Hanford Village was founded in the early 1900s just east of Columbus proper with its own mayor, police force, fire department, businesses, and park. After World War II, a subdivision of Hanford became a segregated community for returning African . . . — — Map (db m94618) HM
Also known as "Hurry's Corner," this cluster of renovated homes at the intersection of East Beck Street and South Grant Avenue was named for Bob Hurry, a Texas geophysicist who arrived in German Village in 1961. Seeing its potential, he bought a . . . — — Map (db m141800) HM
Clarence H. Jacobs (October 29, 1897 - October 28, 1964) began Jacobs Transfer Company in 1921 and ran it until shortly before his death. When his son joined him in 1945, the company incorporated as Jacobs & Son. While originally located at 309 . . . — — Map (db m247608) HM
Classical German Poet of Enlightenment
Dramatist, Philosopher, and Historian
Rededicated July 4, 1991
The United German Singing Societies of Central Ohio
Columbus Maennerchor & Damenchor •
Columbus Sachsenchor
Newark Maennerchor & . . . — — Map (db m13105) HM
The 1884 building at the southwest corner of Beck and Mohawk streets has housed many businesses: a grocery, at least two saloons, a hardware store and, allegedly, a speakeasy during Prohibition. In the 1940s and 1950s, King's Rose Garden was . . . — — Map (db m141780) HM
Side A:
Merion Village was named for the Nathaniel Merion family, who in 1809 settled what is now the South Side of Columbus on 1800 acres of the Refugee Lands. Entrepreneur William Merion operated “Merion's Landing” in the 1830s to . . . — — Map (db m17390) HM
RWI is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving life in the City of Columbus through projects honoring the accomplishments and spirit of Eddie Rickenbacker and Granville T. Woods. This community-based initiative, celebrating the lives and . . . — — Map (db m200852) HM
Long a gathering place for residents of Columbus, this area, which became known as Schiller Park, hosted German songfests, Fourth of July festivities, the 1864 and 1865 Ohio State Fairs, and the 1871 peace celebration commemorating the end of the . . . — — Map (db m217004) HM
Schmidt's Sausage Haus has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m56874) HM
Site of First Ohio State Home Football Game
In the fall, life for many in Columbus revolves around Ohio State University football, from the first kickoff in September to the last play in November. O.S.U.'s first home game took place at 2:30 . . . — — Map (db m12442) HM
Built in 1894, the original eight-room Southwood Elementary School cost
$16,000 to construct on this site purchased from a local family for
$3,000. The school originally had five teachers and a teacher-pupil
ratio of 50-1. Mary Esper was the . . . — — Map (db m94245) HM
St. Mary Church was dedicated in 1868 in response to the spiritual needs of the growing German-Catholic population of Columbus’ South Side. The original schoolhouse, which stands behind the church, was erected in 1865 under the direction of Rev. . . . — — Map (db m20522) HM
As the legend of 316-318 E. Beck St. has it, two brothers began building side-by-side houses but got into a dispute during construction. Although assembly continued, each brother picked his own roof shape, window type and trim to be distinct from . . . — — Map (db m141798) HM
In 1893 Eddie Rickenbacker's father William built this house, which the family moved into when Eddie was three years old. After his father's death in 1904, Eddie's mother Elizabeth Basler Rickenbacker raised her seven surviving children here. In . . . — — Map (db m200853) HM
This 1891 statue of Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller stands today as a result of the civic-minded efforts and generosity of the early German-American immigrants who settled in this part of the City of Columbus in the 1880s.
Schiller was . . . — — Map (db m141863) HM
The “Tuskegee Experience,” a program of the Army Air Corps to train African Americans as military pilots, began at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama in 1941. At home and abroad during World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen prevailed against enormous . . . — — Map (db m173289) HM
Built after 1900, this structure has been used to manufacture furniture, novelties, and pharmaceuticals. Franklin Art Glass has been located here since 1968, and in operation since 1924. — — Map (db m142051) HM
[Side one]
“To promote in all ways fraternal the
general welfare of the men who have
borne the brunt of battle …”
Motivated seeing veterans struggle without post-
service health benefits, on September 29, 1899,
thirteen . . . — — Map (db m248491) HM
In recognition
and in loving memory of the men
who on land and sea
upheld the honor and integrity
of our country and flag
in the War of the Rebellion
this monument is erected.
