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Title
Ohio
State
Capitol
-
Christopher
Columbus
Statue
Subject
Memorials--Ohio
Columbus, Christopher--Monuments
Capitol buildings
Capitol Square District (Columbus, Ohio)
Governors--Ohio
Ohio. House of Representatives
Ohio. Senate
Walter, Henry
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Columbus (Ohio)
Franklin County (Ohio)
Description
Christopher
Columbus
statue
is
located
at the
southwest
corner
of the
Ohio
State
Capitol
,
which
can
be
seen
in the
background
of the
photograph
. The
statue
was
originally
placed
on the
grounds
of the
Pontifical
College
Josephenium
by the
school’s
founder
,
Monsignor
Joseph
Jenning
.
When
the
seminary
moved
from its
eastside
location
to a
larger
campus
north
of the
city
in
1932
, the
statue
was
given
to the
city
and has been on the
grounds
of the
Ohio
Statehouse
ever
since
.
Made
by the
W.H
.
Mullins
Company
in
Salem
,
Ohio
, the
hollow
statue
is
made
of
hammered
copper
plates
attached
by
rivets
. The
date
1882
can
be
seen
on the
base
, in the
photograph
. A
new
base
,
similar
in
appearance
, but
larger
and
grander
, was
made
in
1992
, in
celebration
of the
500th
anniversary
of
Columbus’
voyage
, as
well
as
renaming
the
site
where
it
stands
Christopher
Columbus
Discovery
Plaza
. The
Ohio
State
Capitol
,
located
at
1
Capitol
Square
,
is
a
2
acre
building
which
stands
in a
10-acre
park
bounded
by
High
,
Broad
,
State
, and
Third
Streets
, in
downtown
Columbus
. Also
known
as the
Ohio
Statehouse
,
Columbus
residents
would
often
take
advantage
of the
wide
green
lawns
by
allowing
their
cows
and
horses
to
graze
there
during
the
night
.
Legislative
action
ended
the
use
of the
building
for a
stable
in
1878
, but
newspaper
reports
show
that they
remained
through
the
1880's
. The
beauty
of the
massive
limestone
structure
depends
principally
upon
simplicity
and
strength
,
emphasized
by a
row
of
Doric
columns
at
each
of its
four
entrances
. The
dome
is
the
result
of a
compromise
. The
original
design
called
for a
dome
surrounded
by a
colonnade
that would
harmonize
with the
general
architecture
, but the
plan
never
was
carried
out
because
of
bickering
by
legislators
over
cost
and
details
of
construction
. The
cornerstone
was
laid
in
1839
, and
although
the
building
was
occupied
by
some
State
departments
in
1857
,
it
was not
completed
until
1861
,
22
years
after
it
was
begun
.
When
Henry
Walter
of
Cincinnati
was
appointed
supervising
architect
in
1839
,
numerous
plans
for the
building
were
considered
and the
one
finally
adopted
was a
composite
.
Both
convict
and
private
labor
were
used
, and
limestone
was
hauled
from a
quarry
northwest
of
Columbus
,
purchased
by the
State
to
ensure
enough
material
, on a
railroad
especially
constructed
for that
purpose
.
Delays
in
securing
State
appropriations
, a
severe
cholera
epidemic
, and
labor
difficulties
retarded
construction
work
,
which
at
one
time
ceased
for
six
years
.
Before
the
building
was
completed
,
five
architects
had
served
during
the
administrations
of
12
governors
.
It
is
considered
one
of the
country’s
outstanding
examples
of the
Greek
Revival
style
and at the
time
,
it
was the
second
largest
building
,
behind
only
the
United
States
Capitol
building
. The
total
cost
of the
capitol
approximated
$1,650,000
. An
annex
,
directly
east
of the
capitol
and
connected
with
it
by a
stone
terrace
, was
completed
in
1901
at a
cost
of
$450,000
. The
capitol
proper
is
504
feet
long
and
184
feet
wide
, with
12
–
15
inches
thick
foundation
walls
. The
annex
,
220
feet
long
and
100
feet
wide
,
conforms
architecturally
with the
main
building
. A
flight
of
12
steps
from
each
of the
four
entrances
to the
capitol
leads
to a
central
rotunda
.
Offices
of the
governor
and
other
State
officials
flank
the
four
marble-floored
foyers
.
Elaborately
carved
woods
,
marbles
from
many
lands
, and
paintings
and
sculpture
by
noted
American
artists
adorn
the
interior
. In the
center
of the
inlaid
marble
floor
of the
rotunda
are
13
blocks
,
each
representing
one
of the
thirteen
original
States
,
surrounded
by
three
circles
and a
sunburst
of
32
points
,
one
for
each
State
at the
time
the
marble
was
laid
.
One
circle
represents
the
unorganized
territory
at the
time
the
Union
was
formed
;
another
, the
Louisiana
Purchase
; and the
third
, the
territory
acquired
in the
war
with
Mexico
. A
fourth
circle
,
enclosing
the
sunburst
,
symbolizes
the
Constitution
.
Battle
flags
of
Ohio
–
many
of them
shell-torn
and
bearing
other
service
scars
–
are
displayed
in
cabinets
.
Large
historical
murals
by
William
Mark
Young
adorn
the
rotunda
and the
walls
flanking
the
four
main
stairways
. The
rich
decorations
ascending
the
dome
culminate
in an
illuminated
reproduction
, in
art
glass
, of the
Great
Seal
of
Ohio
.
Tablets
at the
entrances
to the
rotunda
pay
tribute
to
Andrews’
Raiders
of the
Civil
War
; to
Major
General
Benson
Hough
,
Ohio
soldier
and
jurist
; to
soldiers
and
sailors
of the
Civil
War
; and to
51
women
leaders
in the
feminist
movement
,
including
several
Ohioans
.
Other
tablets
commemorate
the
sesquicentennial
(1937)
of the
Northwest
Territory
and the
founding
of the
Veterans
of
Foreign
Wars
of the
United
States
(1899)
in
Columbus
.
Stairways
lead
from the
floor
of the
rotunda
to the
Hall
of
Representatives
and the
Senate
Chamber
. At the
head
of the
stairway
on the
north
side
stands
the
Lincoln
Memorial
, a
bust
of
Lincoln
executed
by
T.D
.
Jones
.
Directly
to the
east
is
a
wall
panel
showing
in
relief
a
group
of
Union
and
Confederate
officers
who
participated
in the
battle
of
Vicksburg
.
Outstanding
among
the
capitol’s
works
of
art
is
a
large
painting
in the
east
foyer
,
Battle
of
Lake
Erie
, by
William
H
.
Powell
. A
copy
of this
paining
is
displayed
in the
nation’s
Capitol
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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Date created
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Date modified
2010-06-16
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