Franklin County Memorial Hall, also known simply as Memorial Hall, is an office building, multi-use facility, and memorial for war dead in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The building is best-known today as the headquarters of Franklin County Public Health.
The building currently holds the offices of Franklin County Public Health (the county's health department), Franklin County Veterans Services, and still retains a war memorial. The building was built from 1905 to 1906 by local architect Frank Packard.[1] The building features a 4,200-seat auditorium, which was the second largest in the United States behind Madison Square Gardens when it was completed.[2] The building has been used to host a variety of events:[3]
It was home to the Franklin County Historical Society, which operated the Franklin County Museum of History here.[4] The historical society also created the museum COSI (the Center of Science and Industry). COSI operated out of Memorial Hall from 1964 to 1999 before it relocated to its current space in Franklinton.[5]
franklin, county, memorial, hall, also, known, simply, memorial, hall, office, building, multi, facility, memorial, dead, downtown, columbus, ohio, building, best, known, today, headquarters, franklin, county, public, health, address280, broad, columbus, ohioc. Franklin County Memorial Hall also known simply as Memorial Hall is an office building multi use facility and memorial for war dead in Downtown Columbus Ohio The building is best known today as the headquarters of Franklin County Public Health Franklin County Memorial HallAddress280 E Broad St Columbus OhioCoordinates39 57 49 1 N 82 59 36 0 W 39 963639 N 82 993333 W 39 963639 82 993333Public transit10TypeMulti use facilityCapacity4 200ConstructionBuilt1906ArchitectFrank Packard Contents 1 Uses 2 Gallery 3 References 4 Further readingUses editThe building currently holds the offices of Franklin County Public Health the county s health department Franklin County Veterans Services and still retains a war memorial The building was built from 1905 to 1906 by local architect Frank Packard 1 The building features a 4 200 seat auditorium which was the second largest in the United States behind Madison Square Gardens when it was completed 2 The building has been used to host a variety of events 3 Musical events that included Rudolph Valentino Paul Whitman and the Vienna Boys Choir Large church events Speaking events for William Jennings Brian Homer Rodeheaver and DeWolfe Hopper Sporting events High school graduations Political and religious debates Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra 1941 1949 Radio shows in the early 20th centuryIt was home to the Franklin County Historical Society which operated the Franklin County Museum of History here 4 The historical society also created the museum COSI the Center of Science and Industry COSI operated out of Memorial Hall from 1964 to 1999 before it relocated to its current space in Franklinton 5 Gallery edit nbsp The building c 1900 10 nbsp Memorial Hall and the Christopher Inn on Broad Street c 1963 nbsp The building with a modern front while owned by COSI 1986References edit Memorial Hall History Memorial Hall History Memorial Hall History Fchs B1 F34 012 COSI History of COSI Further reading edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Franklin County Memorial Hall Graham Evelyn M Seifert Myron T 1973 Memorial Hall Biography of a Building Franklin County Historical Society Retrieved September 23 2020 nbsp This Columbus Ohio related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Franklin County Memorial Hall amp oldid 1153046372, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