1861-1865
——————
Rest on embalmed and sainted dead . . . — — Map (db m23487) WM
“Georgie” Blount was five when
he fell from a banister in the
family owned American House
Hotel on February 7th, 1873,
striking his head on an iron
stove. He passed on February 14th.
The community mourned the
loss of this well known and . . . — — Map (db m248592) HM
Joseph M. Briggs and Briggsdale. Briggsdale was one of many small hamlets that grew up along the roads and rial lines on the outskirts of Columbus in the nineteenth century. The unincorporated village was platted in 1893 by Joseph M. Briggs . . . — — Map (db m224642) HM
In Memory of Ovid Wellford Smith who is buried here. At 16, he enlisted as James Smith in the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment and volunteered for the famous Andrews Raid to destroy Confederate supply lines. The raiders captured “The General” . . . — — Map (db m12762) HM
Ovid Wellford Smith
(9 November 1844-28 January 1868)
– Ovid Wellford Smith, aged 16, enlisted in the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry as James Smith. He volunteered for the 1862 “Andrews Raid” mission to destroy Confederate supply lines. Enroute . . . — — Map (db m248541) HM
Born in 1819 to Joseph, a journalist, and his
wife Evelina, a woman of Cherokee/African
descent, at age 10 Poindexter apprenticed as
a barber to provide his livelihood. He and
wife Amelia came to Columbus in 1838. His
barber shop was on S. High . . . — — Map (db m248515) HM
Reverend Washington Gladden – Washington Gladden (Feb. 11, 1836-Jul. 2, 1918) was a leader in the Social Gospel movement. Pastor of First Congregational Church from 1882 for 36 years, he also served on city council. Deemed the first U.S. . . . — — Map (db m248498) HM
Born 1833 on the Hermitage plantation,
Davidson County Tennessee as the slave
of Andrew Jackson, ex-President of the
United States. Escaped to Ohio in 1860.
Lived in Columbus 45 years, thirty years
in the employ of the Ohio State . . . — — Map (db m248502) HM
Side A: Saint Mary of the Springs Academy On this site stood St. Mary of the Springs Academy, a school for girls first founded by the Dominican Sisters in 1830 in Somerset, Ohio, to respond to the educational needs of frontier Catholics. The . . . — — Map (db m17387) HM
Alum Creek & The Underground Railroad
The fifty-eight miles of Alum Creek run north to south originating in Morrow County and continues through Delaware County into Franklin County, where it empties into the Big Walnut Creek, draining into . . . — — Map (db m103301) HM
Ohio Dominican University Est. 1911 The Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs founded Ohio Dominican University on this site on October 5, 1911. It was incorporated that year as the Ladies Literary Institute of St. Mary of the Springs, . . . — — Map (db m94624) HM
Honoring the history of
Saint Mary of the Springs Academy
founded 1830
flourished on this site
1868- 1966
Dedicated to the alumnae
and the Dominican Sisters
in celebration of
the spirit that they have
carried into the world — — Map (db m94625) HM
The Lane Avenue Bridge over the Olentangy River is the second cable-stayed suspension bridge constructed in Franklin County. The structure is 370 feet long, the tween support towers rise 165 feet above the water and the deck is 112 feet wide. The . . . — — Map (db m200922) HM
The Ohio State University Buckeye football team first played in autumn 1890 on a field immediately to the south of where Ohio Stadium now stands. Buckeye football games were later played at other locations, including Ohio Field, constructed in . . . — — Map (db m200994) HM
Pete Stinchcomb
1917 - 1921
Gaylord Roscoe "Pete" Stinchcomb lettered in 1917, 1919 and 1920, being selected as an All-American in 1919 and 1920.
During his senior year, Stinchcomb won the NCAA track and field broad jump, . . . — — Map (db m200930) HM
On the eve of graduation in 1891, a group of Ohio State students planted five elm trees on the Oval. Since that time, students have continued to collectively present a token of appreciation to the University to celebrate the group's graduation. The . . . — — Map (db m200862) HM
Browning Amphitheatre Dedicated June 11, 1926 for the encouragement of drama, dance and music. Seating restored October 12 1985.
