In 1981, two Vietnam veterans, Carl Chandler and Harry Edwards, hand painted
a four-by-eight-foot sheet of plywood as a tribute to Vietnam Veterans on the grounds
of the Ohio Statehouse.&nbsp;They were going to be charged with trespassing and
destruction of state property until State Senator Richard Pfeiffer, who was
also a Vietnam Veteran, sided with them.&nbsp;Pfeiffer worked to keep their
tribute in place until the Ohio Congress passed legislation to create a
permanent veteran's monument.&nbsp; 

The Ohio Veterans Plaza, designed by John Schooley, is intended to serve as
"a symbol that our government could not exist without the sacrifices Ohio
veterans have made."&nbsp;1 The&nbsp;monument is constructed of two curved
limestone walls inscribed with&nbsp;letters from veterans that were sent home
to friends and family members. The letters were chosen from over 1,500 that literary
consultant John H. Mitchell, a Navy and Vietnam veteran from Greenfield, Ohio
sorted through. The variety of letters reveal the trials and sacrifices made by
veterans. There also are two fountains with benches for visitors who want to
sit and reflect. The names of all eighty-eight Ohio counties are lined through
the grass, and the American, Ohio and POW/MIA flags are on display.

A wreath in front of the Ohio Veterans Plaza

Information about the Plaza from the Ohio Statehouse website

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The Ohio Veterans Plaza was dedicated in 1998 and honors veterans from World War II into the future. The plaza is a grassy lawn featuring flowers, two fountains, benches, and limestone walls inscribed with veterans’ letters to home. The idea for the monument came in the 1980s after two local Vietnam veterans took matters into their own hands and built a temporary tribute to other veterans on statehouse property. Local legislation was then passed to construct a permanent reminder of the sacrifices made by Ohio’s veterans.

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This short walking tour includes historic buildings, monuments, theaters, and sites throughout Capitol Square.

The LeVeque Tower was originally constructed as the American Insurance Union Citadel. The groundbreaking on the new tower, which would replace the AIU’s previous four-story building on the same site, was held in 1924. Work was completed three years later. At a height of 555.5 feet, the tower became the fifth tallest building in the world, beating out the Washington Monument by 3/8 of an inch (as opposed to the previously thought six inches). It remained the tallest building in Columbus until the Rhodes State Office Tower was built in 1973.

The tower is extremely stable because the foundation goes all the way down to bedrock. C. Howard Crane devised a system derived from the method used to build the foundations for the towers of the Brooklyn Bridge. Caissons were sunk into the ground and workers dug out the dirt from inside their pressurized walls. This method was necessary due to the tower's proximity to the Scioto River which meant groundwater was only a few yards below the surface. This method was, however, very costly. Both from the standpoint that the equipment and power needed to run it (air compressors, decompressors) but also because working in a pressurized environment is very taxing on the workers. It was also time-consuming to get workers ready to work and they also had to go through a process of depressurization to prevent decompression sickness. All said, some workers would only spend 30 minutes actually digging before heading back up to the surface. The foundation resulted in the longest leg of the building process.

The AIU Citadel, or just “the Citadel,” cost not only $8 million but also five lives. One man fell from the steel framing. Four others died during the construction of the foundation when a pocket of noxious gas was opened during digging. The gas overwhelmed the workers, and they fell into the hole of the foundation.

Partly because of the expense of the new building, the AIU went bankrupt in 1937. In 1945, the building was sold to a group led by Leslie LeVeque of Columbus and John Lincoln of Cleveland (founder of Lincoln Electric). They then changed the name to the Lincoln-LeVeque Tower. LeVeque would later come to fame for hiring engineers to develop an automatic pin-setting machine for bowling. After the deaths of both Lincoln and LeVeque, the edifice was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Two years later, the name was officially changed to the LeVeque Tower.

LeVeque Tower, once the American Insurance Union Citadel, was part of a larger urban beautification and improvement project aimed at rejuvenating the area around the Scioto River after the flood of 1913. The building was dedicated on September 21, 1927 when it became the tallest building between NYC and Chicago and the fifth tallest in the world. Leslie LeVeque and John Lincoln purchased the building in 1945 after the AIU went out of business. More recently, the LeVeque Tower changed hands in the 2000s before being renovated into the Hotel LeVeque, which opened in 2017.

