Columbus, OH Ohio History Center light fixture in the original lobby
The Ohio Historical Center was designed by William Byron Ireland in 1966 in the then popular Brutalist style. It opened in 1970. The scheme for the building brought people up into the center of the building and then they could either go upstairs into the library/archives block or down into the museum. The entrance today is through the basement and the central plaza is unused as an entrance.
Columbus, OH Ohio History Center light fixture in the original lobby
The Ohio Historical Center was designed by William Byron Ireland in 1966 in the then popular Brutalist style. It opened in 1970. The scheme for the building brought people up into the center of the building and then they could either go upstairs into the library/archives block or down into the museum. The entrance today is through the basement and the central plaza is unused as an entrance.