Browning Dramatic Society
Originally organized 1882 as The Young Ladies’ Literary Society. Founded 1908 as . . . — — Map (db m16950) HM
The East Regional Chilled Water Plant began operating in 2014 and supplies the Academic Core North and the North Residential District. Large campuses often use centralized chiller plants for cost effectiveness, safety and reliability. . . . — — Map (db m200923) HM
Initial plans for Ohio Stadium were met with resistance. Critics regarded a 60,000-seat as folly and an outrageous financial risk. In the face of opposition, the Athletic Board proceeded with planning, University Architect Joseph N. Bradford . . . — — Map (db m200995) HM
Dedicated on Oct. 21. 1922, Ohio Stadium was the largest west of the Alleghenies and preeminent among football stadia of the day. Innovations such as curved seat rows and an upper seating deck increased capacity and provided . . . — — Map (db m200998) HM
A primary architect of American air power, Curtis Emerson LeMay was born in Columbus in 1906, attended public schools, and graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in civil engineering. He received his flight training through the . . . — — Map (db m12774) HM
Side A
In 1968, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) established the first practicing Vedic Temple in the state of Ohio. This building represents the beginning of a now growing population of Vaisnavas, worshipers of . . . — — Map (db m225381) HM
Jesse Owens' incomparable achievements as an Ohio State and Olympic athlete are legendary. He carried the name of this university and this country to world acclaim.
He personified the sportsmanship ideal. He cared for people and challenged . . . — — Map (db m200992) HM
Average Distance: 5.2 AU
Orbital Period: 11.86 years
Rotational Period: 9 hours 55 minutes
Mass (Earth = 1): 318
Diameter (Earth = 1): 11.2
Number of Moons: 79
Largest Moon: . . . — — Map (db m200990) HM
John Wilce
1913 - 1928
Hired as head football coach at the age of 25 in 1913, Wilce served through the 1928 season. John "Jack" Wilce coached Ohio State's football team in its first victory against the University of Michigan in . . . — — Map (db m200941) HM
Average Distance: 1.52 AU
Orbital Period: 1.88 years
Rotational Period: 24 hours 36 minutes
Mass (Earth = 1): 0.11
Diameter (Earth = 1): 0.53
Number of Moons: 2
Largest Moon: . . . — — Map (db m200989) HM
Welcome to the
NECKO Neighborhood
The NECKO neighborhood, a section of the historic E. J. McMillen Homestead Addition, is a part of the Near North Side Historic District as designated in the Historic Register in 1980. It is recognized as a . . . — — Map (db m17424) HM
Construction of these brick columns was authorized by the Board of Trustees of the University on November 6, 1915. The columns later supported iron gates bearing the University seal, which were used to close this south entrance to the campus. . . . — — Map (db m49788) HM
Ohio Farm Bureau Founded
On January 27, 1919, the first meeting of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation took place
on this campus at the former Botany and Zoology Building, now Jennings Hall. Farm
Bureau members representing 76 counties along . . . — — Map (db m130445) HM
Ohio Stadium, built between August 1921 and October 1922, received immediate acclaim for its innovative architectural features. Its reinforced concrete construction, double-deck seating, and open-ended horseshoe design were so imaginative that . . . — — Map (db m221018) HM
Built in 1910, the old Ohio Union was the first student union building constructed on a public university campus and the fourth to be built in the United States. Made possible by a direct appropriation from the 77th Ohio General Assembly and private . . . — — Map (db m223483) HM
The Ohio State University gratefully acknowledges support from The Motorists Insurance Group during the 1998-2001 renovation of Ohio Stadium. The art glass panels in the rotunda of Ohio Stadium are a gift from The Motorists Insurance Group . . . — — Map (db m200993) HM
Remembrance Park is a public memorial honoring all of The Ohio State University veterans in addition to an honor brick walkway that recognizes those who have served in the Armed Forces. The Park features the Wall of Honor and remembrance which pay . . . — — Map (db m201000) WM
Roy J. Plunkett was born in New Carlisle, Ohio, and graduated from Newton Township High School in Pleasant Hill. He received his B.A. degree from Manchester College before enrolling as a graduate student in chemistry at The Ohio State University, . . . — — Map (db m17412) HM
Average Distance: 9.5 AU
Orbital Period: 29.4 years
Rotational Period: 10 hours 39 minutes
Mass (Earth = 1): 95.2
Diameter (Earth = 1): 9.45
Number of Moons: 82
Largest Moon: Titan: . . . — — Map (db m200991) HM
Site of Ohio Field (1903-21) where Charles W. "Chic" Harley, All-American Halfback in 1916-17-19, performed those feats which made him an Ohio State Football legend and sparked the public enthusiasm which led to the construction of Ohio Stadium. — — Map (db m200940) HM
Ohio Stadium was once the site of the Stadium Scholarship Dormitory, a cooperative scholarship housing facility serving students with outstanding academic ability and limited financial resources.
