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Title
Ohio
State
Office
Building
entrance
Subject
Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works
Municipal buildings--United States
Ohio. Supreme Court
Ohio State Library
MacMorris, Leroy Daniel, 1893-1981
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Columbus (Ohio)
Franklin County (Ohio)
Description
This
entrance
to the
Ohio
State
Office
building
is
topped
by a
Greek
Key
design
. The
Ohio
State
Office
Building
,
located
at
65
South
Front
Street
was
eventually
renamed
the
Ohio
Departments
of
State
building
, for a
time
,
before
becoming
home
to the
Supreme
Court
of
Ohio
.
It
was
designed
by
Henry
Hake
of
Cincinnati
in the
Art
Moderne
style
, a
combination
of the
Modernistic
style
with
Art
Deco
decoration
.
Groundbreaking
took
place
on
November
19
,
1929
and
construction
began
just
after
the
collapse
of the
stock
market
,
so
delays
were
frequent
. The
building
was
completed
in
1933
at a
cost
exceeding
$6,500,000
.
Just
before
construction
was
complete
,
11
people
were
killed
and
50
injured
during
a
natural
gas
explosion
on
April
14
,
1932
,
which
damaged
the
building
all
the
way
up
to the
5th
floor
.
Repairs
cost
an
additional
$750,000
. The
14-story
building
is
of
Georgia
marble
,
luxuriously
decorated
with
metals
,
tiling
,
colored
marbles
,
mosaics
and
numerous
murals
. The
building
initially
housed
the
departments
of:
Aeronautics
,
Agriculture
,
Commerce
,
Education
,
Health
,
Highways
,
Public
Welfare
,
Public
Works
,
Industrial
Relations
,
Taxation
and the
Industrial
Commission
. The
Ohio
State
Library
was
located
on the
11th
floor
and
one
of the
largest
of its
kind
in the
country
. The
library
and
several
of the
hearing
rooms
,
used
as
assembly
halls
, are
adorned
with
panel
murals
of
historical
character
,
outstanding
among
them
being
works
of
John
F
.
Holmer
and
H.H
.
Wessel
of
Cincinnati
as
well
as
Leroy
Daniel
MacMorris
of and
Rudolph
Sheffler
of
New
York
. The
building
was
used
by the
Ohio
House
of
Representatives
during
the
renovation
of the
Statehouse
in the
1990's
. In
1998
, the
Ohio
General
Assembly
voted
to
bear
the
cost
of the
building's
renovation
.
Renovation
began
in
2001
and was
completed
in
January
of
2004
. The
Ohio
State
Office
Building
was
renamed
the
Ohio
Judicial
Center
and was
officially
opened
on
February
17
,
2004
,
winning
several
awards
due
to its
superior
architecture
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
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File Name
SA1039AV_B01F07_006.tif
Image Height
4931
Image Width
6909
File Size
102229572 Bytes
Display File Type
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Format
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Date created
2009-08-06
Date modified
2010-06-15
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