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Ohio State Office Building, Columbus, Ohio
Description: View of the south and west facades of the Ohio State Office Building. Old cars can be seen on the street and the American Insurance Union Citadel (now LeVeque Tower) is visible in the background. 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. The building, designed by architects Harry Hake, Frank Bail and Alfred Hahn, 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. An explosion occurred shortly after three o'clock on the afternoon of April 14, 1932. The building eventually opened on March 27, 1933. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05465
Subjects: Automobiles; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)