The program was the brainchild of Joseph A. . . . — — Map (db m221016) HM
"There isn't a magic formula of knowledge and personal characteristics that can insure success in the business world. That is the beauty of entrepreneurship. It doesn't close its doors to anyone." — Bert Wolstein Crossing The Road To . . . — — Map (db m201002) HM
The Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College grew out of the Cannon Act of March 22, 1870. “But let it be started,” Governor Rutherford B. Hayes told the Legislature in 1873, “with the intention of making it a great State . . . — — Map (db m16944) HM
The Underground Railroad was an idea invented to aid the
widespread resistance of African Americans to slavery. In Ohio
escape routes were clearly established across the state by 1815
Until the Civil War, untold numbers of men, women, . . . — — Map (db m114461) HM
On the Ohio River in Ripley, Ohio, Reverend John Rankin
(a white stationmaster) and John Parker (an African American
stationmaster and ex-slave) directed escapees from slavery toward
the Scioto River. In Columbus, the Scioto forked, with the east . . . — — Map (db m114462) HM
After 1856, escapees on the Freedom Train followed Neil Run past the Neil Farm and through the swampy hollow that is now Mirror Lake. The stream forked, with the northeastern branch emerging from the marshy land where the Ohio Union now stands, to . . . — — Map (db m16952) HM
Joseph Sullivant, a member of the first Board of Trustees of Ohio State, was known as a “friend of the colored race.” He grew up in Kentucky but developed a distaste for slavery after witnessing a slave auction. Another Ohio State board . . . — — Map (db m16953) HM
Along Lake Erie, Toledo, Sandusky, Cleveland, Fairport Harbor, and Ashtabula Harbor were major routes from slavery to freedom in Canada. Even though African Americans lived throughout the state, Ohio itself was not really safe. Slavery was . . . — — Map (db m16954) HM
The Field
Ohio Field was first constructed in 1898 with a seating capacity of approximately, 5,000. The field was used for athletics and a variety of events for Ohio State students and residents of Columbus. Ohio Field was also the backdrop . . . — — Map (db m200926) HM
Site of original University Hall. Completed 1874. First campus building housing library, administrative offices, graduate school, dormitory, classics and philosophy. Demolished 1971. Reconstructed 1976. — — Map (db m43010) HM
University School, a K-12 teaching laboratory, opened in 1932. Time Magazine called it America's Most Famous School.
Designed by Stadium architect Howard Dwight Smith, University School was organized around the progressive theories of John . . . — — Map (db m200942) HM
Average Distance: 0.72 AU
Orbital Period: 244.7 days
Rotational Period: 243 days
Mass (Earth = 1): 0.815
Diameter (Earth = 1): 0.95
Number of Moons: 0
Average Temperature: 870°F / . . . — — Map (db m200988) HM
Dr. Wilbur Henry Siebert (1866-1961) organized one of the most extensive historical collections on the Underground Railroad in the United States. Siebert served as a professor of history at the Ohio State University, 1893-1935. His collection on . . . — — Map (db m17416) HM
In memory of those University High School Students who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II
Robert M. Bennett - 1940 •
Harold Fisher - 1937 •
John B. Gillespie III - 1935 •
William Jennings - 1940 •
Howard H. Knight - 1937 • . . . — — Map (db m200943) WM
Game days and campus events are some of the largest producers of waste At Ohio State, we work to make events "zero waste" by diverting nearly all disposed materials away from the land. During the football season, nearly all disposables collected . . . — — Map (db m221027) HM
Dedicated in honor of
the Grand Army
of the Republic
by the
National Organization
Daughters of Union Veterans
of the Civil War 1861-1865 — — Map (db m203791) WM
General Ulysses S. Grant • General Philip Sheridan • Edwin M. Stanton • James A. Garfield • Rutherford B. Hayes • Salmon P. Chase • General William T. Sherman — — Map (db m9895) HM
Inside Billy Leachman's Chophouse
on a cold day in December,
George Baker, Harry Shunk
and C.C. Philbrick
(publisher of THE OHIO SUN)
worried about how the
needy children of the area
would keep warm during the winter.
