{"nrhp_refnum":"100007452","name":"Ohio State Office Building (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"25-145 South Front St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":null,"lon":null,"geom_source":null},"listed_date":"2022-02-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A fourteen-story white marble government office building at 65 South Front Street in Columbus, Ohio, on the east bank of the Scioto River, built 1931-1933 in the Art Deco style.","why_significant":"The building is described as a richly detailed Art Deco structure whose sculpture, mosaics and murals reflect important 20th-century American mural painting. It was the first single building for Ohio's state departments, which had been scattered around downtown Columbus. It is also a key part of the Scioto River civic center complex.","narrative":"Rising fourteen stories above the east bank of the Scioto River in Columbus, this white marble Art Deco building at 65 South Front Street was built between 1931 and 1933 to house Ohio's state departments, which had previously been spread across downtown. Authorizing legislation passed in 1929 after years of debate over the idea and its financing, and a state property levy paid for the project. Its exterior carries inscriptions and sculpted panels honoring Ohio's pioneers, World War I veterans and industries. Inside, bronze doors, tile and mosaic ceilings, and a Hall of Fame of prominent Ohioans line the public spaces. Murals by artists including Rudolph Scheffler, John F. Holmer, H.H. Wessel and LeRoy Daniel MacMorris decorate the hearing rooms and the state library reading room. Reflecting pools and terraces form the setting, and the building anchors the civic center along the river with neighboring Neo-Classical government buildings. It remains in government office use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Art Deco","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a government office building; the form notes worn murals and a planned renovation of the hearing rooms, and one hearing room was formerly a day care center.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.870124-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/90001908.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988436","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/ohio-state-office-building-boundary-increase-100007452/"}