LeVeque Tower

Hayden was known for iron works around the Scioto River in Columbus, Ohio. He then built the four-story Hayden building that he later ran his financial business Hayden-Clinton Bank out of. In 1906, he built the 13-story New Hayden Building next door at 16 E. Broad Street in 1901. The structure was the tallest building in Columbus, Ohio until the LeVeque Tower was built in 1926. The office building was designed by architect Frank Packard, and it housed the National Football League headquarters and offices on the 11th floor in the 1920s and 1930s.

Hayden named many places and structures after himself, such as Hayden Run that is near the Norwich and Washington towns along the Scioto River. He also named a town Haydenville after he began running his tile and brick manufacturing business out of the Hocking County town. His business went out more than 50 years ago, but many structures remain such as brick houses, a church made of mismatched bricks, and a cemetery of clay headstones.

After being closed in the early 2000s due to fire safety issues, the Hayden building is set for rehabilitation by the Tomko Co. that will be almost $20 million. The project began in 2017, and the rehabilitation will include the original Hayden building and the New Hayden building. The structure is projected to reopen as an office building complex by the end of 2019.&nbsp;

Built by businessman Peter Hayden in 1869, the Hayden building was once the home of Hayden-Clinton Bank. Hayden built the structure to have a base for his banking business. The structure is the oldest in the Columbus Capitol Square. Known for his ironwork and brick and tile manufacturing, Hayden named an entire town after himself after placing his business there. Haydenville is along the Scioto River, and many brick structures of Haydenville still remain today. 

The Hayden Building 

Collectables and memorabilia are placed throughout the restaurant.
The restaurant features custom floors, authentic paintings, and stained glass
windows from Belgium. The windows had designs of a donkey to represent the
Democratic party and an elephant to represent the Republican party. There is a
legend that states owner of the establishment would shine a light on the symbol
of what party was in power at the time. The restaurant has clientele including
prominent political figures in Ohio. These clients walk over from the
Statehouse to the café. 

After opening as the Board of Trade Saloon in 1897, it burned down
in 1909. It was rebuilt and opened in 1910 as the Chamber of Commerce Cafe
&amp; Rathskellar. This is German for council’s cellar. This name is still carved
on the entryway on the façade of the restaurant, but the Chamber of Commerce
section of the engraving is hidden with a vine design. 

The original work of designer Carl Howell is still on display
throughout the café. These include drawings of a mermaid and rams’ head on the
tile and wood bar. The bar was renamed Jolly Gargoyle during the Prohibition era. At
this time it functioned as a restaurant with a full-service kitchen.

The restaurant was purchased during the 1930s by Al Haft, who was
a wrestler and businessman. It was named the Ringside Café at this time. The
boxing theme and décor is still in use today at the business. Burgers are named
after famous boxers, and décor includes pictures and paintings&nbsp;of boxers and punching bags hanging
around the restaurant. It was purchased by Clem Ambrose in 1960. 

It is rumored that a secret door was in the basement of the
restaurant that was the entrance to an underground tunnel that led to the
Statehouse. Others say the establishment is haunted. Current owners Dan and
Adrian Rosu, who purchase the café in 2008, acknowledges&nbsp;the supernatural activity, as
well. 

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Built in 1897, the Ringside Café is the oldest restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. The boxing-themed restaurant has been popular with politicians of Columbus, Ohio since it opened as the Board of Trade Saloon in 1897. The new structure was designed by Carl Howell, a native of Columbus. It reopened in 1910 with the name Chamber of Commerce Cafe & Rathskellar. It was renamed the Ringside Café in the 1930s when it was purchased by Al Haft, wrestler and businessman. 

Ringside Café

Prior to the violent clash that left four students dead, Rhodes declared that the students at Kent State were worse than the Nazi Brownshirts and night-riding terrorists of the Klu Klux Klan. Rhodes, like all other Ohio residents, mourned the death of the students at Kent State and modified his rhetoric in the wake of the tragic events.&nbsp;

Rhodes Tower is the tallest building in Columbus, completed in 1974 at a cost of over $60 million. Five years later, the 41-story office building was re-named in honor of James A. Rhodes, Ohio's longest-serving governor who held office from 1963-1971 and again from 1975-1983. Rhodes was instrumental in establishing Ohio's two-year college system, an achievement recognized in  in 2002, one year after his death, when Lima Technical College changed its name to James A. Rhodes State College. Rhodes is best known for another event at one of Ohio's colleges. He was governor during the Vietnam conflict and expressed little support for the rights of students and other war protesters prior to his fateful decision to send troops to quell the anti-Vietnam War protests at Kent State University. The statue of Rhodes in front of the office building was financed by private donors and dedicated on the statehouse grounds in 1982. The ceremony was marked by praise from long-serving politicians of both parties, as well as protesters who chanted and held signs asking participants to remember the Kent State Massacre. The statue was moved to its present location in front of the Rhodes Tower in 1991. 