Inspired by . . . — — Map (db m35458) HM
Construction of old City Hall on this site was begun in 1869 and completed in 1872 at a cost of $175,000. The 140-foot high building of Gothic design contained dark cream Amherst stone and was one of the prominent landmarks of its day. First floor . . . — — Map (db m80009) HM
Christopher Columbus, an Italian navigator, launched four voyages of discovery to the new world.
1492. The spirit of discovery has the power to change the course of human history as demonstrated by the voyages of Christopher Columbus, . . . — — Map (db m9846) HM
When it was completed in 1887, this building was the first federal district courthouse and post office specifically built for those purposes in the city. A magnificent example of the Romanesque Revival style, the building was more than doubled in . . . — — Map (db m35457) HM
At the invitation of the citizens of Columbus, Ohio, Abraham Lincoln delivered a memorable address here on the sixteenth day of September, eighteen hundred fifty nine.
This commemorative marker was erected on the 75th anniversary of that event . . . — — Map (db m36901) HM
On January 2, 1866, Pelatiah Webster Huntington opened his bank at the heart of the Columbus community - the intersection of Broad and High Streets. Since that date, the Huntington National Bank has been committed to serving the people of central . . . — — Map (db m35462) HM
He served as Governor for 16 years—longer than any other state governor in the history of the Union.
Governor of the State of Ohio, 1975–1983, 1963–1971 • Auditor of the State of Ohio, 1953–1963 • Major of the City of . . . — — Map (db m88644) HM
This tree was bud-grafted from the last standing
revolutionary-era liberty tree. These trees served as
gathering places for American Colonists fighting for
their independence. May this tree serve as a living
testimony to our American founding . . . — — Map (db m203418) HM
Ohio in the Civil War. With five army camps in Columbus, Capitol Square was a military crossroads from 1861 to 1865. Ohio troops were mustered, paid, and on some occasions garrisoned at the Statehouse. Three of every five male Ohioans between . . . — — Map (db m9840) HM
Ohio State House
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America 1978
Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service . . . — — Map (db m131038) HM
On January 26, 1838, the Ohio General Assembly passed an act “providing for the erection of a new statehouse.” Construction of the Greek revival, 184 – by 304 – foot structure began in the Spring of 1839, and on July 4 of . . . — — Map (db m131034) HM
In celebration of the
Ohio Statehouse Sesquicentennial
1861 - 2011
This tree commemorates the
beginning of the American Civil War
Planted April 12, 2011 — — Map (db m203416) HM
To justice in war and lasting peace after victory.
To the Armed Forces of the United States “with the going down of the sun and in the morning we shall remember them.”
To the women of America in the World War. They served nobly . . . — — Map (db m9880) HM
Commemorating the heroic sacrifices of Ohio’s soldiers of the Civil War 1861–65 and the loyal women of that period.
When our country sent out the call to arms for the preservation of the Union Ohio sent more than three hundred thousand of . . . — — Map (db m9956) HM
Wall 1
Dear Bill
In just 27 days, you will be 8 years old. Perhaps by the time you get
this letter - if you ever do - and it is extremely doubtful - you will be
getting right along towards 9 years. I wonder.
As I write this. I am . . . — — Map (db m203793) WM
"As time passes the ideals of Washington reveal new meanings", to commemorate the bicentennial of the birth of George Washington — — Map (db m203419) HM
The Breathing Association was founded in 1906 as the Tuberculosis Society under the leadership of public health advocate Carrie Nelson Black. The society provided nutrition, medical care, and sanitorium services to people who could not afford proper . . . — — Map (db m10256) HM
Began service here January 1, 1879. It was located on the second floor of the Sessions Building which then stood on this site.
N. C. Kingsbury Chapter No. 2, Telephone Pioneers of America placed this tablet on the 70th anniversary of the first . . . — — Map (db m17172) HM
In remembrance of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust
and millions more including Prisoners of War, ethnic and religious
minorities, free masons, homosexuals, the mentally ill, developmentally
disabled, and political dissidents . . . — — Map (db m203879) HM WM
In 1812, the Ohio legislature designated Columbus as the state capital,
with local landowners contributing land and resources for a capitol
building and penitentiary. The first Columbus statehouse, a Federal-style structure completed in 1816, . . . — — Map (db m9986) HM
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
1973
by the United States
Department of the Interior
————————————————
has . . . — — Map (db m80008) HM
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