Title	Ohio State office building explosion
Subject	Public buildings--Ohio Ohio History--State and Local Government
Time Period	1930s
Place	Columbus (Ohio) Franklin County (Ohio)
Description	Two large holes in an exterior wall and rubble on the sidewalk after an explosion at the Ohio State Office Building. Groundbreaking for the Ohio State Office Building took place on November 19, 1929. The building, located at 65 South Front Street in downtown Columbus, took the site of 34 businesses. The building, designed by architects Harry Hake, Frank Bail and Alfred Hahn, is noted as an excellent example of architecture from the Art Deco period. Construction began on October 31, 1930 and the cornerstone was laid on May 16, 1931. The explosion occurred shortly after three o'clock on the afternoon of April 14, 1932. The building eventually opened on March 27, 1933.
Date of Original	1932
Collection	Ohio State Office Building Explosion
Source	SC 1046
Format	Picture Photographic Print (Black and White)
Submitting Institution	Ohio History Connection
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	StillImage
File Name	AL05453.tif
Image Height	2584
Image Width	2584
File Size	15493056 Bytes
Date created	2011-08-05

Ohio State office building explosion

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