James Rhodes Statue and Tower

The church is home to numerous works of art, including&nbsp;a Russian 18th-century piece is
on display above the credence table in the church. The stained glass windows of
the church are sights to behold and collectively tell the story of the community with images of the
Ohio Stadium, the Statehouse, Port Columbus, the Main Library, LeVeque Tower, and
the Christopher Columbus statue that is at the City Hall of Columbus, Ohio. 

Roger Nichols, the rector of the church from 1960 to 1969, first
thought of the idea to install these stained glass windows in the church. The stained
glass windows were created by the rector and memorials committee of the church
in 1965. William Kielblock designed the windows, and James Helf of the Franklin
Art Glass Company helped with the creation of the windows. The stained glass pieces
were dedicated on May 2, 1965. 

Rector Roger Nichols is said to have gotten the nickname St
Brevity, because his sermons were never longer than ten minutes. He was also an
Ohio State University fan and he would have the congregation sing hymns to the
beat of “Carmen Ohio” as a way to celebrate an Ohio State University win. 

Nichols tired to promote downtown revival. He and other clergy
formed the Metropolitan Area Church Board. Even though Nichols held a
modernistic view, some members of the congregation did not. A new organ was moved
in 2 years after the windows were installed. The stained glass windows were
hidden from view inside the church in 1970. The stained glass display was
modern at the time. 

The church, along with St. Joseph Cathedral and First
Congregational Church, opened the Cracked Cup. In 1966 this was the first coffee
shop ran by churches in Columbus, Ohio. The coffee shop featured open mic
nights, folk rock concerts, and art exhibits. The Freshbox Café opened in May
2014 in the church’s basement as a place to feed the homeless of Columbus,
Ohio. The church still engages with and gives back to the community.

Columbus's Trinity Episcopal Church was founded in 1834. This sandstone Gothic Revival style structure was built by the Episcopal parish in 1869. After three years of construction, the church was opened for service and continues to serve the congregation. The building has many historic art pieces on display throughout the structure which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. 

Trinity Episcopal Church

The building is six stories and is an example of Spanish
Renaissance Revival with Italian influence. The lower floors of the building
are more distinctive than the upper floors. A notable design feature are large,
arched second-story windows on the south and west sides. These areas contain
bas-relief shield motifs and lions’ heads topping the ornamental keystones. A
curved staircase leads to the second floor and the ballroom. The ballroom
features wood paneling and a decorative painted ceiling. 

The Club has long been a favorite of Columbus’ business and
political communities. Some of its notable past members have included former
President Warren G. Harding, Ohio Governors John W. Bricker and James Rhodes,
and the founder of Wendy’s, Dave Thomas, among others. The list of famous
visitors includes former Presidents Richard Nixon and George H.W. Bush, U.S.
Senator John McCain and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, media personality Katie
Couric and musician Harry Connick, Jr., among many others. It has about 2,000
members. 

The Club offers guest rooms, a spa, a wide range of fitness
and athletic endeavors as well as multiple dining options and special events
such as weddings and corporate meetings.

This is a private club located in an historic building. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012 during its centennial celebration. The Club was founded in 1912 and first was located in what is called the Atlas Building. The current building was dedicated in 1915 and was designed by Richards, McCarty & Bulford. Frank Packard was the Advisory Architect. 

