the late Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, who was the second-longest-serving chief justice in state history at the time of his death in April 2010. The Ohio Statehouse is the seat of Ohio’s government. Construction of Ohio’s current statehouse began in 1839 and was completed in 1861. Prison inmates provided much of the construction labor. The Statehouse is typical of Greek Revival architecture, which Ohioans selected because of its democratic symbolism. This structure replaced an early statehouse, built in 1816 and burned in 1852. The new statehouse had fifty-three rooms, but over the years the number of rooms grew to 317. During the 1980s and 1990s, the Statehouse was restored, and 225 rooms were eliminated. Today the Statehouse principally houses the Ohio General Assembly, although several state officials, including the governor, have ceremonial offices in the building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05711
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Architecture; Art Deco; Architecture--Ohio--Columbus--History--20th century; Ohio Statehouse (Columbus, Ohio); Public buildings--Ohio--Columbus; Architecture--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph view of civic buildings in downtown Columbus including, from left to right, police headquarters, the American Insurance Union building (now LeVeque Tower) and City Hall, taken in 1930. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03264
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Columbus--History--20th century; Leveque Tower (Columbus, Ohio); Public buildings--Ohio--Columbus
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph taken for the Columbus Free Press with the handwritten caption "I-670 Replacement Library." The building reads "Public Library of Columbus & Franklin County Shepard Branch," and a hand-painted sign in front states "Getting ready for the 3rd Annual Jambo Festival." The Shepard Branch Library, part of the Columbus Metropolitan Library system, is now located at 850 N. Nelson Road in a new building that opened in October 2016. Construction of an entrance ramp for Columbus's I-670 interstate displaced the original location of the library branch on 5th Avenue in 1986, and it was reconstructed in a replacement location at 790 N. Nelson Road. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1301AV_B02F09_04
Subjects: Libraries--Ohio; Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Festivals; Public buildings--Ohio--Columbus;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: East side of the State Office Building, Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio State Office was constructed during 1930-1933. The 14-story building was designed by Cincinnati architect Harry Hake and serves as a classic example of the Modernistic style. The building was later known as the Ohio Judicial Center until 2011, when the state Supreme Court named the center in honor of the late Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, who was the second-longest chief justice in state history at the time of his death in April 2010. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05710
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Public buildings--Ohio--Columbus; Architecture; Modernist
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin 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: Photograph of the partially-covered steel frame of the State Office (Ohio Departments of State) building, Columbus, ca. 1931-1932. 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 over the site of 34 businesses. Construction began on October 31, 1930 and the cornerstone was laid on May 16, 1931. A gas line explosion on April 14, 1932 damaged the nearly finished building. Eventually it opened in 1933. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03638
Subjects: Public buildings--Ohio--Columbus; Ohio--Politics and government; Construction
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Girl dressed as Miss Liberty, riding a building cornerstone, City Hall, Columbus, Ohio, 1926. James J. Thomas, the city's mayor, laid the cornerstone for the new City Hall on October 29, 1926. The building, located at 90 Broad Street in downtown Columbus, was dedicated on April 18, 1928. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05627
Subjects: Public buildings--Ohio--Columbus; Cornerstone laying; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The first Franklin County Courthouse built in Columbus-proper was erected in 1840 and demolished in 1884. The address was 352 High Street. In this image the building is in the process of being razed. People are standing on the roof, in front of the building's entrance, and on the grounds. A horse-drawn wagon and buggies appear in the foreground. An inset in the upper right corner appears to be an image of the new courthouse that would replace the building being razed. This photograph appears on p. 10 of "The Story of Columbus: Past, Present and Future of the Metropolis of Central Ohio" (Columbus: The Johnston Publishing Co., 1898). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05643
Subjects: Public buildings--Ohio--Columbus; Courthouses--Ohio--History; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the Ohio State Office Building taken from City Hall on West Broad Street, Columbus, ca. 1933. The Scioto River and Town Street bridge are seen on the right side of the photograph. 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. Designed by architects Harry Hake, Frank Bail and Alfred Hahn, it is noted as an excellent example of architecture from the Art Deco period. Construction began on October 31, 1930, and the cornerstone was laid on May 16, 1931. After damage from an explosion on April 14, 1932, the building eventually opened on March 27, 1933. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03265
Subjects: Public buildings--Ohio--Columbus; Office buildings Ohio; Architecture--Ohio--Columbus--History--20th century
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin (Ohio)