Construction workers on steel frame of State Office Building   Save
Ohio State Office Building Construction
Description: Photograph of construction workers on the steel frame of the State Office (Ohio Departments of State) building in Columbus, ca. 1931-1932. 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 over the site of 34 businesses. Construction began on October 31, 1930 and the cornerstone was laid on May 16, 1931. A gas line explosion on April 14, 1932 damaged the nearly finished building. Eventually it opened in 1933. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03471
Subjects: Public buildings--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)