The Athletic Club of Columbus

In 1981, two Vietnam veterans, Carl Chandler and Harry Edwards, hand painted
a four-by-eight-foot sheet of plywood as a tribute to Vietnam Veterans on the grounds
of the Ohio Statehouse.&nbsp;They were going to be charged with trespassing and
destruction of state property until State Senator Richard Pfeiffer, who was
also a Vietnam Veteran, sided with them.&nbsp;Pfeiffer worked to keep their
tribute in place until the Ohio Congress passed legislation to create a
permanent veteran's monument.&nbsp; 

The Ohio Veterans Plaza, designed by John Schooley, is intended to serve as
"a symbol that our government could not exist without the sacrifices Ohio
veterans have made."&nbsp;1 The&nbsp;monument is constructed of two curved
limestone walls inscribed with&nbsp;letters from veterans that were sent home
to friends and family members. The letters were chosen from over 1,500 that literary
consultant John H. Mitchell, a Navy and Vietnam veteran from Greenfield, Ohio
sorted through. The variety of letters reveal the trials and sacrifices made by
veterans. There also are two fountains with benches for visitors who want to
sit and reflect. The names of all eighty-eight Ohio counties are lined through
the grass, and the American, Ohio and POW/MIA flags are on display.

Known as The Daily Dispatch, the first issue of the paper was published on July 1, 1871. It had four pages, and it cost 3 cents. The entire organization cost $900 at the time. The paper’s first full-page ad was for the Columbus Buggy Co. on April 2, 1888. On December 17, 1899, the paper published its first Sunday paper. The price of a daily paper went down from 3 cents to 2 cents.

The papers first color comic was published on March 3, 1901. In 1905, Brothers Harry Preston Wolfe and Robert Frederick Wolfe purchased the Dispatch. The brothers owned a Columbus show company and had purchased the Ohio State Journal in 1903.

On December 16, 1906, the paper publishes the first color advertisement. On April 9, 1907, the building burnt down, and the newspaper worked out of another facility until 1910 when the Columbus Dispatch building was rebuilt. Larger printing presses were installed in 1909.

The organization used its electrograph to inform citizens during World War I about the most important news. A typewriter was connected to light bulbs on the sign above the building and spelled out messages.

In the 1930s to 1950s, subscribers of The Dispatch placed markers on their houses indicating to paperboys they were subscribed. After the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the organization had telephone operators that assisted citizens when they called for more information.

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In 1955, the paper began the “Cook’s Corner” recipe exchange that is still a favorite of readers today. On March 24, 1975, The Columbus Evening Dispatch changes its name to The Columbus Dispatch.

The paper published the first online newspaper on July 1, 1980. The news was transferred to home computers through CompuServe dial-up. Readers paid $5 an hour for this service. On January 1, 1986, the paper changed from an afternoon paper to a morning paper. They used an early bird mascot to mark the change. And in 1990, the paper opened a new production and printing building in Columbus, Ohio. The paper’s main offices remained at their main building. In June 1995, the paper launched its first website.

In 2010, the paper launched an application that could be used on Apple iPads to enable online reading. In 2016, the paper moved from the original structure on Third Street to 62 E. Broad Street, which is the original structure of the Ohio State Journal. &nbsp;

A notable contributor to the paper is cartoonist Billy Ireland’s “The Passing Show” was first published as a full-page on February 9, 1908. James Thurber, a Columbus native illustrator wrote for the paper, then known as The Columbus Evening Dispatch, from 1920 to 1924. His column was “Credos and Curios,” and he went on to write for The New Yorker magazine. Another notable contributor is Milton Caniff, who worked as an artist for the paper. He is well known for his “Steve Canyon” and “Terry and the Pirates” comics. Columnist Mike Harden wrote for the paper from 1983 until his death in 2010.

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Built in 1925, The Columbus Dispatch Building served as the printing facility for the Columbus, Ohio newspaper for many years. The structure was built in a second renaissance revival style. The Dispatch was the first newspaper in the United States to publish online in 1980. Editors used CompuServe dial-up to transfer the news to computers at home. The neon sign above the building marks the history of the paper and how news has evolved over time. 

The Columbus Dispatch Building

After the old Columbus City Hall burned down in January 1921, the property remained empty until the construction of the Ohio Theatre. Originally called the Loew's and United Artists Ohio Theater, the project was shaping up to be theater magnate Marcus Loew’s favorite. It was designed by Scottish-born architect Thomas W. Lamb who intended for the theater to be “a palace for the average man.” He had previously designed Madison Square Garden and the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York as well as the RKO Palace Theatre in Columbus. The interior was decorated by Anne Dornan, one of the first women to graduate from the Columbia School of Architecture. She brought in furniture from around the world at a cost of over $1 million to give the theater a luxe feel. This was more than the total cost of construction, which was $865,000.

