Columbus, Ohio Architectural and Historical Icons

Central Ohio features some of the most formidable reminders of historic Native American Earthworks and burial mounds. Downtown Columbus was platted and cultivated around a series of large burial mounds dating back as far as 500 B.C. A few smaller samplings remain intact or integrated into landscape terracing. The majority were leveled or demolished amongst the expansive design of the city during the late 19th century and early 20th centuries. As frontier Columbus evolved throughout the 19th century, the population began sparse, but settlement increased rapidly upon the conclusion of the War of 1812 and the designation of the city as Ohio’s capital. The ensuring commercial construction towards the late century became the popular Richardsonian Romanesque and Modernism styling. The Ohio statehouse was designed in the Greek Revival style and the city’s most famous classic Art Deco structure is the renowned LeVeque Tower and attached Palace Theatre. This edition profiles many of the most poignant works coupled with their backgrounds and noteworthy history. Historic and contemporary architects and firms credited include Frank L. Packard, Joseph O. Sawyer, William G. Deshler, David Riebel, Thomas W. Lamb, George Gibson, Corma-Kokosing, Moody Nolan Architects, EDGE Group, FTL Design Engineering Studio, George Bellows, Richards, McCarty & Bulford, C. Howard Crane, Alfred Hopkins, Hopkins & Dentz, Frank Lloyd Wright, Daniel Burnham, Arata Isozaki, W. Byron Ireland, Ireland & Associates, Ray Sims, Frank Packard, Yost & Packard, Rogers Krajnak Architects, Prindle, Patrick & Associates, Harry Hake, Schooley Caldwell, Feinknopf Macioce Schappa, Henry Hobson Richardson, Sidney Stone, and George Maetzel. The diversity mirrors the evolution of the urban center currently the 15th largest in the United States.Nineteenth Century ArchitectureArmory, Jury Room Tavern, L. Hoster Brewing, Clinton Chapel, Children’s Hospital, Beck Elementary School, East Town Street Refurbished Mansions, Snowden-Gray Mansion, Kelton House, Lazarus Department Store, Neil Estate, Second Presbyterian Church, Ohio State Statehouse, Columbus Antique Mall, Fort Hayes, Victoria Theatre, Schlee Malt House, Columbus Department of Health, Bavarian Brewery, Schwartz Castle, Broad Street United Methodist Church, Yukon Building, Bushnell Mansion, Union Grove Baptist Church, Franklin Park Conservatory, Bott Brothers/Elevator Brewery Building and Wyandotte Building Twentieth Century ArchitectureLeVeque Tower, Saint Paul’s Episcopal, Municipal Light Plant, Ohio State University Haunted Buildings, Jeffrey Mansion, Hoster Stable and Worly Building, William J. Lhota Building, 8 On The Square Building, Westcott House, Amber Rose Restaurant, Columbus Dispatch Building, Ohio National Bank Building, Morehouse Martens, The Union Department Store, Ohio Moline Plow Building, James Thurber House and Neighboring Park Residences, White-Haines Building, Hawthorn Hill Mansion, Indianola Presbyterian Church, Citizens Building, Eddie Rickenbacker Homestead, Annunciation Greek Orthodox, Buckeye Building, Palace Theatre, Ohio Theatre, Green Lawn Abbey, Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center, Nationwide Corporate Financial Services, Jesse Owens’ College Residence, Studio 35 Cinema, Poindexter Village, Vanguard League Organizing Site, Franklin County Courthouse, Center of Science and Industry, Max & Erma’s Tavern, Alpha Omicron Pi House Sorority, Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, Ohio History Center, Pilgrim Elementary School, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Ohio Dominican University, Hayden Mausoleum, and Central Ohio Fire Museum Twenty-First Century ArchitectureNationwide Arena, Columbus Commons, Huntington Center and Columbus State Community College