Description: The present structure is the third Trumbull County Courthouse. It was completed in 1897 by architects LaBelle and French at a time when the county was experiencing great prosperity. The building has been nicknamed "The Stone Quarry" and "The Rock Palace" because of its Richardsonian Romanesque style and bold stonework. This image shows the front facade. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F06_459
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; bays (building divisions); arches; columns (architectural elements); pavilions (building divisions); cupolas; clock towers; turrets (towers); Richardsonian Romanesque
Places: Warren (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio); 160 High St. NW
 

Description: This photograph shows the Main Library building in Toledo, Ohio, located at 325 Michigan Street. Designed by the architectural firm Hahn & Hayes, the Art Deco structure opened in 1940, and its $2 million cost was financed largely by the Works Progress Administration. This building replaced the city's original main library, located at Madison Avenue and Ontario Street, which opened in 1890. That structure was razed in 1940, shortly after the new main library opened. Toledo's public library system has its roots in subscription libraries that charged an annual fee to its members. The Young Men's Association organized the city's first such library in 1838. The nationwide public library movement began during the 1870s, and in 1873 the Toledo city council authorized the purchase of two subscription library collections. This step marked the beginning of the Toledo Public Library. The original main library was Toledo’s only public library until 1917, when Carnegie Foundation financed the construction of branch libraries. By the 1930s, space in the main library was at a premium; within the space of a decade, a new facility became a reality. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06168
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio; Toledo (Ohio); Libraries--Ohio--History; Art Deco
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: A covered bridge photographed in Monroe County, Ohio. Covered bridges were a timber-truss bridge with a roof and siding. They were a nearly completely covered. A wooden bridge will last longer if it is protected from the elements. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07613
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering; Covered bridges--Ohio;
Places: Monroe County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two photographs from December 1969 show the State Auto Insurance Company's holiday display at the company's building on East Broad Street and Washington Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. State Auto is known for its lavish holiday displays, including a life-size nativity scene. The photographs measure 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3291_4538347_001
Subjects: Architecture; Holidays; Christmas; Lighting--Architectural and decorative
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Images of Cleveland's public buildings, including the Central Armory, Cleveland Station, Central High School, the second Cuyahoga County Courthouse in the Public Square, the United States Post Office and Custom House, the main branch of the Cleveland Public Library, a photographic reproduction of an illustration depicting the first school in Cleveland and a stereograph view of the Arcade interior. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06011
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering; Stores & shops
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: A photograph of the city of Fremont, Ohio, showing the church spires. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F07_019_1
Subjects: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio); Church buildings--Ohio; Architecture--Ohio
Places: Fremont (Ohio); Sandusky County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph book titled, "Picturesque Athens Asylum: Views In and About Athens Asylum for the Insane." In April 1867, the Athens State Hospital was created by an act of the Ohio General Assembly, which appointed three trustees to purchase land and erect a building for the care and treatment of at least 40 patients. Serving the surrounding counties, the Athens hospital supplemented the three existing asylums for the insane at Columbus, Newburgh (Cleveland) and Dayton. Designed by Cleveland architect Levi Scofield and opened in 1874, the hospital was located about one mile west of the city of Athens. The institution has had several name changes: Athens Lunatic Asylum (January- April 1874), South Eastern Ohio Hospital for the Insane (1874-1876), Athens Hospital for the Insane (1876-1878), Athens Asylum for the Insane (1878-1894), Athens State Hospital, Southeastern Ohio Mental Health Center, Athens Mental Health and Developmental Center, and Athens Mental Health Center. Originally, the hospital's grounds consisted of a park-like setting, creating a calming environment which doctors hoped would assist patients in recovering their mental health. Patients worked in the gardens, the greenhouse, the orchards, or the dairy, helped to tend livestock, or found employment in the asylum's carriage shop. The asylum also boasted a physical plant that heated the various buildings with steam heat. Many of the patients were never released from the hospital. Most of these people were buried in the asylum's cemetery. The asylum closed as a mental hospital in 1993. Ohio University eventually purchased the grounds, renaming the site "The Ridges" and renovating buildings for classroom and administrative use, including the Kennedy Museum of Art. The hospital is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: Mental illness--Treatment--Ohio; Asylums--Ohio; Psychiatric hospitals--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; Architecture--Ohio;
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: John Hogg's house was built in style of the London townhouse. It has a three-story circular staircase, fan light, and wrought iron porch. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07926
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Ohio; Jefferson County (Ohio); Architecture--Ohio; Quakers
Places: Mount Pleasant (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the front and side facades of the Putnam County Courthouse. This building combines Beaux-Arts columns with Second Renaissance Revival components. It is made of rusticated stone and has a decorated frieze on all four sides. It is the county’s third courthouse and was built as a response to the growing population. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F06_408
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; balustrades; balconies; cornices; friezes (ornamental areas); hip roofs; stringcourses; architraves; columns (architectural elements); Beaux-Arts
Places: Ottawa (Ohio); Putnam County (Ohio); 245 Main St.
 

Description: The exterior of the Columbus, Ohio, police department headquarters, seen from west porch of City Hall on the right in the photo, ca. 1936. The Central Police Station moved to its new headquarters on Gay Street and Marconi Blvd. (140 Gay Street) in March 1930. This structure replaced the police headquarters in the Old Workhouse, 515 Sullivant Avenue, which was demolished in August 1931. During the late 1980s the police headquarters vacated the 1930 structure, which underwent a renovation beginning in August 2011. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05632
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Architecture--Ohio--Columbus--History--20th century; Ohio History--State and Local Government;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Nine young ladies grouped in a parlor. (envelope marked "S. Class'). Glass plate negatives of various Trumbull County and northeastern Ohio scenes, places, people and events taken by John E. Pickering and Edward D. Pickering from the 1880s to the 1910s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08446
Subjects: Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering
 

Description: The Highland County Courthouse is said to be the oldest Ohio structure that has been continually used as a courthouse. Completed in 1835 by architect Pleasant Arthur, the building combines Federal and Greek Revival architectural elements with its Federal fanlight and Greek entablature and columns. The blending of architectural styles is common in Ohio county courthouses as a result of the self education of local contractors in stylish European designs. This is the courtroom of the building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F03_218
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; National Register of Historic Places; bell towers; cornices; fanlights; columns (architectural elements)
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio); 105 N. High St.