Marcus Loew died just six months before the Ohio Theatre’s grand opening, never getting to see his favorite theater fully realized. For the March 17, 1928 opening, the theater showed a newsreel, live performance, and the film Divine Women starring Greta Garbo and Lars Hanson. This first night demonstrated that the theater could be used for both film exhibition and live performances. Some famous vaudevillians to perform at the theater after its premiere include Milton Berle, Cab Calloway, Buddy Ebsen, Ginger Rogers, and Jack Benny.

One of the exceptional features of the theater that survives today is the “Mighty Morton” organ. The Robert Morton Theatre Pipe Organ was installed in the theater in 1928 to accompany live shows and silent films. Despite the booming popularity of sound films in the 1930s, the organ was never removed. Of more than 10,000 pipe organs in operation in the 1920s, fewer than forty survive today in their original installation.

As more and more residents of Columbus moved into the suburbs during the 1950s and 1960s, the Ohio Theatre saw a decline in business and closed. It was set for demolition, and even held a farewell performance, but the end was not near. After a packed theater heard the Columbus Symphony Orchestra perform at the theater on March 2, 1969, people realized that the theater was still beautiful with impressive acoustics. A “Save the Ohio” campaign that same year raised $2 million, allowing the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA) to purchase and renovate the Ohio Theatre.

The Ohio Theatre reopened in October 1970 with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra playing Beethoven's Consecration of the House. Renovations in the later part of the decade included redesigning the stage, backstage area, and orchestra pit as well as recreating the original carpeting. In 1984, the stage was expanded to twice its original depth and resurfaced in fir and maple. During recent work, the main floor and loge seats were replaced with wider ones. The $16.5 million John W. Galbreath Pavilion was also built at the same time.

According to CAPA’s website, “Today, the Ohio Theatre is home to the Columbus Symphony, BalletMet, and Broadway in Columbus, and also hosts CAPA-presented performances, as well as a wide variety of touring artists and shows each year." 1

The Ohio Theatre was built in the Beaux-Arts style from stone and terra-cotta in 1928. It served as both a movie and live performance theater until its closure in 1969. That same year, locals saved the Ohio from demolition, and it was purchased and renovated by the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts. The Ohio Theatre is now the Official Theatre for the State of Ohio and is used primarily for stage performances, with some movies shown throughout the year.

Ohio Theatre

&nbsp; &nbsp;The memorial seemed to be an idea that came from out of the blue. Governor Kasich was listening to Holocaust survivor Barbara Turtletaub speak at a Holocaust remembrance event in 2011. When he rose to speak after her&nbsp;he said, "We need to have a remembrance in the Statehouse. Let's put a program together, let's construct something in this rotunda that can teach people about man's inhumanity to man, best exemplified by what happened in the Holocaust."&nbsp;(from source #4) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The idea caught on and a designer was chosen. The designer was world renowned, Polish-born&nbsp;architect Daniel Libeskind. The memorial includes an 18 foot bronze, cracked Star of David. There's also a limestone wall that honors the liberators by quoting the Talmud, "If you save one life, it is as if you save the world." The memorial makes clear the importance of both the liberators and surviving&nbsp;men and women with a dedication that reads: Inspired by the Ohio soldiers who were part of the American liberation and the survivors who made Ohio their home. &nbsp; &nbsp; There was some controversy about whether to build a Holocaust memorial on public property. The head of the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board felt this type of memorial did not fit in with other the historical features of the statehouse. But Ms. Turtletaub had no reservations. "This is not a Jewish story. It's a universal story..."&nbsp;(from source #4)

On the south side of the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse you will find the Ohio Holocaust and Liberators Memorial. Dedicated in 2014, this newest addition to the historical markers on the statehouse grounds honors the memory of those who died in the Holocaust as well as paying tribute to the men and women who liberated Europe. The memorial was begun at the urging of Governor John Kasich who said at the dedication, "Our young people need to know about the injustice and how it happened and what we can do so it doesn't happen again."

Ohio Holocaust and Liberators Memorial

When the state government relocated to the new city of Columbus in 1816, it occupied a modest two-story building on the corner of High and State Streets. In 1838, Ohio's government announced a competition to select the design for a new Statehouse. This strategy was not unusual at the time, as important public buildings such as the U.S. Capitol had resulted from similar contests. From about fifty entries, three winners were selected: first prize was awarded to Henry Walter of Cincinnati, the second to Martin Thompson of New York, and the third to painter Thomas Cole, also of New York. However, the organizing committee responsible for choosing the winners was unable to agree on a final design for construction.When the cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1839, the commission was still without a final design. Consultation with New York architect Alexander Jackson Davis resulted in a composite design that merged some key features of the three winning entries, but it was rejected as being too expensive. Henry Walter, the first-place winner of the design contest, was chosen to supervise construction of the new capitol building and he began working on another composite design that was based largely on the design of third-place winner, Thomas Cole. It seems likely that Henry Walter was chosen to receive the first premium basically because he was an Ohioan and though the entry submitted by Cole may have been more favored by the commission overseeing the design process, his status as an "outsider" may have been a problem. Cole had a personal friendship with one of the commissioners, a man named William A. Adams who was from Steubenville. Cole's nephew, William Henry Bayless, coincidentally a Steubenville native, was apprenticed in the office of Alexander Jackson Davis.Work on the building's foundation and lower level had only just begun when the Statehouse project encountered the first of many difficulties. The legislation that made Columbus the official capital city of Ohio was set to expire. While various factions within the government engaged in a debate over relocating the capital to another city, construction of the Statehouse was stopped. Open excavations were refilled with earth, and Capitol Square served as pasture lands for livestock.The Statehouse remained incomplete and largely neglected until 1848 when construction resumed. This work all but stopped in the summer as a cholera epidemic spread through the area. Comparing plans of the various architects it is apparent that perhaps the most striking change, and one that has endured in the finished building, was the fact that West and Russell eliminated the rounded dome that all previous designers had suggested for the building, instead replacing it with a low conical roof.A fire consumed the old two-story capitol building in 1852, which created a new urgency to complete the new Statehouse. While some suspected arson, the exact cause of the fire remains a mystery to this day.The statehouse is built in the Greek revival style, a type of design based on the buildings of Ancient Greece, and very popular in the US from 1820 through the early 1860s. The Greek revival was simple and straightforward and didn't look anything like the revival buildings that were popular in Europe at the exact time period. The statehouse was opened to legislators and the public in 1857 when the House and Senate began meeting in their chambers and most of the offices were occupied. It was completed in 1861, and the statehouse has been a national historic landmark by the secretary of the US Department of the Interior. This honor recognizes the long history of the building and the continued role it will have in the life and lawmaking of the state of Ohio. During the restoration project, original graffiti sketched by some of the Ohio penitentiary prisoners was uncovered. One sketch is a profile of a man's face with the word Badger scrawled above it. By searching records at the Ohio Historical Society, the restoration team was able to locate information about Ephraim Badger who was imprisoned from 1846-1849 for burglary. His record states that he was pardoned in 1849 for service to the state.

Constructed in stages between 1839 and 1861, the Ohio Statehouse serves as the meeting place of the state legislature and the offices of the governor. The design comes from a competition where the judges selected a structure that blended many of the standard classical features of state legislature buildings and the United States Capitol. Although it features the Greek Revival style, the building does not feature the nearly-ubiquitous dome that became common following the completion of the Capitol Dome in Washington. The State House features Doric columnns made of Columbus limestone from the Scioto River. In addition to skilled workers and supervisors, much of the labor for the building was provided by prisoners. The central feature of the building is the Cupola which provides natural light for the rotunda.

Ohio Statehouse and Museum

The building was inspired by the Ohio Statehouse, and it replaced
the Neil House, which was a hotel from 1925 to 1981 at the same location. The structure
has one million square feet in office space, four atriums, a nine-story lobby,
covered walkways, and two stories of greenhouses at the top. 

The architecture of the building implements imperial red granite
and bronze glass throughout the 512 feet tall structure. It creates the
illusion that the two towers are linked by the bronze glass. 

The center houses the Huntington Plaza, Doubletree Hotel Guest Suites,
and the Huntington Bank building. It also features coffee shops, eateries, a
florist, hair salon, shoe repair shop, variety store, medical center, and taxi
stand.&nbsp;

Built in 1984, the 37-story Huntington Center is an office complex that is the fourth tallest structure in Columbus, Ohio. The structure was built by architects Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP. It is the tallest structure built during the 1980s in Columbus, Ohio.

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